Bug 71591

Summary: Anaconda crash when hard disk has bad blocks
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Need Real Name <rui.batista>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Need Real Name 2002-08-15 14:36:01 UTC 
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Description of problem:
I have this hard disk were i was trying to install RedHat that has bad blocks 
all over it. When i choose to format it during setup, in order to mark bad 
blocks as bad, then it will crash with an unhandled exception.
Otherwise, if i choose not to format it, i will get errors on whatever package 
written on it.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.New Install
2.Workstation
3.Check for bad blocks when formating	

Additional info:
Comment 1 Need Real Name 2002-08-15 14:37:47 UTC 
Created attachment 70845 [details]
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Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2002-08-15 16:16:49 UTC 
The bad blocks check currently will only identify if there are bad blocks, it
will not allow the marking of bad blocks.

The crash occurred because bad blocks were discovered and the exception was not
handled properly.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 66181 ***