Bug 803938

Summary: IOException: Partition(s) 3 on /dev/sda have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use. As a result, the old partition(s) will remain in use. You should reboot now before making further
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Xiaoqing Wei <xwei>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team>
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Version: 7.0CC: juzhang
Target Milestone: rc   
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Hardware: x86_64   
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File: anaconda-tb-TRW4ka none

Description Xiaoqing Wei 2012-03-16 03:25:14 UTC 
libreport version: 2.0.7
executable:     /usr/bin/python
hashmarkername: anaconda
kernel:         3.2.1-0.9.el7.x86_64
product:        Red Hat Enterprise Linux
reason:         IOException: Partition(s) 3 on /dev/sda have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use.  As a result, the old partition(s) will remain in use.  You should reboot now before making further changes.
time:           Fri 16 Mar 2012 07:25:06 PM CST
version:        7.0

anaconda-tb-TRW4ka: Text file, 295650 bytes

description:
:The following was filed automatically by anaconda:
:anaconda 16.25.4 exception report
:Traceback (most recent call first):
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/parted/disk.py", line 213, in commit
:    return self.__disk.commit()
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/parted/decorators.py", line 32, in new
:    ret = fn(*args, **kwds)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/formats/disklabel.py", line 263, in commit
:    self.partedDisk.commit()
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/formats/disklabel.py", line 242, in create
:    self.commit()
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/deviceaction.py", line 433, in execute
:    options=self.device.formatArgs)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 316, in processActions
:    action.execute(intf=self.intf)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 385, in doIt
:    self.devicetree.processActions()
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/packages.py", line 122, in turnOnFilesystems
:    anaconda.storage.doIt()
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/dispatch.py", line 373, in dispatch
:    self.dir = self.steps[self.step].target(self.anaconda)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/text.py", line 510, in run
:    self.anaconda.dispatch.dispatch()
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/dispatch.py", line 319, in run
:    self.anaconda.intf.run(self.anaconda)
:  File "/usr/sbin/anaconda", line 770, in <module>
:    anaconda.dispatch.run()
:IOException: Partition(s) 3 on /dev/sda have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use.  As a result, the old partition(s) will remain in use.  You should reboot now before making further changes.
Comment 1 Xiaoqing Wei 2012-03-16 03:25:26 UTC 
Created attachment 570478 [details]
File: anaconda-tb-TRW4ka
Comment 2 David Lehman 2012-03-16 16:25:38 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 797065 ***