Bug 170003 - Installer exits abnormally after clicking next in choose partition method screen
Summary: Installer exits abnormally after clicking next in choose partition method screen
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 4
Hardware: powerpc
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Mike McLean
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 161877 166397 170004 170005 174231 174334 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-10-06 12:51 UTC by Jackson Wright
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2006-03-29 16:42:29 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Partition Table (618 bytes, text/plain)
2005-10-07 13:31 UTC, Jackson Wright
no flags Details

Description Jackson Wright 2005-10-06 12:51:07 UTC
Description of problem:
Every time I run the installer and get to the point where I choose whether or 
not to automatically partition the disk or use Disk Druid, I hit automatically 
and hit next, and it crashes.

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


How reproducible:
Every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Turn on Computer.
2.Boot linux from the yaboot thing.
3.run anaconda
4.click through dialog boxes
5.beat hands on desk in frustration
6.reboot...try again
  
Actual results:
My installer exits abnormally after flashing a bug message.

Expected results:
It should continue the installation process.

Additional info:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 873 in nextClicked
       self.dispatch.goto.Next()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 174 in gotoNext
       self.moveStep()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 242 in moreStep
       rc=apply(func, self.bindArgs(args))
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partitioning.py", line 54 in partitionObjectsInitialize
      partitions.setFromDisk(diskset)
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partitions.py", line 108 in setFromDisk
      ptype=partedUtils.get_partition_file_system_type(part)
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partedUtils.py", line 140, in 
get_partition_file_system_type
      elif(part.get_flag(partd.PARTITION_BOOT) == 1 and
Attribute Error: "NoneType" object has no attribute 'name'

Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2005-10-06 14:28:05 UTC
*** Bug 170005 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Chris Lumens 2005-10-06 14:28:15 UTC
*** Bug 170004 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Chris Lumens 2005-10-06 14:38:50 UTC
I've committed a fix on Rawhide which doesn't help you much right now.  If you
can attach your partition table to this bug report, we can probably come up with
a workaround for you.  You can get your partition table by waiting until the
graphical installer has come up, hitting cmd-alt-f2, and running:

parted /dev/hda p

It's also possible your disk might be /dev/sda, in which case you'd use that
instead.

Comment 4 Jackson Wright 2005-10-07 13:31:28 UTC
Created attachment 119703 [details]
Partition Table

This is what popped up when I followed your instructions.

Comment 5 Jeremy Katz 2005-11-26 22:19:48 UTC
*** Bug 166397 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Jeremy Katz 2005-11-26 22:19:48 UTC
*** Bug 174231 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Jeremy Katz 2005-11-26 22:21:26 UTC
*** Bug 161877 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Jeremy Katz 2005-12-01 03:17:19 UTC
*** Bug 174334 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9 Mark Jaffe 2006-02-21 07:44:20 UTC
 I am not clear on the method required to attach a printout of the partition table to the bug report. How 
would I get that from an uninstalled system to the one which I use to access the web? I am trying to install 
FC4 to an Apple powerbook G3, which has two HFS+partitions and one ext3fs. Is the installer capable of 
writing to an HFS+ partition? My existing systems cannot read ext3fs.

Comment 10 Paul Nasrat 2006-02-21 15:54:56 UTC
Mark - please try the tree here which has a parted update

ftp://zeniv.uk.linux.org/pub/people/dwmw2/fc4-pegasos





Comment 11 Paul Nasrat 2006-02-21 22:39:51 UTC
To use GOLD FC-4 media arther than that tree.

http://people.redhat.com/clumens/mac-parted-update/updates.img

Take the updates.img and use dd to write it to a USB key, then use
that with "linux updates" at the yaboot boot: prompt.  

You will need to dd it to the entire device,
so make sure you backup whatever may be on the USB drive first.  
You can dosomething like this:

dd if=updates.img of=/dev/sda

Replace /dev/sda with the name of your USB key drive, though.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163263
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=159047

Comment 12 Chris Lumens 2006-03-29 16:42:29 UTC
Closing based on comments.  Please repoen if you are still experiencing this
problem.


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