Bug 31625 - 'Invalid argument' error on install
Summary: 'Invalid argument' error on install
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-03-13 07:08 UTC by Peter Tyler
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:32 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2001-04-10 22:14:30 UTC
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Description Peter Tyler 2001-03-13 07:08:34 UTC 
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 "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/fstab.py", line 713, in 
mountFilesystems
    raise SystemError, (errno, msg)
SystemError: (22, 'Invalid argument')

Local variables in innermost frame:
size: 4064445
fsystem: ext2
self: <fstab.GuiFstab instance at 84484e0>
msg: Invalid argument
doFormat: 0
errno: 22
device: hda2
instPath: /mnt/sysimage
mntpoint: /

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

<failed>
Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2001-03-21 20:19:20 UTC 
The traceback indiciates you did not format the '/' partition. This is usually
required to install successfully.

Can you format this partition and try again?
Comment 2 Brent Fox 2001-04-10 22:14:26 UTC 
Closing due to inactivity. Please reopen if you have any more info.
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