Bug 637346

Summary:	Anaconda hangs at "examining devices" with ntfs partitions
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Travers Carter <tcarter>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	low
Version:	14	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, jonathan, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Description Travers Carter 2010-09-25 02:33:57 UTC

Description of problem:
Anaconda hangs at the "examining device" screen with no feedback and no disk activity or CPU load.  The problem may be related to ntfs partitions.  After switching to a console and running top I noticed that a mount.ntfs process was running (not using any CPU or stuck in 'D' though). Killing the mount.ntfs process appears to allow the installation to proceed normally

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
14.17.4

How reproducible:
Unsure

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create an NTFS partition and add it to /etc/fstab (F13 x86_64)
2. Run pre-upgrade
3. Reboot and choose the upgrade to F14 option
  
Actual results:
Anaconda hangs at the 'examining devices" screem

Expected results:
Installation process should proceed normally, OR the mount process should time out with an error

Additional info:
The last entry in /tmp/anaconda.log when it was hung was
DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount /dev/sda4 on /mnt/sysimage/media/data as ntfs with options default

Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2010-09-25 15:19:25 UTC

Please attach the log files from /tmp to this bug report so we can see what's going on.  Most importantly are /tmp/anaconda.log, /tmp/storage.log, and /tmp/syslog.  Thanks.

Comment 2 Chris Lumens 2010-09-27 14:28:33 UTC

Nevermind - I found this bug is a duplicate of another, and it has logs attached.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 637319 ***