Bug 425946

Summary:	Fedora Core 8 fails to install on Athlon XP 3200+
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Andrew Billyard <andrew.billyard>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	8
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Description Andrew Billyard 2007-12-17 11:33:57 UTC

Description of problem:  Anaconda always fails to install (right after media
check is completed), with "abnormally aborted [1/1]" message.  Have tried all
the command line options such as nopcmcia, ide=nodma, noapic, etc all with the
same results.  Currently have FC 5 (which installed without a single hiccough).


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda 11.3.0.50-3


How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Insert FC 8 DVD
2. Choose "Install" method (or text only mode, either way)
3. Perform media check
4. Watch system exit abnormally and tell user to reboot
  
Actual results:


Expected results:


Additional info:
AMD Athlon XP 3200+
1 GB of RAM (PC3200, 400MHz)
Motherboard: Mach Speed's V600DAP VIA KT600

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2007-12-17 16:52:20 UTC

What's the last line on tty3 when it segfaults?  Also, can you provide the
backtrace that you get?

Comment 2 Andrew Billyard 2007-12-17 18:50:59 UTC

Jeremy, is there an easy way to get the backtrace that you need?

Comment 3 Chris Lumens 2007-12-18 19:11:39 UTC

If it's just printing up a column of numbers, you can write them down and type
them up into this bug report, or you can take a picture and attach it.

Comment 4 Andrew Billyard 2007-12-19 01:07:39 UTC

OK, here is the output:

Running anaconda 11.3.0.50, the Fedora system installer - please wait...
install exited abnormally [1/1]
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals...done
disabling swap...
unmounting filesystems...
   /mnt/runtime done
   disabling /dev/loop0
   /proc/bus/usb done
   /proc done
   /dev/pts done
   /sys done
   /tmp/ramfs done
   /mnt/source done
   /selinux done
you may safely reboot your system

Comment 5 Andrew Billyard 2007-12-22 19:21:56 UTC

Some more debugging info (just found these screens).  <Ctrl><Alt><F3> reveals:

WARNING: module import of fedora failed: <type 'exceptions.ImportError'>
WARNING: module import of rhel failed: <type 'exceptions.ImportError'>
INFO: using baseinstallclass as base
INFO: anaconda called with cmdline = ['/usr/bin/anaconda', '-
m', 'cdrom://scd0:/mnt/source', '--graphical', '--selinux']
INFO: Display mode = g
INFO: Method = cdrom://scd0:/mnt/source
INFO anaconda floppy defice fd0
WARNING: DISPLAY variable not set.  Starting text mode!

============================================

And <Ctrl><Alt><F4> reveals:

<3>SQUASHFS error: sb_bread failed reading block 0x6ef7
<3>SQUASHFS error: unable to read page, block 1bbb3ff, size 2848

(These two lines fill the whole screen)

Comment 6 Andrew Billyard 2007-12-30 04:02:51 UTC

Hi All,  This is showing up as a low priority, but I cannot install FC8 (or FC7
for that matter...just tried that and got the same results).  As such, I don't
believe that this is a low priority!  I'm sniffing for other linux flavours here
if I can't get this to work.

Comment 7 Andy Lindeberg 2008-06-03 17:45:38 UTC

Have you tried installing FC9?