Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 23248
Anaconda 7.0.1 crashed during install
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:30:29 EDT
When installing Red Hat Linux 7.0 the installer crashed while formatting the hard drive on an AMD Athlon 800 MHz. 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 1472, in doInstall self.fstab.mountFileststems (self.instPath) File "fstab.py", line 710, in mountFilesystems iutil.mkdirChain(instPath + mntpoint) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.py", line 193, in mkdirChain os.mkdir(path, 0755) OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/mnt/sysimage'
Would you please give step by step instructions on how to reproduce this problem?
*** Bug 23057 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 22988 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Boot from CDROM. Select English. Select "Generic 104-key PC". Select Next. Select "2 Button Mouse (PS/2)". Select Next. Select Next to pass the intro. Select "Custom System". Select Next. Select Next to enter Disk Druid. Add partitions. /boot hda1 54 MB / hda5 3004 MB <Swap> hda6 517 MB /mnt/hda7 hda7 4479 MB Select Next. Select all partitions to be formatted and select "Check for bad blocks while formatting". I believe checking for bad blocks is related to the bug I reported. Select Next. Unselect "Create boot disk". Select Next. Enter network information. Select Next. Select "System clock uses UTC". Select Next. Enter root password and then create a user account. Select Next. Accept defaults for "Authentication Configuration" screen by selecting Next. Scroll down to the bottom of the window and select "Everything". Select Next. Monitor detected so select Next. Select "Customize X Configuration" and "Use Graphical Login". Select Next. Select "1152x864" for "32Bits per Pixel". Select Next. Select Next to begin installation. Formatting / filesystem... Formatting /boot filesystem... Formatting /mnt/hda7 filesystem... This is where it brings up the message I typed in the bug report. I should also mention that it doesn't appear to be consistent because when typing these instructions I found that it worked fine but it failed several times earlier.
I now believe this bug was caused by a flaky memory card. I replaced the card and installed RH 7 without any problems. The system has been very stable ever since.
*** Bug 40535 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***