Description of problem: Installing from a live usb onto an empty partition that used to contain F19. After I select the volume to install to and click 'Done', this error occurs. Both automatic and 'let me choose' partitioning modes result in a similar crash. Version-Release number of selected component: anaconda-core-21.48.21-1.fc21.x86_64 The following was filed automatically by anaconda: anaconda 21.48.21-1 exception report Traceback (most recent call first): File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/parted/geometry.py", line 63, in __init__ raise parted.GeometryException, "must specify PedGeometry or (device, start, length) or (device, start, end) or (device, start, length, end)" File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/parted/decorators.py", line 41, in new ret = fn(*args, **kwds) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/blivet/partitioning.py", line 1738, in getDiskChunks end=disk.format.endAlignment.alignDown(f, f.end)) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/blivet/partitioning.py", line 1110, in allocatePartitions temp_parts, freespace) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/blivet/partitioning.py", line 882, in doPartitioning allocatePartitions(storage, disks, partitions, free) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/blivet/partitioning.py", line 393, in doAutoPartition doPartitioning(storage) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/kickstart.py", line 333, in execute doAutoPartition(storage, ksdata, min_luks_entropy=MIN_CREATE_ENTROPY) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/kickstart.py", line 2009, in doKickstartStorage ksdata.autopart.execute(storage, ksdata, instClass) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/storage.py", line 313, in _doExecute doKickstartStorage(self.storage, self.data, self.instclass) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/threading.py", line 766, in run self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/threads.py", line 227, in run threading.Thread.run(self, *args, **kwargs) GeometryException: must specify PedGeometry or (device, start, length) or (device, start, end) or (device, start, length, end) Additional info: cmdline: /usr/bin/python /sbin/anaconda --liveinst --method=livecd:///dev/mapper/live-base cmdline_file: BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz0 initrd=initrd0.img root=live:CDLABEL=Fedora-Live-WS-x86_64-21-5 rootfstype=auto ro rd.live.image quiet rhgb rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 executable: /sbin/anaconda hashmarkername: anaconda kernel: 3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64 other involved packages: anaconda-gui-21.48.21-1.fc21.x86_64, python-blivet-0.61.13-1.fc21.noarch, pyparted-3.9.5-2.fc21.x86_64, python-libs-2.7.8-7.fc21.x86_64 product: Fedora" release: Fedora release 21 (Twenty One) type: anaconda version: Fedora
Created attachment 978437 [details] File: anaconda-tb
Created attachment 978438 [details] File: anaconda.log
Created attachment 978439 [details] File: environ
Created attachment 978440 [details] File: journalctl
Created attachment 978441 [details] File: lsblk_output
Created attachment 978442 [details] File: nmcli_dev_list
Created attachment 978443 [details] File: os_info
Created attachment 978444 [details] File: program.log
Created attachment 978445 [details] File: storage.log
Created attachment 978446 [details] File: ifcfg.log
I ended up finding a workaround: basically, I installed another distro (specifically Ubuntu 12.04), allowing it to partition the empty space on my drive accordingly. After that, I was able to use anaconda to mount/install fedora over those partitions without issue.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1172441 ***