Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 15096
Doing UMSDOS install on Windows partition failed
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:37:57 EDT
I have an eMachines Celeron 466, 8GB Maxtor EIDE drive, ATI Rage LT video, Cirrus Crystal Sound, HP 9300 CD-RW writer, Windows 98 Second Edition, with all the latest Windows updates. Booted the pinstripe beta. Told Disk Druid to assign a 3000 GB / partition to /dev/hda1. It started to create the partition, and about 80% through, it quit with an anaconda exception. I copied most of it to paper, so forgive me if there are omissions. /var/tmp/anaconda-7.0/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py, line 19 run rc = self.todo.doInstall() then in todo.py, line 1425 in doInstall, self.fstab.makeFilesystems() then in fstab.py, line 627 makeFilesystems (self.progressWindow, _("Loopback")) File /usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py, line 78 in ddfile, os.write(fd, buf) OS Error: [Errno 27] File too large Then X windows wedged, although the mouse still worked and I could switch virtual consoles.
The installer should not allow you to create a 3000MB lookback file - could you give step by step instructions of how to reproduce this bug? Also - what does your partition table look like before you start the install?
Partition table has only one entry for the Windows partition which is the size of the entire disk. /dev/hda1 As for the install procedure, it was a normal X windows based install. When I was asked to do disk partitioning, I chose "manual using disk druid", selected the Windows partition, in the dialog box, I chose mount point "/" and then size of 3000MB. Clicked OK. Then I clicked Next, agreed that I knew what I was doing and that I wouldn't be able to use any other Linux partitions and then clicked through to installation. (I selected GNOME workstation installation).
I think I have identified this issue - looking at it.
Ok I just did an install on our latest tree and it properly handles this case now.