Bug 27174

Did you got back/forwards during the install?

No, I didn't get any back or forwards....

I also applied the Update Disk that you can find by Updates/Images on the FTP 
site, but that didn't help either....

Did you autopartition, use Disk Druid, or fdisk (from the installer menu)?

I used Disk Druid

If you reboot and use the partitions you created in the previous attempt,
without destroying and recreating them, does it work?

No, that doesn't work either....

Would it help if I would partition it with another program, like Part Magic 
6.0, or fdisk ?

thanx

You could try repartitioning with fdisk.

I am having the same prob.  I have ran fdisk several times (swap, /boot, /, 
each of these as different partition numbers), and I see the same result.  I a 
have an Adaptec AIC-7XXX SCSI Controller.

Here is the crash:

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.mountFilesystems (self.instPath)
  File "fstab.py", line 715, in mountFilesystems
    raise SystemError, (errno, msg)
SystemError: (22, 'Invalid argument')

Local variables in innermost frame:
size: 8570677
fsystem: ext2
self: <fstab.GuiFstab instance at 8448910>
msg: Invalid argument
doFormat: 0
errno: 22
device: sda2
instPath: /mnt/sysimage
mntpoint: /

ToDo object:
(itodo
ToDo
p1
(dp2
S'method'
p3
(iimage
CdromInstallMethod
p4
(dp5
S'progressWindow'
p6

<failed>

If you would like me to start a new bug/ticket, let me know.

Thanks a lot,

- Josh

I am having the same problem too... all the way down to the Adeptec AIC 7XXX SCSI Controller.
The crash is the IDENTICAL except for the drive, mine errors on sdc1.
The partitions are: / on sda1 = 4 gig,  swap on sdb5 = 300mb, /var on sdb6 = 2 gig, /cache on sdb1 = 1.7 gig, and /home on sdc1 = 4 gig
Let me know if you need more info.
--Ron

SOLUTION!!!
Problem solved!! 
Download the existing anaconda update.
I did check disks for bad sectors... it had completed format twice before...
I hope this helps you all!!
--Ron

sumary:  i got an error message similar to the adaptec report.  a few lines 
different.  i have a 13 g western digital hard drive.  this is my first 
experience with linux so i dont know much else other than my system wont 
install.  

history:  i installed linux red hat 7 two days ago.  it deleted my windows 
partition and all my data but it left me with linux running fine so i didnt 
really care too much about losin winblows.  then i shut down to go away and 
came back this evening and booted up and recieved nothing but an L on a black 
screen.  i formatted the partition with fdisk and it was still booting to the L 
screen.  so i deleted the partition and created a new one.  removing the dos 
disk i was expecting it to return an 'operating system not found' message but 
instead still got the L.  so i assumed L meant Lilo so i booted using the linux 
boot disk.  it did its Lilo thing and then i booted with the cdrom.  its now a 
good five hours later and i have reformated and reinstalled several times and 
each time i recieve this error message.  so now i have come here seeking the 
smart ones.  
thanks...

error message:
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/rootpartition_gui.py", 
line 133, in getScreen
    avail = apply(isys.spaceAvailable, self.todo.fstab.getRootDevice())
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 10, in spaceAvailable
    mount(device, "/mnt/space", fstype = fsystem)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 99, in mount
    rc = _isys.mount(fstype, device, location, readOnly)
SystemError: (22, 'Invalid argument')
Local variables in innermost frame:
fstype: vfat
location: /mnt/space
devName: /tmp/hda1
readOnly: 0
device: /tmp/hda1

ToDo object:
(itodo
ToDo
p1
(dp2
S'method'
p3
(iimage
CdromInstallMethod
p4
(dp5
S'progressWindow'
p6
<failed>

sumary:  i got an error message similar to the adaptec report.  a few lines 
different.  i have a 13 g western digital hard drive.  this is my first 
experience with linux so i dont know much else other than my system wont 
install.  

history:  i installed linux red hat 7 two days ago.  it deleted my windows 
partition and all my data but it left me with linux running fine so i didnt 
really care too much about losin winblows.  then i shut down to go away and 
came back this evening and booted up and recieved nothing but an L on a black 
screen.  i formatted the partition with fdisk and it was still booting to the L 
screen.  so i deleted the partition and created a new one.  removing the dos 
disk i was expecting it to return an 'operating system not found' message but 
instead still got the L.  so i assumed L meant Lilo so i booted using the linux 
boot disk.  it did its Lilo thing and then i booted with the cdrom.  its now a 
good five hours later and i have reformated and reinstalled several times and 
each time i recieve this error message.  so now i have come here seeking the 
smart ones.  
thanks...

error message:
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/rootpartition_gui.py", 
line 133, in getScreen
    avail = apply(isys.spaceAvailable, self.todo.fstab.getRootDevice())
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 10, in spaceAvailable
    mount(device, "/mnt/space", fstype = fsystem)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 99, in mount
    rc = _isys.mount(fstype, device, location, readOnly)
SystemError: (22, 'Invalid argument')
Local variables in innermost frame:
fstype: vfat
location: /mnt/space
devName: /tmp/hda1
readOnly: 0
device: /tmp/hda1

ToDo object:
(itodo
ToDo
p1
(dp2
S'method'
p3
(iimage
CdromInstallMethod
p4
(dp5
S'progressWindow'
p6
<failed>

These bugs are duplicates of #16686...a bug with a long history.  It's long
since been fixed in our internal testing builds.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 16686 ***