When using
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/x86_64/os/images/diskboot.img
 as a root file system (AKA as boot media), anaconda crashes claiming that it
cannot find libbdevid.so.0.4. The error is as follows:

Running anaconda, the Fedora Core system installer - please wait...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 587, in ?
    import dispatch
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 19, in ?
    from packages import writeXConfiguration
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 27, in ?
    import fsset
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 28, in ?
    import partedUtils
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partedUtils.py", line 30 , in ?
    import dmraid
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dmraid.py", line 23, in ?
    import block
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/block/__ini__.py", line 30, in ?
    from bdevid import bdevid as _bdevid
ImportError: libbdevid.so.0.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory
install exited abnormally [1/1]
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals...done