Description of problem: FC3 should be installed besides Windows ME. Anaconda stopps an shows following Bug before starting to copy rpm's to HDD (after root password selection). Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1074, in handleRenderCallback self.currentWindow.renderCallback() File "/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 242, in renderCallback self.intf.icw.nextClicked() File "/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 789, in nextClicked self.dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 171, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 239, in moveStep rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args)) File "/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 551, in turnOnFilesystems diskset.savePartitions () File "/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/partedUtils.py", line 715, in savePartitions disk.commit() error: Bug: Assertion (heads < 256) at disk_dos.c:486 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed. Local variables in innermost frame: self: <partedUtils.DiskSet instance at 0xb75138ac> disk: <PedDisk object at 0xb7540428> ***I can send you the whole bugfile (anacdump.txt), it's to large to send by this form*** Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1.Start Anaconda to install FC3 by selfbooting CD 2.select German specific configuration 3.HDD formatet manually: hda1: fat32 (Windows ME on it) hda2: "/boot" "ext3" hda3: "VolGroup00" "LVM PV" for"LVM Datenträgergruppen": - VolGroup00 - - LogVol01 " " "swap" - - LogVol00 "/" "ext3" 4. slect GRUB as Bootloader 5. added second OS: Windows ME "/dev/hda1", and selected as standart 6. chosed which rpm's to install 7. start installation Actual results: - Bug is reported (save at Floppy) - system reboots automatically after klick on "OK" Expected results: Anaconda should start to copy the rpm's to HDD until Fedora is installed Additional info: If I install FC3 with no OS besides, it works well.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 138419 ***
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.