Bug 41455 - Anaconda fails when installing to existing FAT32
Summary: Anaconda fails when installing to existing FAT32
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 19040
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Brent Fox
QA Contact: Brock Organ
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-05-20 21:21 UTC by David Vit
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:33 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2001-05-20 23:39:02 UTC
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Description David Vit 2001-05-20 21:21:28 UTC
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90)

Description of problem:
When installing testing system from 7.0 distribution into existing FAT32 
partition (formated by Win98 & Win ME), Anaconda fails.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. CD installation
2. FAT32 destination
3. fails

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/text.py", line 1030, in 
run
    rc = apply (step[1](), step[2])
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 507, in 
__call__
    if todo.doInstall ():
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1499, in doInstall
    if self.method.systemMounted (self.fstab, self.instPath, 
self.hdList.selected()):
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 46, in 
systemMounted
    self.loopbackFile = mntPoint + fstab.filesystemSpace(mntPoint)[0][0] + 
\
IndexError: list index out of range

Local variables in innermost frame:
fstab: <fstab.NewtFstab instance at 81aeb50>
mntPoint: /mnt/sysimage
selected: [Czech-HOWTO-txt, ImageMagick, LPRng, MAKEDEV, Mesa, Mesa-devel, 
ORBit, ORBit-devel, SDL, SysVinit, XFree86, XFree86-75dpi-fonts, XFree86-
ISO8859-2, XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts, XFree86-devel, XFree86-libs, 
XFree86-tools, XFree86-twm, XFree86-xdm, XFree86-xfs, Xaw3d, Xaw3d-devel, 
Xconfigurator, anacron, apmd, arpwatch, ash, aspell, aspell-cs, at, 
audiofile, audiofile-devel, aumix, authconfig, autoconf, automake, 
autorun, awesfx, basesystem, bash, bc, bdflush, bind-utils, binutils, 
bison, bug-buddy, byacc, bzip2, bzip2-devel, cdda2wav, cdecl, cdp, 
cdparanoia, cdrecord, chkconfig, chkfontpath, compat-egcs, compat-egcs-
c++, compat-glibc, compat-libstdc++, console-tools, control-center, 
control-center-devel, control-panel, cpio, cpp, cproto, cracklib, cracklib-
dicts, crontabs, cstools, ctags, cvs, cyrus-sasl, czech-adaptation, db1, 
db1-devel, db2, db3, desktop-backgrounds, dev, dev86, dhcpcd, dia, dialog, 
diffstat, diffutils, dip, docbook, dosfstools, dump, e2fsprogs, ed, ee, 
eject, elm, emacs, emacs-X11, emacs-cs-utils, emacs-leim, emacs-nox, 
esound, esound-devel, etcskel-czech, etcskel-czech-root, etcskel-latin2, 
etcskel-latin2-root, exmh, expect, extace, fetchmail, file, filesystem, 
fileutils, findutils, finger, flex, fortune-cs, fortune-mod, freeciv, 
freetype, ftp, gawk, gcc, gcc-c++, gcc-g77, gcc-objc, gd, gd-devel, gdb, 
gdbm, gdbm-devel, gdk-pixbuf, gdk-pixbuf-devel, gdm, gedit, gettext, gftp, 
ghostscript, ghostscript-fonts, gimp, gimp-devel, glade, glib, glib-devel, 
glibc, glibc-devel, gmc, gmp, gnome-applets, gnome-audio, gnome-audio-
extra, gnome-core, gnome-core-devel, gnome-games, gnome-games-devel, gnome-
libs, gnome-libs-devel, gnome-linuxconf, gnome-media, gnome-objc, gnome-
objc-devel, gnome-pim, gnome-pim-devel, gnome-print, gnome-users-guide, 
gnome-utils, gnorpm, gnotepad+, gnuchess, gnumeric, gnupg, gphoto, gpm, 
gpm-devel, gqview, grep, groff, groff-czech, groff-perl, gtk+, gtk+-devel, 
gtk-engines, gtop, guile, gv, gzip, hdparm, ical, imlib, imlib-cfgeditor, 
imlib-devel, indent, indexhtml, indexhtml-cs, inews, info, initscripts, 
