Bug 60419

Summary: fails to init swap during install
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Jeff Wiedemeier <jeff.wiedemeier>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Beth Uptagrafft <bhu>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Beth Uptagrafft <bhu>
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Description Jeff Wiedemeier 2002-02-27 16:48:27 UTC 
Description of Problem:

Installation fails with "An error occurred trying to initialize swap on device
/dev/sda2. This problem is serious and the installer cannot continue." This has
been seen with autopartitioning. Retrying the install appears to work. This
definitely happens if the disk was wiped prior to the install.

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

7.2 rc (0222.1 iso)

How Reproducible:

very

Steps to Reproduce:
1. wipe disk
2. install with autopartition
3. observe error
4. try again

Actual Results:

described above - error the first attempt. second attempt appears to work

Expected Results:

installation success

Additional Information:	

Observed on DS10, DS20, ES45, etc...

duplicate of 60004?
Comment 1 Alexandre Petit-Bianco 2002-03-04 19:53:56 UTC 
> duplicate of 60004?

Yes, this is a duplicate of 60004. 



*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 60004 ***