Bug 20296 - RH7.0 install fails on Compaq AP700
Summary: RH7.0 install fails on Compaq AP700
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.0
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Whiteboard:
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-11-03 19:58 UTC by Allen J. Newton
Modified: 2005-10-31 22:00 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2000-11-03 19:58:18 UTC
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Description Allen J. Newton 2000-11-03 19:58:10 UTC
I tried to upgrade my Compaq AP700 from RH6.2 (with security/package fixes)
to RH7.0 1) customizing packages, 2) not customizing packages and 3) fresh
custom install (not upgrade), all with the same failure in anaconda.  The
fresh install worked fine on a generic Pentium 133 system.

Here is the 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/gui.py", line 336, in run
    self.icw.run ()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 678, in run
    mainloop ()
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 2554, in mainloop
    _gtk.gtk_main()
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 125, in __call__
    ret = apply(self.func, a)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 428, in
nextClic
ked
    self.setScreen (self.currentScreen, self.nextClicked)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 466, in
setScree
n
    new_screen = screen.getScreen ()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iw/package_gui.py", line
427, 
in getScreen
    self.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: MAKEDEV

Local variables in innermost frame:
self: <comps.HeaderListFromFile instance at 8563be0>
item: MAKEDEV

ToDo object:
(itodo
ToDo
p1
(dp2
S'method'
p3
(iimage
CdromInstallMethod
p4
(dp5
S'progressWindow'
p6

<failed>

=====

When I tried to install RH6.0 some months ago using custom partition sizes
of 650M each (for CDRW backup -- no, I ended up not choosing to do that) on
this AP700, that failed, too, although that method worked fine on my
generic dual PII/400 system.

Is there something wonky about Compaq equipment that just doesn't get along
with Linux?

Any help on this appreciated.  I'm actually going to try to do the upgrade
by updating the individual packages and seeing what kind of trouble I can
get into...  ;-)

--
ajn

Comment 1 David Lawrence 2000-11-07 14:43:55 UTC
Closed at request of reporter.


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