Bug 634959

Summary: Can't install distr, exception occurs
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Dmitri <dmitri1>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 13CC: anaconda-maint-list, bcl, jonathan, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Description Dmitri 2010-09-17 12:43:59 UTC
Created attachment 448000 [details]
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Description of problem:

I have system with 2 hdds: one sata and second (usual) ata. And try to upgrade from Fedora 11 to Fedora 13 using bootable dvd.

First of all i wait more then 5 minutes between "Storage Devices: Basic/Specialized" and "Storage Devices Selection Screen". After "Storage Devices Selection Screen" screen i wait another 5 minutes? and after i choose "upgrade system" i get the attached exception.

Also if i select "Basic storage devices" it shows only one of my 2 hdds: only ATA and no sata.
If i select "Specialized storage devices" it shows sata drive too, but like bios raid (despite raid is disabled in bios). Then i get same exception in same place.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 13.42 (Fedora 13)


How reproducible:
I think you need mother board with Nforce 3 Ultra chipset (EP-9NDA3) and sata hdd.

Comment 1 Dmitri 2010-09-17 16:30:14 UTC
Ok, i've just installed distr (Fedora 13). Solution that helped was to don't select my ATA drive as "data storage" (don't check on checkbox) at "Storage
Devices Selection Screen".

I have old and not working installation of fedora 5 at my ATA hdd, may it confuses anaconda?

Comment 2 Brian Lane 2010-09-17 22:46:06 UTC
You can only install from the previous release. So to upgrade from F11 you need to first upgrade to F12.

Comment 3 Dmitri 2010-09-18 13:24:23 UTC
I didn't know and upgraded from F11 to F13 and all went successfully, except issue with hdds i described in bug report.

Comment 4 Dmitri 2010-09-18 13:33:08 UTC
I beleive issue is not related with Fedora version, it is related with "Storage Devices Selection Screen" and logic related with it. i'm 100% sure that if i upgrade from F12 to F13 i get same exception.

Comment 5 Chris Lumens 2010-09-22 03:07:55 UTC
anaconda 13.42 exception report
Traceback (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 1721, in parseFSTab
    raise Exception("fstab entry %s is malformed: %s" % (devspec, e))
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 1316, in mountExistingSystem
    fsset.parseFSTab()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/upgrade.py", line 172, in upgradeMountFilesystems
    mountExistingSystem(anaconda, anaconda.upgradeRoot[0], allowDirty = 0)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 205, in moveStep
    rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 126, in gotoNext
    self.moveStep()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1313, in nextClicked
    self.anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext()
Exception: fstab entry /dev/sdb4 is malformed: scanned format (reiserfs) differs from fstab format (auto)

Comment 6 Chris Lumens 2010-09-22 17:44:30 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 599119 ***