Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 115690
anaconda crashes at start of package install.
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:07:00 EST
Description of problem: Anaconda dies after two disks are partioned (probably) and before first (probably) package is loaded. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): version 3. RedHat Enterprise Linux for the AMD64 architecture. How reproducible: Exception error everytime on the only AMD64 bit machine I have. Does not seem to matter how disks are partitiond or how many packages are chosen to install. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot from CD ROM 2. Proceed through graphical or text version of anaconda. 3. In graphical version I observe the partitions being formated. Either after or during the formating of last partition (I suspect after from both the screen behavior and the traceback calls) an exception notice pops up. Actual results: Cannot get through installation process Expected results: Successful installation of Linux Additional info: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 943, in handleRenderCallback self.currentWindow.renderCallback() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py, line 156, in renderCallback self/intf.icw.nextClicked() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py, line 768, in nextClicked self.dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 157, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 225, in moveStep rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args)) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 613, in doPreInstall method.mergeFullHeaders(id.grpset.hdrlist) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/image.py",line 58, in mergeFullHeaders hdlist.mergeFullHeaders(self.tree + "/RedHat/base/hdlist2") File "/usr/lib/anaconda/hdrlist.py", line 329, in mergeFullHeaders rpm.mergeHeaderListFromFD(self.hdlist, fd, 1000004) error: match tag mismatch This system is brand new. There are two 38G drives. All drives but swap are formatted to ext3. Does not seem to matter if the default configuration is selected or if a customized partitioning is used.
I ran the checkmedia option and found that the only three times the cd check was run, it failed on the first run and then passed on the second run without doing anything to the cd and/or cdrom other than pushing the cdrom door closed and re-running checkmedia. In two out of two times I was successful in running anaconda and installing packages after exiting the check media utility. There were no apparent read problems with the cd. Since I now have the machine configured as desired I do not wish to experiment further. From my point of view the priority of this problem is now low. Thanks
This sounds like an incompatibility between your media and your drive.+
Maybe, but everything else seems to work including booting off of the cdrom.
I'm having the same issue with ES3, update 3. My machine is a Supermicro with an Intel CPU.
(In reply to comment #4) > I'm having the same issue with ES3, update 3. My machine is a > Supermicro with an Intel CPU. roger. same problem.
Same problem with Redhat ew 3 Update 5, on a AMD 64 Dual core system, in 64bits. anaconda crash on different package, over the time, and some time (1 of 3) it work fine and I`m able to install all Redhat. need to reopen the bug!!!!!!!!