Bug 680083

I'm trying to install the entitlement beta on an rp5700 HP workstation (should be pretty standard hardware). I've run the installer's media verification test, and it passed, so I'm pretty sure the disc burned OK.

During the install, after determening the partition layout and having anaconda re-format all filesystems I marked, I get the error:

Unable to read group information from repositories. This is a problem with the generation of your install tree.

In the logs at tty3 (or tty2, I'm not sure. It was in anaconda.log however :)), I get the following error:

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19:11:39,818 INFO    : moving (1) to step storagedone

19:11:39,818 DEBUG   : storagedone is a direct step

19:11:41,017 INFO    : leaving (1) step storagedone

19:11:41,017 INFO    : moving (1) to step enablefilesystems

19:11:41,018 DEBUG   : enablefilesystems is a direct step

19:11:43,305 DEBUG   : notifying kernel of 'change' event on device
/sys/class/block/sda1

19:11:54,183 DEBUG   : notifying kernel of 'change' event on device
/sys/class/block/dm-0

19:11:54,958 INFO    : failed to set SELinux context for
/mnt/sysimage: [Errno 95] Operation not supported

19:11:54,959 DEBUG   : isys.py:mount()- going to mount
/dev/mapper/vgLocal-lvRoot on /mnt/sysimage as ext4 with options defaults

19:11:55,048 DEBUG   : isys.py:mount()- going to mount /dev/sda1 on
/mnt/sysimage/boot as ext2 with options defaults

19:11:55,101 DEBUG   : isys.py:mount()- going to mount //dev on
/mnt/sysimage/dev as bind with options defaults,bind

19:11:55,116 DEBUG   : isys.py:mount()- going to mount devpts on
/mnt/sysimage/dev/pts as devpts with options gid=5,mode=620

19:11:55,129 DEBUG   : isys.py:mount()- going to mount tmpfs on
/mnt/sysimage/dev/shm as tmpfs with options defaults

19:11:55,367 DEBUG   : isys.py:mount()- going to mount
/dev/mapper/vgLocal-lvHome on /mnt/sysimage/home as ext4 with options defaults

19:11:55,444 INFO    : failed to get default SELinux context for
/proc: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

19:11:55,444 DEBUG   : isys.py:mount()- going to mount proc on
/mnt/sysimage/proc as proc with options defaults

19:11:55,454 INFO    : failed to get default SELinux context for
/proc: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

19:11:55,466 DEBUG   : isys.py:mount()- going to mount sysfs on
/mnt/sysimage/sys as sysfs with options defaults

19:11:55,480 INFO    : leaving (1) step enablefilesystems

19:11:55,480 INFO    : moving (1) to step bootloadersetup

19:11:55,480 DEBUG   : bootloadersetup is a direct step

19:11:55,483 WARNING : '/usr/sbin/dmidecode' specified as full path

19:11:55,635 INFO    : leaving (1) step bootloadersetup

19:11:55,635 INFO    : moving (1) to step bootloader

19:11:59,145 INFO    : leaving (1) step bootloader

19:11:59,145 INFO    : moving (1) to step reposetup

19:11:59,145 DEBUG   : reposetup is a direct step

19:11:59,166 DEBUG   : notifying kernel of 'change' event on device
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0

19:11:59,294 ERROR   : Error downloading None/.treeinfo: [Errno 14]
Could not open/read file:///None/.treeinfo

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The .treeinfo file seems to be present at /mnt/stage2. I tried to symlink /None to /mnt/stage2, and cat /None/.tree worked. Anaconda however, still gave the same error.

The really annoying thing is that this problem manifests right *after* formatting the partitions. So this leaves me with an unbootable system.

I've found a similair bug
(https://partner-bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602369), but this has already been marked as "fixed (in beta2)" (the 600225 bug, which is the bug of which this one is marked dup).

It seems to be related to udev. I've seen some udev errors too in the tty, but they don't seem to have been recorded in the anaconda.log.

lshal identifies this DVD writer as a TSSTcorpCD/DVDW_TS_H653L. My partition setup is as follows:
/dev/sda1 -> /boot - ext2
/dev/sda2 -> LVM PV

VG -> vgLocal

LV's:
lvHome -> /home - ext4 - not formatted
lvSwap -> swap
lvRoot -> / - ext4