Bug 2432305 - Installation failed: The installer cannot continue due to a critical error: Installation of the system failed: Installing software 95%
Summary: Installation failed: The installer cannot continue due to a critical error: I...
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 2412427
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 43
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Martin Kolman
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-01-23 05:33 UTC by sweetman3895
Modified: 2026-02-03 13:24 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2026-02-03 13:24:12 UTC
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2026-01-23 05:35 UTC, sweetman3895
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Description sweetman3895 2026-01-23 05:33:15 UTC
Error details  
org.fedoraproject.Anaconda.PayloadInstallationError: Failed to install image: process '['rsync', '-pogAXtlHrDx', '--stats', '--info=flist2,name,progress2', '--no-inc-recursive', '--exclude', '/dev/', '--exclude', '/proc/', '--exclude', '/tmp/*', '--exclude', '/sys/', '--exclude', '/run/', '--exclude', '/boot/*rescue*', '--exclude', '/boot/loader/', '--exclude', '/boot/efi/', '--exclude', '/etc/machine-id', '--exclude', '/etc/machine-info', '/run/install/sources/mount-0000-live_os_image/', '/mnt/sysroot']' exited with status 23

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Used Fedora Media Writer on MacOS (non-arm64 build 5.2.9)
2.Downloaded Fedora Workstation 43 from installer
3.Followed the installer process and keep hitting the same issue and the smae 95% mark

Comment 1 sweetman3895 2026-01-23 05:35:27 UTC
Created attachment 2123459 [details]
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Comment 2 sweetman3895 2026-01-23 05:37:06 UTC
Might be user error. I have windows installed on that drive and it might be whats causing the issue. Will wipe the drive and try again.

Comment 3 Adam Kaňkovský 2026-02-03 13:24:12 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2412427 ***


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