Bug 40288

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Description of problem:
I am trying to install RH in a 3.7Gb empty FAT32 partion.  The partitiion is located beyond the 8gb limit (maybe RH does not like?).
No pb. with the BIOS, because Windows 2000 works fine with a partition wich is also beyond 8gb.
I have the same message, when the partition is empty.

My HDD is a common 18.5 Gb IDE-ATA

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/hdc3
readOnly: 0
device: /tmp/hdc3

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

<failed>


How reproducible:
Didn't try


Additional info:

I try to install in a FAT32 partition, because in my HDD there is only one free partition (the three others primary partitions are used by 
Windows 
95, Windows NT4 and Windows 2000.  I understand that if I want to install in linux native partition, I need at least two: one for the root and one 
for the swap, right ?

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards,

Thomas Beck