Bug 39409

Summary: Redhat Linux 7.0 install crashes on every attempt
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Sudhir Mohith <sudhir>
Component: installerAssignee: Brent Fox <bfox>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version: 7.0   
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Description Sudhir Mohith 2001-05-07 16:39:37 UTC
Description of Problem:

The Redhat Linux 7.0 installer crashes during a package install even though there is plenty of disk space on the drives

How Reproducible:

Everytime

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start custom install 
2. Define partitions with enough space
3. Select Packages to Install
4. During install, it crashes

Actual Results:

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 
"/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1619, in doInstall
    self.createCdrom()
  File 
"/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1189, in createCdrom
    os.symlink(device, self.instPath + "/dev/" + cdname)
OSError: 
[Errno 28] No space left on device

Local variables in innermost frame:
device: hdc
list: ['hdc']
self: <todo.ToDo instance at 842ebd8>
cdname: 
cdrom
count: 1

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

<failed>


Expected Results:

Successful install

Additional Information:

Comment 1 Brent Fox 2001-05-07 18:51:06 UTC
What partitions are you trying to make and how big are they?

Comment 2 Brock Organ 2001-05-07 19:15:36 UTC
Here is an update from the reporter (via email):

Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 15:09:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sudhir Mohith <smohith.com>
To: bugzilla
Cc: bfox, borgan
Subject: Re: [Bug 39409] Changed - Redhat Linux 7.0 install crashes on every 
attempt

Using druid I had the following characteristics:

54 MB   /               ext2
54 MB   /var            ext2
1 GB    /usr            ext2
1 GB    /usr/local      ext2
500 MB  /opt            ext2
250 MB  /vol            ext2
500 MB  /home           ext2
2 GB    /extra          DOS
125 MB  <swap>          Linux swap

And I selected packages so that the total size was 850 MB so that my /usr
and/or /usr/local would be sufficient to house them. So I do not know why
it keeps crashing with "Insufficient space on device".



Comment 3 Brent Fox 2001-05-07 19:16:51 UTC
Here's an email from sudhir

Using druid I had the following characteristics:

54 MB   /               ext2
54 MB   /var            ext2
1 GB    /usr            ext2
1 GB    /usr/local      ext2
500 MB  /opt            ext2
250 MB  /vol            ext2
500 MB  /home           ext2
2 GB    /extra          DOS
125 MB  <swap>          Linux swap

And I selected packages so that the total size was 850 MB so that my /usr
and/or /usr/local would be sufficient to house them. So I do not know why
it keeps crashing with "Insufficient space on device".

Comment 4 Brent Fox 2001-05-07 19:19:43 UTC
I would recommend making the / partition at least 250 MB of disk space.  Give
that a try and see if that works.

Comment 5 Brent Fox 2001-05-17 15:48:53 UTC
Closing due to inactivity.  Please reopen if the problem persists.