Description of problem: When attempting to install FC5 on a Mac G4 867 MHz/2Mb cache w/ 128 Mb RAM & 100 MB IDE drive. The fisrt time through the installation I selected "Automatic Partitioning" and was able to respond to all questions leading up to the actual installation of files before the installation displayed an error trace. On subsequent installation attempts the installation dumps right after selecting either manual or automatic partitioning. The trace back follows: File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 873, in nextClicked self.dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 174, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 242 in moveStep rc=apply(func, self.binArgs(args)) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partitioning.py", line 54, in partitionObjectsInitialize partitions.set FromDisk(diskset) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partitions.py", line 108, in getFromDisk ptype=partedUtils.get_partitions_file_syste_type(part) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partedUtils.py", line 140, in get_partition_file_system_type elif (part.get_flag(parted.PARTITION_BOOT)==1 and AttributeError: 'NameType" Object has no attribute 'name' I read in a Linux forum that this may be related to the Apple boot record being removed by the auto-partitioning routine and that a fix could be to use the Ubuntu Breezy Badger installation disk to re-write the boot record. I obtained the UBB installation disk and am able to install UBB and boot the system. I am still not able to install FC5 on the system. Below is the output from "parted" from the FC5 installation routine: Disk label type: mac Minor Start End Filesystem Name Flags 1 0.000 0.031 Apple 2 0.031 0.985 Untitled Boot 3 0.985 93553.575 EXT3 Untitled 4 93553.575 95396.273 Linux-Swap Swap swap` Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Each installation attempt Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot the system from the FC5 boot disk 2. Follow the installtion prompts until the partitioning method is presented 3. Select either manual or automatic partitioning Actual results: As indicated by the trace back above Expected results: Additional info: This is not a dual boot installation attempt. FC5 is intended to be the only OS on the system.
*** Bug 190411 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 190412 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Please attach the full traceback output - you should be able to save to remote host via scp.
I was successful getting FC5 installed on this machine. I first did a complete install of Ubuntu Breezy Badger (had always inturrupted install just after format of file systems) to make sure the system would boot, etc. The I installed FC5 over top of the Ubuntu install making sure to use the disk druid method of partitioning and only formatting the Apple Boot, swap and / file systems. Then the FC5 install went right through. The first time I attempted FC5 install I selected auotmatice partitioning which (I have read) can have ill effects on /dev/hda1 partition. So what to do with this bug report? I'm not married to the install yet so if you want me to try to reporduce the problem I'd be happy to. I pretty sure that if I select auto partition again I'd be right in the same boat. Let me know what you want me to do.
I'm going to close this out - if you have the same issue with fc6t2 or later please file a bug containing the full anacdump.log not just the head of it. Thanks.