Bug 28142

Summary:	after 18032 error
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <majr>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	7.0
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2001-02-27 23:45:26 UTC	Type:	---
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Description Need Real Name 2001-02-17 15:20:01 UTC

After downloading the update to fix bug 18032 I am now getting this error 
at the same point in the process:

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 438, in ?
    
intf.run(todo, test = test)
  File 
"/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 336, in run
    
self.icw.run ()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", 
line 678, in run
    mainloop ()
  File 
"/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 2554, in mainloop
    
_gtk.gtk_main()
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 125, 
in __call__
    ret = apply(self.func, a)
  File 
"/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 428, in 
nextClicked
    self.setScreen (self.currentScreen, self.nextClicked)
  
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 466, in 
setScreen
    new_screen = screen.getScreen ()
  File 
"/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iw/rootpartition_gui.py", line 
133, in getScreen
    avail = apply(isys.spaceAvailable, 
self.todo.fstab.getRootDevice())
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 
10, in spaceAvailable
    mount(device, "/mnt/space", fstype = fsystem)
  
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 99, in mount
    rc = 
_isys.mount(fstype, device, location, readOnly)
SystemError: (22, 'Invalid 
argument')

Local variables in innermost frame:
fstype: vfat
location: 
/mnt/space
devName: /tmp/hda1
readOnly: 0
device: /tmp/hda1

ToDo object:
(itodo
ToDo
p1
(dp2
S'method'
p3
(iimage
CdromInstallMethod
p4
(dp5
S'progressWindow'
p6

<failed>

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2001-02-20 19:37:12 UTC

Make sure you boot the installer with the line

   linux updates


and enter the update disk when prompted.

Comment 2 Need Real Name 2001-02-20 22:01:23 UTC

I have made the boot update disk and am using the linux upgrades command.

I was told that the installation that I am choosing may be causing my problem.
I was attempting to install this as a partitionless install on a 3 Gig FAT32 partition.
I was told that there are two problems with this:
 1. FAT32 only supports 2.0 GIG partitions and that I need to partition down to that size
     (don't ask why it seems to work now for windows, but I believe them)
 2. The speed penalty this will cause my 200MHz Cyrix chip is going to be unsatisfactory.

I will relook my installation - I am thinking that I'll try to move stuff around on the hard drive and make a linux partition
(stuff is spread out all over the place). I've been reading the manual and believe it or not I now know how to do it
in linux - but not yet in windows. 

I'll try it tonight or tomorrow and get back to you with the results.

Comment 3 Michael Fulbright 2001-02-21 23:22:08 UTC

Thanks.

Comment 4 Michael Fulbright 2001-03-14 17:57:46 UTC

Closing due to inactivity. Please reopen if you have additional information to add.