Description of problem: Since the iMac DV still doesn't do graphical installs (bug #121265), I performed a text mode install. This machine already had Fedora Core 2 (duke tree) running on it, with all updates applied. When it came to partitioning, I chose to have a clean install and tried to get Disk Druid started, in text mode. Then I got a fun error :) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Rawhide latest, 30th August 2004 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Perform a mac text install 2. Get to selecting the install type (NFS), then wait till you get to disk partitioning options 3. Choosing automatic partition or even Disk Druid throws wonderful errors, sig11'ing anaconda Actual results: When using Disk Druid: Assertion (per_partition_is_active (part)) at disk.c:935 in function ped_partition_get_flag() failed. <ignore> <cancel> I click <ignore> at this stage (let's call this stage #1) Assertion (part->disk_specific != NULL) at disk_mac.c:1137 in function mac_partition_get_flag() failed. <ignore> <cancel> Install will exit abnormally If at stage #1, I click Cancel, I get: File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1159, in ? intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData)File "/usr/src/build/443503-ppc/install//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 465, in run rc = apply(win, (selc.screen, ) + args) File "/usr/src/build/443503-ppc/install//usr/lib/anaconda/textw/partition_text.py", line 1144, in __call__ self.populate() File "/usr/src/build/443503-ppc/install//usr/lib/anaconda/textw/partition_text.py", line 125, in populate if getPartSizeMB(part) <=1.0 and not part.get_flag(parted.PARTITION_BOOT): error: Bug: Assertion (ped_partition_is_active (part)) at disk.c:935 in function ped_partition_get_flag() failed. <ok><debug> If <ok> is clicked, the installer exits... Expected results: I go past partitioning and all is well Additional info: If I choose an automatic install, it just posts the following error: Error Partitioning Could not allocate requested partitions: requested FileSystemType needs a flag that is not available Keep in mind that this is saying "remove all Linux partitions" or even "remove all partitions on the system" options. 20GB disk, FC2 worked fine, have no idea why this installer borked on the iMac DV (except that it was a text mode install) This graphical installer worked fine on several other macs, w/o issue. I might try to reproduce this with text mode on another box as well.
This should be fixed in CVS and rawhide trees as of today (I built a new anaconda yesterday afternoon)
This is fixed when I manually partition with disk druid, but as of rawhide from Sep 4th (or is that 3rd your time?), the automatic partitioning still fails with the same error message
0925 tree, no more such issues, as per comment #2, automatic partitioning fails, but with the error in bug #121384. So I'm closing this as RAWHIDE