I was installing RHL-7.0 Alpha platform on Avanti (DEC AS200)and the following error was reported after all necessary details had been entered. Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda.real", line 438, in ? intf.run(todo, test = test) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1030, in run File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 507, in __call__ File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1472, in doInstall File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/fstab.py", line 711, in mountFilesystems File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.py", line 193, in mkdirChain OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/mnt/sysimage' Local variables in innermost frame: which: 3 dir: /mnt/sysimage/home elements: ['', 'mnt', 'sysimage', 'home'] path: /mnt/sysimage ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'method' p3 (iurlinstall UrlInstallMethod p4 (dp5 S'baseUrl' p6 S'ftp://cesdy1/pub/redhat-7.0/alpha' sbsS'initlevel' p7 I3 sS'progressWindow' p8 NsS'hostname' p9 NsS'expert' p10 I0 sS'ddruidReadOnly' p11 I0 sS'timezone' p12 (S'Asia/Kuala_Lumpur' I0 I0 tsS'language' p13 (itodo Language (dp14 S'abbrevMap' p15 (dp16 S'es_ES' p17 S'Spanish' p18 sS'tr_TR' p19 S'Turkish' p20 sS'sr_YU' p21 S'Serbian' p22 sS'de_DE' p23 S'German' p24 sS'sk_SK' p25 S'Slovak' p26 sS'ru_RU.KOI8-R' p27 S'Russian' p28 sS'is_IS' p29 S'Icelandic' p30 sS'no_NO' p31 S'Norwegian' p32 sS'sv_SE' p33 S'Swedish' p34 sS'en_US' p35 S'English' p36 sS'it_IT' p37 S'Italian' p38 sS'da_DK' p39 S'Danish' p40 sS'cs_CZ' p41 S'Czech' p42 sS'uk_UA.KOI8-U' p43 S'Ukrainian' p44 sS'hu_HU' p45 S'Hungarian' p46 sS'fr_FR' p47 S'French' p48 sS'sl_SI' p49 S'Slovenian' p50 sS'ro_RO' p51 S'Romanian' p52 ssS'font' p53 (dp54 g38 S'lat0-sun16' sg22 S'cyr-sun16' sg28 S'cyr-sun16' sg36 S'None' sg26 S'lat2-sun16' sg32 S'lat0-sun16' sg34 S'lat0-sun16' sg48 S'None' sg50 S'lat2-sun16' sg52 S'lat2-sun16' sg24 S'None' sg20 S'lat5-sun16' sg46 S'lat2-sun16' sg18 S'None' sg44 S'cyr-sun16' sg42 S'lat2-sun16' sg40 S'lat0-sun16' sg30 S'lat0-sun16' ssS'langs' p55 (dp56 g38 g37 sg22 g21 sg28 g27 sg36 g35 sg26 g25 sg32 g31 sg34 g33 sg48 g47 sg50 g49 sg52 g51 sg24 g23 sg20 g19 sg46 g45 sg18 g17 sg44 g43 sg42 g41 sg40 g39 sg30 g29 ssS'info' p57 (dp58 S'LANG' p59 g35 ssS'map' p60 (dp61 g38 S'iso15' sg22 S'iso05' sg28 S'koi8-r' sg36 S'None' sg26 S'iso02' sg32 S'iso15' sg34 S'iso15' sg48 S'None' sg50 S'iso02' sg52 S'iso02' sg24 S'None' sg20 S'iso09' sg46 S'iso02' sg18 S'None' sg44 S'koi8-u' sg42 S'iso02' sg40 S'iso15' sg30 S'iso15' ssS'lang' p62 g35 sbsS'fstab' p63 NsS'lilo' p64 (ililo LiloConfiguration (dp65 S'liloDevice' p66 S'mbr' p67 sS'initrdsMade' p68 (dsS'edd' p69 I0 sS'default' p70 NsS'liloImages' p71 (dsS'liloLinear' p72 I1 sS'liloAppend' p73 NsbsS'comps' p74 NsS'network' p75 (itodo Network (dp76 S'netdevices' p77 (dp78 S'eth0' p79 (itodo NetworkDevice (dp80 g57 (dp81 S'ONBOOT' p82 S'yes' sS'IPADDR' p83 S'161.142.196.7' sS'BOOTPROTO' p84 S'static' sS'NETMASK' p85 S'255.255.255.0' sS'DEVICE' p86 g79 ssbssS'gateway' p87 S'161.142.196.1' sS'secondaryNS' p88 S'' sg9 S'Avanti1' sS'primaryNS' p89 S'161.142.196.2' sS'domains' p90 (lp91 S'nstt.com.my' asS'isConfigured' p92 I1 sS'readData' p93 I1 sS'ternaryNS' p94 S'' sbsS'upgrade' p95 I0 sS'instClass' p96 (icustom InstallClass (dp97 S'rootPasswordCrypted' p98 I0 sS'nameserver' p99 S'' sS'x' NsS'rootPassword' p100 NsS'makeBootdisk' p101 I0 sS'installType' p102 NsS'postScript' p103 NsS'earlySwapOn' p104 I0 sS'networkDevice' p105 NsS'clearText' p106 Nsg64 (g67 I1 S'' tsg13 NsS'name' p107 S'' sS'postInChroot' p108 I0 sS'pixmap' p109 S'' sS'partitions' p110 (lsS'clearType' p111 Nsg87 S'' sS'mouse' p112 NsS'packages' p113 Nsg12 NsS'zeroMbr' p114 I0 sS'keyboard' p115 NsS'groups' p116 NsS'bootProto' p117 NsS'netmask' p118 S'' sS'raidList' p119 (lsS'skipSteps' p120 (dp121 S'bootdisk' p122 I1 sg64 I1 ssS'auth' p123 (I1 I1 I0 S'' I0 S'' I0 I0 S'' S'' I0 S'' S'' S'' I0 S'' S'' tsg9 Nsg63 (lsS'showgroups' p124 NsS'ip' p125 S'' sS'defaultRunlevel' p126 NsS'desktop' p127 S'' sS'clearPartText' p128 NsS'clearParts' p129 I0 sbsS'rootpassword' p130 NsS'extraModules' p131 (lp132 sg112 (imouse Mouse p133 (dp134 S'device' p135 S'psaux' p136 sg57 (dp137 S'XMOUSETYPE' p138 S'PS/2' p139 sS'FULLNAME' p140 S'Generic - 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Note, this is the name of the\012# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally\012# no need to change the default.\012\012 RgbPath\011"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"\012\012# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)\012# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of\012# the X server to render fonts.\012\012 FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"\012 FontPath "unix/:7100"\012' p226 sbsS'users' p227 NsS'instPath' p228 S'/mnt/sysimage' p229 sS'_cardindex' p230 I-1 sS'intf' p231 NsS'hdList' p232 Nsb.
Created attachment 6254 [details] Ananconda Dump Bug Text File
Which method are you using to boot into the installation program?
The installation program was booted using the image files generic.img and ramdisk.img. The installation method choosen was via ftp from a local server.
This is very very strange. Did you have anything on the filesystems you're installing to?
No, I made a fresh installation of RHL 7.0 with all filesystems formated and badblocks checked. I had created 4 filesystems on 2 SCSI HDs ( /, /usr, /var & /home). I used the following MILO Command Line: Milo> boot fd0:/vmlinux.gz root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 I had tried this for 3 times giving me the same error messages as above. I had install RHL 5.0/6.0/6.1/6.2 on this machine before without any problem.
I'll try to reproduce it when I get time.