Bug 147916 - Installer crash with anacdump when insufficient disk space
Summary: Installer crash with anacdump when insufficient disk space
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
high
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-02-12 19:41 UTC by Ricky Ng-Adam
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-02-13 02:41:10 UTC
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the produced dump from Anaconda (756.95 KB, text/plain)
2005-02-12 19:43 UTC, Ricky Ng-Adam
no flags Details

Description Ricky Ng-Adam 2005-02-12 19:41:10 UTC
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Description of problem:
Anaconda installer crashes with anacdump after having displayed the dialog annoucing that there is insufficient disk space to install.

(bravo on the opportunity of saving the dump on a floppy, very useful).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Installing on a laptop with a Windows partition
2. Select workstation install
3. Partition with a) swap 512MB b) /boot 100 MB c) LVM volume root for the rest (around 1.5G)
4. continue install
5. Get insufficient disk space popup

Actual Results:  Crash with anacdump (will post as attachment)

Expected Results:  Should have returned to the package selection screen

Additional info:

Comment 1 Ricky Ng-Adam 2005-02-12 19:43:09 UTC
Created attachment 111031 [details]
the produced dump from Anaconda

Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2005-02-13 02:41:10 UTC
This is fixed post-FC3.  For FC3, ensuring that you have enough space for doing
your install is the recommended workaround.


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