Bug 101536 - Installer crashed when detecting previous Red Hat installation during upgrade
Summary: Installer crashed when detecting previous Red Hat installation during upgrade
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 9
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-08-03 05:45 UTC by Scott Carey
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:56 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2003-08-05 20:28:18 UTC
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2003-08-03 05:48 UTC, Scott Carey 		no flags Details
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Description Scott Carey 2003-08-03 05:45:18 UTC 
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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i686)

Description of problem:
Upgrading Red Hat 7.1, 2.4.2-2 on a Compaq Presario 4640 to Red Hat 9. 
Difficulty booting from CD (not a problem with the CD, have used this CD on
other systems with no trouble); install will usuallu hang before reaching the X
installation screens.  This time, the install crashed during the "detecting
previous installs" phase

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot from CD
2. Attempt install
3.
    

Additional info:
Comment 1 Scott Carey 2003-08-03 05:48:39 UTC 
Created attachment 93356 [details]
Anaconda dump file
Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2003-08-05 20:28:18 UTC 
The error log contains numerous read errors from the CD drive, indicating a
problem with either the drive or the media.
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