From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4.1) Gecko/20031114 Description of problem: When trying to install RHEL3-ES after defining LVM partitions, anaconda crashes after packages selection, but before actually installing the packages. Subsequent installation attempts have the LVM partitions already defined in the Disk Druid (so only volume labels have to be assigned), but lead to an identical crash. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda-9.1-8.RHEL How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. start installation 2. define LVM partitions 3. select packages Actual Results: Anaconda traceback Additional info: Possibly related to bug #110285 ? (different tracebacks, though) Hardware : dual IDE drives on IBM BladeCenter HS20 blade. (Priority set to high, because no install = no RHEL)
Created attachment 96238 [details] Anaconda dump
Created attachment 96239 [details] Anaconda log
Created attachment 96240 [details] LVM output
Created attachment 96241 [details] syslog
Are you installing without formatting your volumes?
Comment #5 : If I am not mistaken (quite a while ago since I tried the install, server is idle since then), I formatted on the first attempt, and not on the second one (as anaconda recognized the LVM partitions from the previous attempt). IIRC, the traceback is from the second attempt. Would you like me to try and perform a new installation, with formatting ?
Yes, that would be very beneficial.
I reinstalled, with RHEL3 AS (academic license) replacing the failed ES installation. I removed all existing partitions in Disk Druid, and repartitioned (with appropriate LVM partitions) ; taking no chances, I selected the default server installation, no extra packages. Formatting and installation went without a hitch. I leave it at your discretion whether or not to close the bug ; it speaks for itself I'll provide you with any extra information/logs you might see fit.