Trying to install RedHat Linux v.7. Platform: Celeron CPU, 128MB, generic ATI video (which Anaconda was able to use OK), 6GB disk partitioned from scratch using Anaconda's preferences. I made it through every GUI prompt, and when I clicked "Finish," this error was returned: 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 "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1470, in doInstall self.fstab.turnOnSwap() File "fstab.py", line 408, in turnOnSwap isys.swapon (file) File "isys.py", line 142, in swapon return _isys.swapon (path) SystemError: (22, 'Invalid argument') Local variables in innermost frame: path: /tmp/swap/hdc6 ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'method' p3 (iimage CdromInstallMethod p4 (dp5 S'progressWindow' p6 <failed> I spent about three hours going through every combination of package, disk- partitioning scheme, various other options that I could think of, and I never got anywhere. And oh yes, updates.redhat.com was dead all day yesterday (still is), so I can't even tell if the anaconda patch would have fixed this. Most annoying. Thanks for the help!
This is a dupe of bug 17791. Could you give step by step instructions on how to reproduce this problem?
I don't mean to be unhelpful, but the steps to duplicate the problem are 1. attempt to install software The install application died on 100% of runs. Changing install options made no difference. Running in graphics mode vs text mode made no difference.
Further info: Selecting different partition sizes also had no effect on problem (I tried the default, a single huge partition, several other variations).
The problem has been resolved, but not using RedHat tools: 1) fdisk /mbr to clear boot record 2) Create a Linux partition and Linux swap space with System Commander 2000 Everything ran perfectly thereafter.