Bug 84813
| Summary: | Anaconda fails to recognize the right ISO image name during HD install | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Oleg Kozitski (Tokyo) <oleg> |
| Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Jeremy Katz <katzj> |
| Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | Mike McLean <mikem> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 8.0 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i386 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2006-02-21 18:51:55 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75077 *** Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated. |
Description of problem: Anaconda erroneously tries to use psyche-docs.iso instead of psyche-i386-disc1.iso during HD install from a spare partition. The Python module /usr/lib/anaconda/harddrive.py throws "TypeError: an integer is required" as it tries to enumerate RPMS on the wrong installation ISO. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Anaconda on RedHat 8.0 Workstation (boot.img) downloaded from FTP server. How reproducible: I was trying to do harddisk install of my notebook from the 3 ISO images: psyche-i386-disc1.iso psyche-i386-disc2.iso psyche-i386-disc3.iso For this I have created a 3Gb FAT partition and copied there previously downloaded ISOs. For the reasons of conveniency I also copied documentation image file into the the same folder: psyche-docs.iso After booting from FDD with boot.img I was chosen to do a text install because HDD installation. After the last step of the setup wizard (creating users) the Anaconda crashed with following dump: [...] Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 694, in ? intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData) File "[...]/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 446, in run File "[...]/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 150, in gotoNext File "[...]/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 215, in moveStep File "[...]/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 115, in readPackages File "[...]/usr/lib/anaconda/harddrive.py", line 209, in readHeaders TypeError: an integer is required Local variables in innermost frame: sys: <module 'sys' (built-in)> h: rhl-gsg-en self: <harddrive.HardDriveInstallMethod instance at 0x83c60b4> hl: <comps.HeaderListFromFile instance at 0x83dbb1c> Dispatcher instance, containing members: method: HardDriveInstallMethod instance, containing members: messageWindow: <bound method InstallInterface.messageWindow of <text.InstallInterface instance at 0x8523d34>> discImages: {1: psyche-docs.iso, 2: psyche-i386-disc2.iso, 3: psyche-i386-disc3.iso} [...] If you look at the dump you can see that the value of the local variable h is rhl-gsg-en and the array discImages contains the wrong name of the ISO file. Conclusion: Some routine in Anaconda, which enumerates ISO files for HD installation erroneously takes the docs ISO file for the first installation ISO. After deleting the psyche-docs.iso the installation process went through without this error. Quick solution: Delete or move out all unnecessary files from the installation folder, especially ISO files. Correct solution: Correct the file enumeration routine or make it more sophisticated.