Bug 963625

Summary:

ValueError: cannot initialize a disk that has partitions

Product:

[Fedora] Fedora

Reporter:

Martin Banas <mbanas>

Component:

anaconda

Assignee:

Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>

Status:

CLOSED DUPLICATE

QA Contact:

Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>

Severity:

unspecified

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CC:

anaconda-maint-list, dshea, g.kaviyarasu, jonathan, mbanas, mkolman, sbueno, vanmeeuwen+fedora

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Hardware:

i686

OS:

Unspecified

Whiteboard:

abrt_hash:a4f5bbf06d01dcbbdf1c93ba9794217a9b13b15980107beff15fa343959d3b68

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Doc Type:

Bug Fix

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Last Closed:

2013-05-16 17:50:33 UTC

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Bug Blocks:

920667

Attachments:

Description	Flags
File: anaconda-tb	none
File: anaconda.log	none
File: backtrace	none
File: environ	none
File: ifcfg.log	none
File: ks.cfg	none
File: lsblk_output	none
File: nmcli_dev_list	none
File: packaging.log	none
File: program.log	none
File: storage.log	none
File: syslog	none

Description Martin Banas 2013-05-16 09:34:50 UTC

Description of problem:
The following was filed automatically by anaconda:
anaconda 19.25-1 exception report
Traceback (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/blivet/__init__.py", line 803, in initializeDisk
    raise ValueError("cannot initialize a disk that has partitions")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/blivet/__init__.py", line 778, in clearPartitions
    self.initializeDisk(disk)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/kickstart.py", line 412, in execute
    storage.clearPartitions()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/kickstart.py", line 1561, in doKickstartStorage
    ksdata.clearpart.execute(storage, ksdata, instClass)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/storage.py", line 392, in _doExecute
    doKickstartStorage(self.storage, self.data, self.instclass)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 766, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/threads.py", line 168, in run
    threading.Thread.run(self, *args, **kwargs)
ValueError: cannot initialize a disk that has partitions

Version-Release number of selected component:
anaconda-19.25-1

Additional info:
cmdline:        /usr/bin/python  /sbin/anaconda
cmdline_file:   repo=http://mirrors.nebo.edu/public/fedora/linux/development/19/i386/os/ stage2=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/19-Beta-TC4/Fedora/i386/os/ lang=en_US.UTF-8 keymap=us ip=eth0:dhcp ifname=eth0:00:16:35:5c:e7:fe vnc recipeid=878945 ks=http://rtt1.s390.bos.redhat.com/nb/10.12.0.47-1368693748 console=ttyS0,115200 serial
executable:     /sbin/anaconda
hashmarkername: anaconda
kernel:         3.9.0-301.fc19.i686
product:        Fedora
release:        Cannot get release name.
type:           anaconda
version:        19-Beta-TC4

Truncated backtrace:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/threads.py", line 168, in run
    threading.Thread.run(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 766, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/storage.py", line 392, in _doExecute
    doKickstartStorage(self.storage, self.data, self.instclass)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/kickstart.py", line 1561, in doKickstartStorage
    ksdata.clearpart.execute(storage, ksdata, instClass)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/kickstart.py", line 412, in execute
    storage.clearPartitions()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/blivet/__init__.py", line 778, in clearPartitions
    self.initializeDisk(disk)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/blivet/__init__.py", line 803, in initializeDisk
    raise ValueError("cannot initialize a disk that has partitions")
ValueError: cannot initialize a disk that has partitions

Potential duplicate: bug 914723

Comment 1 Martin Banas 2013-05-16 09:34:52 UTC

Created attachment 748700 [details]
File: anaconda-tb

Comment 2 Martin Banas 2013-05-16 09:34:55 UTC

Created attachment 748701 [details]
File: anaconda.log

Comment 3 Martin Banas 2013-05-16 09:34:56 UTC

Created attachment 748702 [details]
File: backtrace

Comment 4 Martin Banas 2013-05-16 09:34:58 UTC

Created attachment 748703 [details]
File: environ

Comment 5 Martin Banas 2013-05-16 09:35:01 UTC

Created attachment 748704 [details]
File: ifcfg.log

Comment 6 Martin Banas 2013-05-16 09:35:03 UTC

Created attachment 748705 [details]
File: ks.cfg

Comment 7 Martin Banas 2013-05-16 09:35:04 UTC

Created attachment 748706 [details]
File: lsblk_output

Comment 8 Martin Banas 2013-05-16 09:35:06 UTC

Created attachment 748707 [details]
File: nmcli_dev_list

Comment 9 Martin Banas 2013-05-16 09:35:08 UTC

Created attachment 748708 [details]
File: packaging.log

Comment 10 Martin Banas 2013-05-16 09:35:10 UTC

Created attachment 748709 [details]
File: program.log

Comment 11 Martin Banas 2013-05-16 09:35:12 UTC

Created attachment 748710 [details]
File: storage.log

Comment 12 Martin Banas 2013-05-16 09:35:14 UTC

Created attachment 748711 [details]
File: syslog

Comment 13 David Lehman 2013-05-16 17:50:33 UTC

The root cause of this is kpartx bug 957188 -- once that makes it into the first post-beta trees this will no longer be an issue.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 957188 ***