Bug 354571 - live install fails when there's a pre-existing install
Summary: live install fails when there's a pre-existing install
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: F8Blocker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-10-26 17:46 UTC by Bill Nottingham
Modified: 2014-03-17 03:11 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2007-10-28 18:30:17 UTC
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Description Bill Nottingham 2007-10-26 17:46:01 UTC 
Description of problem:

/dev/sda1 was my prior '/boot'. anaconda autopartitioned it to be a new /boot.

At some point in doing so, nautilus mounted it. Ergo, mke2fs failed, and
anaconda pops up:

 'An error occured trying to format sda1. This problem is serious, and the
install cannot continue. Press <Enter> to exit the installer.'

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

rawhide-Developer-20071025
Comment 1 David Zeuthen 2007-10-26 17:54:15 UTC 
Does it work if you lock hal manually using hal-lock(1)? lshal --monitor should
also show when someone takes the lock...
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2007-10-26 18:04:29 UTC 
anaconda's using the wrong path to see if haldaemon is running. Fixed in CVS...
Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2007-10-28 18:30:17 UTC 
Fix confirmed by doing an install with rawhide-20071028 x86_64 live image with
preexisting install on the disk
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