Bug 5524
| Summary: | Machine hangs during post-install configuration | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | anthony_placilla |
| Component: | installer | Assignee: | Matt Wilson <msw> |
| Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | high | ||
| Version: | 6.1 | CC: | bsharpe, flemmon, gabers, gmartell, guren, igor.marakov, ivmgoga, j.j.limpens, rpgrigor, topi.tuukkanen |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i386 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2000-02-11 18:20:57 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Description
anthony_placilla
1999-10-04 22:28:53 UTC
Is it possible that you ran out of disk space and that is why the machine was not able to rewrite the password file? I am not able to replicate the situation in the lab, and without having the package list that you installed, I cannot truly replicate. I also have this problem, but I don't have enough experience to fix it like the other user did. RH 6.1 Professional version out of the box. 200 Mhz PentiumPro - Supermicro MB - latest bios 1 CD-ROM, 1 Floppy, 2 HD's (IDE) - (old, but both recently formatted) 160M of RAM, PS/2 Mouse, Trident Videocard I've tried every combination of installs possible using the latest patches from RH. Novice, Text, Expert - Server, Gnome Wkstn, KDE Wkstn Always the same error, just after installing all the packages the machine stops. In GUI mode, it will sit there until i hit any key or move the mouse. Then it says "Post Install Configuration" now it's really hung. A switch over to the terminal window (CTrl-Alt-F1) shows a Python error message. (FYI: many examples of this error text can be found in linux.redhat.install) Exception Occurred File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 225, in ? intf.run(todo, test = test) File "/tmp/updates/text.py", line 1009, in run rc = apply( Step[1](), step[2]) File "/tmp/updates/test.py", line 572, in __call__ if todo.doInstall (): File "/tmp/updates/todo.py", line 1587, in do Install self.writeTimezone() File "/tmp/updates/todo.py", line 487, in writeTimezone self.instPath + "/etc/localtime") File "/tmp/updates/iutil.py", line 105, in copyFile f = os.open(source, os.O_RDONLY) OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/mnt/sysimage/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific' - - - - I've tried every time zone setting as well. I also have the SAME problem! My system is a: PIII 500MHz w/ 128MB of SDRAM w/ a 1.6GB hd being used to install to There was python errors up the ... What's the deal with this, and why are only certain people experiencing this? Could it be the ISO? I have similar problem. Why RedHat does not tell that you can do alt+ctl+f1 to go to text window. Is there any fix for this. I have wasted about 20 hours on this. I am buying Microsoft stock. Red hat people have to be reborn again to popularize Linux. Okay, and I'm another stupid that encouters this problem. Yes, I tried the boot- RHEA-1999:044 and updates-RHEA-1999:045 images, but with no postive result. (On the same machine Windows NT 4.0 Workstation + Windows 2000 Professional RC2 have been installed in NTFS partitions, but 2 GB is left for Linux.) Python reports about the same problems as "Martin Vermeer" and bsharpe report: File "/usr/lib/python1.5/threading.py", line 376, in __bootstrap self.run() File "/tmp/updates/iw/progress.py", line 16, in run rc=self.todo.doInstall () File "/tmp/updates/test.py", line 572, in __call__ if todo.doInstall (): File "/tmp/updates/todo.py", line 1587, in do Install self.writeTimezone() File "/tmp/updates/todo.py", line 487, in writeTimezone self.instPath + "/etc/localtime") File "/tmp/updates/iutil.py", line 105, in copyFile f = os.open(source, os.O_RDONLY) OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/mnt/sysimage/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/UTC+01:00' I really dont know how to go further: I don't have a prior verson of Redhat Linux, I see no bugfix or workaround to overcome this crash. maybe it's a commbination of the install features we choose, but which one? I can you tell mine, if your interested and when it helps to overcome this problem. To mkothari, who is not very friendly to the Redhat people, I would say: rtfm. In the installation guide, chapter 3 (Starting the installation), under paragraph 3.1.1: A note about virtual consoles. This describes the five virtual consoles, including the installation dialog, visible by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1. So Redhat does tell how you can go to the text window. Best regards from an impatient Jacques Limpens (The Netherlands) Best regards, Jacques Limpens I tried to install Linux 6.1 with the text installer and than the installer goes all right and ends ok. I have now another problem, wich seems to have t do with 1024 cylinders, so i have to re-organize my hard disk first, before I can go any further. However,this seems worth trying: install withh the text installer instead of the graphical installation program. Using the latest boot image & a new CD-Rom drive, I got round this.
However, I've been very unimpressed with the hassles required to install RedHat
("ease" of installation being the main reason for choosing it over any other
Linux versions) - it's all well & good to recommend downloading the latest boot
images from your website before installation, but it's difficult to do on a
freshly built machine with no operating system... plus an installation program
that gives no decent error messages when it fails.
There was a known bug in 6.1 which prevented users from being able to select UTC offsets in the Time Zone Configuration screen. This bug is fixed in the latest installer (available in beta) |