intlfonts, intlfonts-European, ipchains, iproute, iptables, iputils, 
isapnptools, isdn-config, isdn4k-utils, jadetex, joe, kbdconfig, kdebase, 
kdegames, kdegraphics, kdelibs, kdelibs-devel, kdemultimedia, kdenetwork, 
kdesupport, kdesupport-devel, kdetoys, kdeutils, kdevelop, kernel, kernel-
headers, kernel-pcmcia-cs, kernel-utils, kernelcfg, kgcc, kpppload, krb5-
devel, krb5-libs, kudzu, kudzu-devel, less, libghttp, libghttp-devel, 
libglade, libglade-devel, libgtop, libgtop-devel, libjpeg, libjpeg-devel, 
libpng, libpng-devel, librep, libstdc++, libstdc++-devel, libtermcap, 
libtermcap-devel, libtiff, libtiff-devel, libtool, libtool-libs, libungif, 
libungif-devel, libxml, libxml-devel, lilo, links, linuxconf, linuxconf-
devel, logrotate, losetup, lrzsz, lsof, ltrace, lynx, m4, magicdev, 
mailcap, mailx, make, man, man-pages, man-pages-cs, mc, memprof, metamail, 
mikmod, mingetty, minicom, mkbootdisk, mkinitrd, mkisofs, mktemp, mkxauth, 
modemtool, modutils, mount, mouseconfig, mpage, mpg123, mtools, 
multimedia, mutt, ncftp, ncompress, ncurses, ncurses-devel, ncurses4, net-
tools, netcfg, netpbm, netpbm-devel, netpbm-progs, netscape-common, 
netscape-communicator, newt, newt-devel, nfs-utils, njamd, nmh, ntsysv, 
openjade, openldap, openssh, openssh-askpass, openssh-askpass-gnome, 
openssh-clients, openssl, openssl-devel, pam, passwd, patch, pciutils, 
pciutils-devel, perl, pidentd, pilot-link, pilot-link-devel, pine, pinfo, 
playmidi, playmidi-X11, plugger, pmake, pnm2ppa, popt, portmap, ppp, 
printtool, procmail, procps, psgml, psmisc, pspell, pump, pwdb, pygnome, 
pygnome-libglade, pygtk, pygtk-libglade, python, python-devel, python-
xmlrpc, pythonlib, qt, qt-devel, qt1x, qt1x-devel, quota, raidtools, rcs, 
rdate, readline, readline-devel, redhat-logos, redhat-release, rep-gtk, 
rep-gtk-gnome, rep-gtk-libglade, rhn_register, rhn_register-gnome, rhs-
printfilters, rmt, rootfiles, rp-pppoe, rp3, rpm, rpm-build, rpm-devel, 
rpm-python, rsh, rsync, rusers, rwho, rxvt, samba-client, samba-common, 
sane, sash, sawfish, screen, sed, sendmail, setserial, setup, setuptool, 
sgml-common, sgml-tools, sh-utils, shadow-utils, shapecfg, sharutils, 
slang, slang-devel, slocate, slrn, smpeg, sndconfig, sox, specspo, stat, 
statserial, strace, stunnel, stylesheets, switchdesk, switchdesk-gnome, 
switchdesk-kde, sysklogd, talk, tar, tcl, tclx, tcp_wrappers, tcsh, 
telnet, termcap, tetex, tetex-afm, tetex-dvilj, tetex-dvips, tetex-fonts, 
tetex-latex, tetex-xdvi, texinfo, textutils, time, timeconfig, timetool, 
tin, tix, tk, tkinter, tksysv, tmpwatch, traceroute, trn, trojka, umb-
scheme, unzip, up2date, up2date-gnome, urlview, urw-fonts, usermode, 
utempter, util-linux, vim-common, vim-minimal, vixie-cron, vlna, which, 
whois, words, wvdial, xbill, xboard, xboing, xcdroast, xchat, xgammon, 
xinitrc, xisdnload, xjewel, xloadimage, xmailbox, xmms, xmorph, xpaint, 
xpat2, xpdf, xpexeso, xpilot, xpuzzles, xrn, xsane, xscreensaver, xsri, 
xtrojka, xxgdb, yp-tools, ypbind, zip, zlib, zlib-devel]
self: <image.CdromInstallMethod instance at 82dcd90>
p: emacs-leim
changeloop: 1

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

<failed>	

Actual Results:  Tested under on different computers and reproducet every 
time:
1. Notebook Compaq Presario 1635 (formatted Windows 98 US)
2. PIII-800, 128 MB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce2 MX (formatted Windows Millennium 
CZ), Genius NetScroll PS/2, Aopen IDE CD ROM 52x, HP CDWriter+ 9100

Additional info:

The second computer even launches text mode only.

Comment 1 Brent Fox 2001-05-20 23:38:58 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 19040 ***


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