I have one 13Gb hard drive using FAT32 and I was trying to install Redhat 7.0-respin (whatever that means:) on a loopback filesystem. The installation was a custom install with just a few of the default packages unselected. I also saw this on another machine when using the plain workstation install. When it crashed the program wrote a file called Anacdump.txt on a floppy disk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Machine Specs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Compaq Presario 5700T PIII/450 128Mb RAM 13Gb HD Voodoo3 3500 LG CD-RW CED-8042B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contents of Anacdump.txt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Traceback (innermost last): File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 20, in run rc = self.todo.doInstall () File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1480, 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 46, in systemMounted self.loopbackFile = mntPoint + fstab.filesystemSpace(mntPoint)[0][0] + \ IndexError: list index out of range Local variables in innermost frame: fstab: <fstab.GuiFstab instance at 84c2000> mntPoint: /mnt/sysimage selected: [ImageMagick, LPRng, MAKEDEV, Mesa, Mesa-devel, ORBit, ORBit-devel, SDL, SysVinit, XFree86, XFree86-75dpi-fonts, XFree86-devel, XFree86-libs, XFree86-tools, XFree86-twm, XFree86-xdm, XFree86-xfs, Xaw3d, Xaw3d-devel, Xconfigurator, anacron, apmd, arpwatch, ash, aspell, at, audiofile, audiofile-devel, aumix, authconfig, autoconf, automake, awesfx, basesystem, bash, bc, bdflush, bind-utils, binutils, bison, bug-buddy, byacc, bzip2, bzip2-devel, cdda2wav, cdecl, cdp, cdparanoia, cdrecord, chkconfig, chkfontpath, compat-libstdc++, console-tools, control-center, control-center-devel, control-panel, cpio, cpp, cproto, cracklib, cracklib-dicts, crontabs, ctags, cvs, cyrus-sasl, db1, db1-devel, db2, db3, desktop-backgrounds, dev, dev86, dhcpcd, dia, dialog, diffstat, diffutils, dip, docbook, dosfstools, dump, e2fsprogs, ed, ee, eject, elm, emacs, esound, esound-devel, exmh, expect, extace, fetchmail, file, filesystem, fileutils, findutils, finger, flex, fortune-mod, freetype, ftp, gawk, gcc, gcc-c++, gcc-g77, gcc-objc, gd, gd-devel, gdb, gdbm, gdbm-devel, gdk-pixbuf, gdk-pixbuf-devel, gdm, gedit, gettext, gftp, ghostscript, ghostscript-fonts, gimp, gimp-devel, glade, glib, glib-devel, glibc, glibc-devel, gmc, gmp, gnome-applets, gnome-audio, gnome-audio-extra, gnome-core, gnome-core-devel, gnome-libs, gnome-libs-devel, gnome-linuxconf, gnome-media, gnome-objc, gnome-objc-devel, gnome-pim, gnome-pim-devel, gnome-print, gnome-users-guide, gnome-utils, gnorpm, gnotepad+, gnumeric, gnupg, gphoto, gpm, gpm-devel, gqview, grep, groff, groff-perl, gtk+, gtk+-devel, gtk-engines, gtop, guile, gv, gzip, hdparm, ical, imlib, imlib-cfgeditor, imlib-devel, indent, indexhtml, inews, info, initscripts, ipchains, iproute, iptables, iputils, isapnptools, isdn-config, isdn4k-utils, jadetex, kbdconfig, kernel, kernel-headers, kernel-pcmcia-cs, kernel-utils, kernelcfg, krb5-devel, krb5-libs, kudzu, kudzu-devel, less, libghttp, libghttp-devel, libglade, libglade-devel, libgtop, libgtop-devel, libjpeg, libjpeg-devel, libpng, libpng-devel, librep, libstdc++, libstdc++-devel, libtermcap, libtermcap-devel, libtiff, libtiff-devel, libtool, libtool-libs, libungif, libungif-devel, libxml, libxml-devel, lilo, links, linuxconf, linuxconf-devel, logrotate, losetup, lrzsz, lsof, ltrace, lynx, m4, magicdev, mailcap, mailx, make, man, man-pages, mc, memprof, metamail, mikmod, mingetty, minicom, mkbootdisk, mkinitrd, mkisofs, mktemp, mkxauth, modemtool, modutils, mount, mouseconfig, mpage, mpg123, mtools, multimedia, mutt, ncftp, ncompress, ncurses, ncurses-devel, net-tools, netcfg, netpbm, netpbm-devel, netpbm-progs, netscape-common, netscape-navigator, newt, newt-devel, nfs-utils, njamd, nmh, ntsysv, openjade, openldap, openssh, openssh-askpass, openssh-askpass-gnome, openssh-clients, openssl, openssl-devel, pam, passwd, patch, pciutils, pciutils-devel, perl, pidentd, pine, playmidi, playmidi-X11, plugger, pmake, pnm2ppa, popt, portmap, ppp, printtool, procmail, procps, psgml, psmisc, pspell, pump, pwdb, pygnome, pygnome-libglade, pygtk, pygtk-libglade, python, python-devel, python-xmlrpc, pythonlib, qt, quota, raidtools, rcs, rdate, readline, readline-devel, redhat-logos, redhat-release, rep-gtk, rep-gtk-gnome, rep-gtk-libglade, rhn_register, rhn_register-gnome, rhs-printfilters, rmt, rootfiles, rp-pppoe, rp3, rpm, rpm-build, rpm-devel, rpm-python, rsh, rsync, rusers, rwho, rxvt, samba-client, samba-common, sane, sash, sawfish, screen, sed, sendmail, setserial, setup, setuptool, sgml-common, sgml-tools, sh-utils, shadow-utils, shapecfg, sharutils, slang, slang-devel, slocate, slrn, smpeg, sndconfig, sox, stat, statserial, strace, stunnel, stylesheets, switchdesk, switchdesk-gnome, sysklogd, talk, tar, tcl, tclx, tcp_wrappers, tcsh, telnet, termcap, tetex, tetex-afm, tetex-dvilj, tetex-dvips, tetex-fonts, tetex-latex, tetex-xdvi, texinfo, textutils, time, timeconfig, timetool, tin, tix, tk, tkinter, tksysv, tmpwatch, traceroute, trn, umb-scheme, unzip, up2date, up2date-gnome, urlview, urw-fonts, usermode, utempter, util-linux, vim-common, vim-minimal, vixie-cron, which, whois, words, wvdial, xcdroast, xchat, xinitrc, xisdnload, xloadimage, xmailbox, xmms, xpaint, xpdf, xrn, xsane, xscreensaver, xsri, xxgdb, yp-tools, ypbind, zip, zlib, zlib-devel] self: <image.CdromInstallMethod instance at 83fa968> p: netscape-navigator changeloop: 1 ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'method' p3 (iimage CdromInstallMethod p4 (dp5 S'progressWindow' p6 <failed>
What steps are required to reproduce this problem?
1. Workstation install 2. When you start with Disk Druid, mount the FAT32 partition as / The installer creates the DOS file and either while its formatting the filesystem or when it starts to install packages the installer crashes.
Thank you for the additional information. This is a dupe of bug 19928. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 19928 ***