Attempting to install RH 7.0 on Dell Dimension XPS B933r with Promise Ultra100 and IBM 45GB disk. Install was attempted using boot disk that supports controller correctly and anaconda suppliment in the update-disk-20001009.img. Machine is going to be tri-boot, W95, NT4.0 Server (not domain controller) and RH7. W95 and NT are successfully installed. Disk is partitioned with 2 FAT16 2GB partitions, 1 NTFS 4GB partition and rest for linux. Partitions are laid with 2GB root, 512MB swap, and a couple of spare 10GB ext2fs partitions. The install was attempted by entering "linux updates expert text" at the first prompt, and it was attempted as a custom system, selecting individual packages. The error dialog box appears at the end of or just after the system finishes transferring install files to the hard disk. I checked all of the unique bugs for anaconda and did not see this trace back in any of them. The trace back appears below: Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 438, in ? intf.run(todo, test = test) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1030, in run rc = apply (step[1](), step[2]) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 507, in __call__ if todo.doInstall (): File "/tmp/updates/todo.py", line 1499, in doInstall if self.method.systemMounted (self.fstab, self.instPath, self.hdList.selected()): File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 63, in systemMounted isys.lochangefd("/tmp/loop", self.loopbackFile) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 55, in lochangefd _isys.lochangefd(loop, targ) SystemError: (22, 'Invalid argument') Local variables in innermost frame: file: /mnt/sysimage//rhinstall-stage2.img loop: 11 targ: 12 device: /tmp/loop ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'method' p3 (iimage CdromInstallMethod p4 (dp5 S'currentDisc' p6 I1 sS'tree' p7 S'/mnt/source' sS'device' p8 S'hdc' sS'progressWindow' p9 <failed>
Can you provide any information about which packages you were installing? Also, was this a CD-based install or something else?
This was installed from a CD rom that was burned by a friend of mine who used it to upgrade from one of the RedHat 7.0 beta versions. The CDs were the original ISO's that were released by RedHat. The system does not get to create an install.log, so I can't give you a list of packages. I am doing some fairly heavy customization of the set, and at the end, I do choose to fulfill all of the dependencies. I'm going for a hobyist/professional unix applications developer set of utilities. games, all development tools, mostly default libraries, default multimedia stuff, no tftp, talk, news, elm, etc. I'm opting for gnome over KDE. Most of the documentation is requested. I also removed the isdn stuff, and didn't install any other network transport except tcp/ip. If you want any alternate console info to pinpoint this better, please let me know. I'm trying a default server install as I write this to see if I can get it that to work, but I have limited hope.
If you can get a copy of Red Hat Linux 7, I would encourage you to try it and see if the problem still exists. It is possible that this was fixed during the beta cycle.
The CD rom was the original release of Red Hat 7.0 from the ISO. Are you suggesting that I get the current CD images? Are there any other changes to anaconda that are not included in the update disk that I referenced above? I will be happy to ask my friend to burn the new CDs, but I'd like some indication that there have been some changes that might make a difference over the process I currently am using. The bug (if one exists) is clearly in the custom system installation portion, since the standard server installation went Ok. However I will now need to sink many hours into customizing the system that I otherwise wouldn't. Once I get a working kernel for this machine, I'll archive the source and try to install Workstation to see if it gets me closer to a useful system.
I misunderstood...I thought you were using the beta cd's.
Passing to QA to reproduce.
Reproduced on a Dell Dimension L667r, with two Maxtor drives (hda = 10GB, WIndows Me; hdd = 46GB). Assigned hdd -> /boot, /, /home, swap expecting a "Cannot boot from secondary slave drive" error, but install proceeded. Chose standard workstation install. Ananconda crashes while reading packages from RedHat 7.0 CD 1. Retried with text-mode install - crashes at same point with identical error. Dump of error message follows: --------------------------------- --- anacdump.txt --- Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 438, in ? intf.run(todo, test = test) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1030, in run rc = apply (step[1](), step[2]) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/textw/packages_text.py", line 33, in __call__ todo.getCompsList() File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 539, in getComp sList self.comps = self.method.readComps(self.hdList) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 16, in readCom ps return ComponentSet(self.tree + '/RedHat/base/comps', hdlist) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 459, in __init __ self.readCompsFile(file, self.packages, arch, matchAllLang) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 428, in readCo mpsFile comp.addPackage(packages[l]) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 101, in __geti tem__ return self.packages[item] KeyError: basesystem Local variables in innermost frame: self: <comps.HeaderListFromFile instance at 82c0b68> item: basesystem ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'method' p3 (iimage CdromInstallMethod p4 (dp5 S'progressWindow' p6 <failed>
we are not seeing these problems with similar hardware in test ... can you verify that your cd images are correct via md5sum ...?
The CD matches the image that it was burned from. I checked that the md5 sums were accurate when the CD's were burned.
Update to my comment on 20 December 2001: Disconnected the first hard drive, so that the new machine configuration was a Dell Dimension L667r, with one Maxtor drive (hda = 46GB, pre-partitioned with Partition Magic). Tried RedHat 7.0 with anaconda updates disk (boot: linux updates) and asked to format /boot and / during install. Install crashes with identical error as before, however, it adds a line "No free space left on device" before crashing. I selected <1 GB of packages on a 3 GB / partition (46 GB disk), and asked for a reformat of that partition. Also tried: "boot: linux" (no updates) - identical crash as before. Also tried RedHat 6.2 "boot: linux" and got the exact same crash.
I too am trying to install RED HAT V70. If I boot from install disk (with ' upgrades'fix image) I can reproduce the SAME ERROR every time - It is formatting ready for package installation and fails to MOUNT a partition. The trace back code is back at work but it appears to follow the above error and fails around the "line 1030" code mark. I also produced the same error in V6.1 that I have a CD for. I will add the traceback code in an extension of these comments tomorrow.
Missing info - ONLY does it if you choose 'expert' for a Workstation install ; - The system is an old IBM 75 Mhz Pentium - The hard drive is a Seagate 1.7Gb (worked fine before !!) - Anaconda crashes on formatting a partition (pick one) still using CD no.1
I have the same Problem on a AMD Athlon 750 with 20GB IBM Harddisk.
we have not been able to reproduce this problem in our test lab using similar (NOT identical! :( ) hardware, so haven't been able to advance on this issue ... (if applicable:) Do you still have the same problem using our recent public beta (fisher) ...?
I ask as we have added more general error checking to the installer to try and handle these issues better (more gracefully, more descriptive of errors, etc.) ...
Closing due to inactivity. Please reopen if you have additional information to add.