Background: Attempt upgrade RH6.2 --> RH7.0 using original installation media. After about 75% of the package installation is completed, system hangs (mouse is frozen, no disk or CD-ROM activity). Reboot to original system fails (kernel panic, something about no "init"). Re-attempt upgrade, but anaconda crashes with verbose error. Go to RH WWW site and download updated anaconda installer. Run that, but get same crash as before (not the frozen mouse, but the verbose error). Anaconda offers to copy error log to floppy. I've attached that file to this report. What could have caused the original failure, and how can I get my system to boot again? Thanks - Harry Anaconda error log follows: =========================================================================== 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 nextClicked self.setScreen (self.currentScreen, self.nextClicked) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 466, in setScreen new_screen = screen.getScreen () File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iw/examine_gui.py", line 30, in getScreen self.parts = self.todo.upgradeFindRoot () File "/tmp/updates/todo.py", line 881, in upgradeFindRoot isys.umount('/mnt/sysimage') File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 113, in umount raise ValueError, "isys.umount() can only umount by mount point" ValueError: isys.umount() can only umount by mount point Local variables in innermost frame: what: /mnt/sysimage removeDir: 1 ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'method' p3 (iimage CdromInstallMethod p4 (dp5 S'progressWindow' p6 <failed>
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Anaconda died trying to do a hard-drive upgrade to Redhat 7.0. The traceback info looks awfully similiar to the one shown in the original report. I have two hard drives, about 4 Gb each. They both contain an MS-DOS partition as the first partition. The upgrade data is on /dev/hdb3. =============================================== 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 1028, in run File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 279, in __call__ File "/tmp/updates/todo.py", line 941, in upgradeFindPackages self.getCompsList () File "/tmp/updates/todo.py", line 539, in getCompsList self.comps = self.method.readComps(self.hdList) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/harddrive.py", line 43, in readComps File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 459, in __init__ File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 428, in readCompsFile File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 101, in __getitem__ KeyError: XFree86 Local variables in innermost frame: self: <comps.HeaderList instance at 819ea28> item: XFree86 ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'method' p3 (iharddrive HardDriveInstallMethod p4 (dp5 S'fstype' p6 S'ext2' p7 sS'isMounted' p8 I0 sS'fnames' p9 (dp10 <failed>
are you sure you propery copied all the rpms to your hard drive?
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