Bug 424061

Summary:	Unhandled exception occurs when installing FC4 (PPC version) on a Macintosh.
Product:	[Retired] Fedora Legacy	Reporter:	Aaron Regnier <andhs.techassistant>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Fedora Legacy Bugs <bugs>
Status:	CLOSED CANTFIX	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	fc4	CC:	mattdm
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Hardware:	ppc64
OS:	Linux
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Description Aaron Regnier 2007-12-13 20:27:55 UTC

Description of problem:
Unhandled exception occurs when installing FC4 (PPC version) on a Macintosh. 

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


How reproducible:
Same bug on every installation on both a eMac and an iBook.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Attempt FC4 install on Macintosh.
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Actual results:
Exception Occurs. Unable to continue install.

Expected results:
Successful installation of FC4

Additional info:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1160, in ?
intf.run(id, dispatch)
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 496, in run
dispatch.gotoNext()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py",
line 174, in gotoNext
self.moveStep()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py",
line 242, in moveStep
rc = apply(func, self .bindArgs(args))
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py",
line 579, in turnOnFilesystems
diskset.savePartitions ()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partedUtils.py",
line 726, in savePartitions
disk.commit()
error: Error: Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/hda4

Comment 1 Matthew Miller 2008-01-12 19:11:37 UTC

We really can't do anything about this, since Fedora Core 4 is long past its end
of life. Have you tried with a more recent version?