Bug 68894

Summary: unsucksesful install exceptional error
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Dustin Phillips <monkeyman512>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 7.0   
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: install format filesystem
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Last Closed: 2002-07-19 18:55:34 UTC Type: ---
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Description Dustin Phillips 2002-07-15 19:51:28 UTC
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Description of problem:
when it is formating  i get an exceptional error. i was  using a partitionless 
install.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install all components
2.did a partitionless install
3.get the error when it is in the formating/filesystem stage
	

Actual Results:  i get an error message and the installer exits and reboots the 
system.

Expected Results:  linex redhat should have installed

Additional info:

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 20, 
in run
    rc = self.todo.doInstall ()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1480, in 
doInstall
    if self.method.systemMounted (self.fstab, self.instPath, 
self.hdList.selected()):
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 46, in 
systemMounted
    self.loopbackFile = mntPoint + fstab.filesystemSpace(mntPoint)[0][0] + \
IndexError: list index out of range

Local variables in innermost frame:
fstab: <fstab.GuiFstab instance at 84b54e8>
mntPoint: /mnt/sysimage
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XFree86-ISO8859-2, XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts, XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-
fonts, XFree86-ISO8859-2-Type1-fonts, XFree86-ISO8859-7, XFree86-ISO8859-7-
100dpi-fonts, XFree86-ISO8859-7-75dpi-fonts, XFree86-ISO8859-7-Type1-fonts, 
XFree86-ISO8859-9, XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts, XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-
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XFree86-V4L, XFree86-VGA16, XFree86-Xnest, XFree86-Xvfb, XFree86-cyrillic-
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p: aspell-eo
changeloop: 1

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<failed>

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2002-09-20 19:30:07 UTC
There was a problem where partitionless installs would sometimes not be able to
find enough free space to copy the second stage to. Make sure to have sufficient
space for your system and then things should work.  Partitionless installs have
been dropped from current releases