Bug 354571

Summary:	live install fails when there's a pre-existing install
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	low
Version:	rawhide	CC:	davidz, rvokal
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Description Bill Nottingham 2007-10-26 17:46:01 UTC

Description of problem:

/dev/sda1 was my prior '/boot'. anaconda autopartitioned it to be a new /boot.

At some point in doing so, nautilus mounted it. Ergo, mke2fs failed, and
anaconda pops up:

 'An error occured trying to format sda1. This problem is serious, and the
install cannot continue. Press <Enter> to exit the installer.'

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

rawhide-Developer-20071025

Comment 1 David Zeuthen 2007-10-26 17:54:15 UTC

Does it work if you lock hal manually using hal-lock(1)? lshal --monitor should
also show when someone takes the lock...

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2007-10-26 18:04:29 UTC

anaconda's using the wrong path to see if haldaemon is running. Fixed in CVS...

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2007-10-28 18:30:17 UTC

Fix confirmed by doing an install with rawhide-20071028 x86_64 live image with
preexisting install on the disk