Bug 593957

Summary: DeviceError: ('cannot replace active format', 'sda')
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Nilesh Patil <npatil>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 13CC: anaconda-maint-list, jonathan, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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OS: Linux   
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Attached traceback automatically from anaconda. none

Description Nilesh Patil 2010-05-20 06:55:48 UTC
The following was filed automatically by anaconda:
anaconda 13.37.2 exception report
Traceback (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devices.py", line 703, in _setFormat
    raise DeviceError("cannot replace active format", self.name)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devices.py", line 711, in <lambda>
    lambda d,f: d._setFormat(f),
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/deviceaction.py", line 307, in __init__
    self.device.format = None
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 402, in removeEmptyExtendedPartitions
    destroy_action = ActionDestroyFormat(disk)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 374, in clearPartitions
    removeEmptyExtendedPartitions(storage)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 305, in execute
    clearPartitions(anaconda.storage)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 1109, in execute
    obj.execute(self.anaconda)
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1176, in <module>
    anaconda.ksdata.execute()
DeviceError: ('cannot replace active format', 'sda')

Comment 1 Nilesh Patil 2010-05-20 06:55:53 UTC
Created attachment 415322 [details]
Attached traceback automatically from anaconda.

Comment 2 Chris Lumens 2010-05-21 20:10:49 UTC
Can you please test with F13 final and let us know if you are still experiencing this problem?  I believe it to be fixed.

Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2011-06-02 13:48:29 UTC
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Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2011-06-27 16:30:05 UTC
Fedora 13 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2011-06-25. Fedora 13 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
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Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.