Bug 34173

Summary: Installer error after post install
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Kamil <d3cifer>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Kamil 2001-03-30 21:47:32 UTC
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After the post install here is what i get:

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", 
line 20, in run
    rc = self.todo.doInstall ()
  File "/tmp/updates/todo.py", line 1651, in doInstall
    self.writeConfiguration ()
  File "/tmp/updates/todo.py", line 1403, in writeConfiguration
    self.createAccounts ()
  File "/tmp/updates/todo.py", line 1168, in createAccounts
    stdout = devnull)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.py", line 40, in 
execWithRedirect
    raise RuntimeError, command + " can not be run"
RuntimeError: /usr/bin/chfn can not be run

Local variables in innermost frame:
argv: ['/usr/bin/chfn', '-f', 'Kamil', 'D3cifer']
root: /mnt/sysimage
stdin: 0
newPgrp: 0
stdout: 25
stderr: 2
command: /usr/bin/chfn
searchPath: 0
ignoreTermSigs: 0

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

<failed>

I just go through the installation.... no <back> buttons used, and i don't 
mount my FAT32 drive...... 

I have a k7 Athlon 650mz
         30GB MATROX hard drive

Can anyone help? I downloaded the erattas for anaconda but still no 
luck.....
Could it be a bad burning job?


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2001-04-02 14:51:52 UTC
How large did you make your '/' partition?

Comment 2 Brent Fox 2001-04-20 03:49:23 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 17928 ***