Description of problem: Anaconda produces an unhandled exception error after package customization. I believe that it is related to partioning/formatting since no packages were installed yet. Here are the specs Fedora - FC5 Two hard drives - hda1 (HP Recovery) - hda2 (Windows XP) - /hdb1 (/boot - standard) - /hdb2 (/spare - 20 GB) - /hdb3 (/winxfer - 10GB) - /hdb4 - /hdb5 (/ - LVM-VolGroup00 130 GB) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC5 - Disk1 CD How reproducible: Everytime. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Created attachment 127388 [details] Anaconda Dump File
I countered the issue by disconnecting the master (hda) drive and installing from the CD. The major difference that I noted was that I always chose not to have GRUB installed on hda - MBR. I would rather not have Windows complain. So Anaconda listed the other option as installing to /dev/hdb1 (mapped to /boot). During the successful install, I noticed that Anaconda listed my only GRUB location option as /dev/hdb MBR. I did not change any jumpers on my drives, merely disconnected the IDE cable. Could this be an issue where the BIOS does not allow a write to the MBR if the drive is configured as a slave on a two drive system? This may be helpful to prevent Anaconda from exiting abnormally from this unhandled exception. I can provide motherboard, BIOS, and drive information if needed.
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