Description of problem: I was unable to do un upgrade from FC4 X86_64 to FC5 X86_64. During the "transferring initial image to hard disk" I got an error message (not enough disk space). The / partition is a LVM volume with tens of GiB free. The only way to do the installation was a new installation with a new volume on the same vg. Actual results: Unable to upgrade. Expected results: Upgrade. Additional info:
Created attachment 132108 [details] Anaconda debug file
The error message about not enough disk space is just a bad error message that's displayed for all sorts of CD problems. The real trouble here is that your media, downloaded image, burner, cable, or other related hardware is bad. The following messages in the exception log indicate this: <4>hdc: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } <4>hdc: media error (bad sector): error=0x34 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x03 } <4>ide: failed opcode was: unknown <4>end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 117832 <3>Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 29458 Please verify your media with media check and make sure that you downloaded a good copy of the install media.
(In reply to comment #2) > The error message about not enough disk space is just a bad error message that's > displayed for all sorts of CD problems. This should be fixed, as it doesn't give a clue about the real problem. > The real trouble here is that your > media, downloaded image, burner, cable, or other related hardware is bad. The > following messages This is not, as I use the same CD on the same machine and CD player to do a new installation of FC5.
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
This bug has been mass-closed along with all other bugs that have been in NEEDINFO state for several months. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, this is the only method we have of cleaning out stale bug reports where the reporter has disappeared. If you can reproduce this bug after installing all the current updates, please reopen this bug. If you are not the reporter, you can add a comment requesting it be reopened, and someone will get to it asap. Thank you.