I trying to install RH 6.2 on a Pentium 100 with 32MB RAM and a 1.2GB hard drive, w/o X, via anonymous FTP. No matter how I choose to install, whether custom or any of the preconfigured options, the installation always crashes right before installing the packages themselves. I recieve the following Exception Occured screen: Traceback (innermost last): File "usr/bin/anaconda.real", line 342, in ? intf.run(todo, test = test) File "usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1165, in run rc = apply (step[1](),step[2]) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 702, in __call__ if todo.doInstall (): File "/usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1146, in doInstall db = rpm.opendb(1, self.instPath) rpm.error: cannot open I am using the updated bootnet image if that is of any help.
Did you go back and forth through any of the installation screens or anything like that?? What partitions are you creating during the installation?
I never used the back button. I making a 128MB swap partition and the rest a 1093MB root partition.
I trying to install RH 6.2 GNOME workstation on a Pentium II MMX 400Mhz with 96MB RAM and a new 13GB secondary hard drive, via my primary hard drive. I get the exact some message.
Same symptoms for me, i.e. anaconda stops just before formatting the hard disk and installing the packages. I am able to successfully install from RH6.1 and RH6.2 Beta using the same procedure/configuration. Installing from CD-ROM created from ISO9660 CD image and cmp'd the resultant CD files with the HD files downloaded separately using ftp. No differences were discovered. The md5sum of the ISO file checked OK as well. Target machine is an IBM PC 300GL with IDE CDROM. The symptoms appear similar to bug numbers 10453, 10562, and 11007.
I am still working on this one and cannot for the life of me replicate it. Here is what I would like for someone to do for me. Perform the installation in text mode (this will allow us to get to the Python debugger) When the install crashes and you get the python traceback, select the "Debug" option. This will drop you straight into the debugger. Type "p self.instPath" which will print the value of the variable "self.instPath" (this is pretty much gdb specialized for Python!) Please submit the value of the self.instPath variable. Thanks.
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I've had similar problems, using a cdrom kickstart and an nfs kickstart installation (always in text mode). Here's what happens: CDROM KICKSTART INSTALL ----------------------- 1. Using these files: md5sum image ---------------------------------------------------------- 535f6374811ddee3bd53f0cfdce4f36e boot-20000407.img 9a829c3b4517c1d00e117a7ab11134ba update-disk-20000419.img I get these errors (after "Reading Package Information") Traceback (innermost last): File "usr/bin/anaconda.real", line 342, in ? intf.run(todo, test = test) File "usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1165, in run rc = apply (step[1](),step[2]) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 702, in __call__ if todo.doInstall (): File "/tmp/updates/todo.py", line 1068, in doInstall self.getCompsList 2. Using these files: md5sum image ---------------------------------------------------------- 535f6374811ddee3bd53f0cfdce4f36e boot-20000407.img ffde37e7f95e4c7a118455fc7c642fb8 update-disk-20001025.img I get these errors (after "Reading Package Information") Traceback (innermost last): File "usr/bin/anaconda.real", line 342, in ? intf.run(todo, test = test) File "usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1165, in run rc = apply (step[1](),step[2]) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 702, in __call__ if todo.doInstall (): File "/tmp/updates/todo.py", line 1068, in doInstall self.getCompsList NFS KICKSTART INSTALL ----------------------- 1. Using these files: md5sum image ---------------------------------------------------------- a764dbba1c8f4129c609ff70777733c3 bootnet-20000407.img ffde37e7f95e4c7a118455fc7c642fb8 update-disk-20001025.img I get these errors (after "Reading anaconda updates..."): On console 1: exec: Permission denied install exited abnormally sending termination signals...done sending kill signals...done disabling swap... unmounting filesystems... /mnt/source /dev/pts /proc you may safely reboot your system On console 3 everything seems normal *except*: exec of /bin/sh failed: No such file or directory 2. Using these files md5sum image ---------------------------------------------------------- a764dbba1c8f4129c609ff70777733c3 bootnet-20000407.img 9a829c3b4517c1d00e117a7ab11134ba update-disk-20000419.img I get the exact same errors.
What follows is the results of jturner's request to debug the crash... I'm hoping that someone out there will be kind enough to take a look at this. ----- begin debug cut ----- > /usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py(230)configNetDevice() -> return _isys.confignetdevice(device, ip, netmask, gw) (Pdb) p self.instPath *** NameError: <exceptions.NameError instance at 8a76388> (Pdb) ----- end debug cut ------ In the event that you need to know the hardware specs... Athlon 850, Asus A7V, 256MB RAM, two Quantum 15gb udma/66 drives in RAID-1 mirror-set via an ARCO DupliDiskII controller. 3c900-combo network card, and a Soundd Blster PCI128. Thanks for any help you can offer, in advance. Regards, Corey Steele
I have also tried the install without the RAID card installed (on the off chance this was the cause), same results. I'm stumped here. HELP!