Description of problem: Anaconda installer in Fedora 8 aborts with a stack dump after the user has answered the disc-check requester. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Install DVD: Fedora-Unity-20080204-8-x86_64-DVD (respin) Anaconda: rev 11.3.0.50 How reproducible: Fails every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot laptop from installation DVD 2. Select text mode install (graphic mode gives same result) 3. When disk test requester show up select Skip (doing a test won't help) Actual results: After a few seconds the black screen with stackdump appears. Expected results: Other installation requesters should show up. Additional info: Dump of screen after abort: ----------------------------------------------- loader received SIGSEGV! Backtrace: [0x401ace] [0x527200] [0x54a504] [0x41177b] [0x4120a7] [0x402a19] [0x518d49] [0x4001e9] install exited abnormally [1/1] sending termination signals...done sending kill signals...done disabling swap... unmounting filesystems... /mnt/runtime done disabling /dev/loop0 /proc/bus/usb done /proc done /dev/pts done /sys done /tmp/ramfs done /mnt/source done /selinux done you may safely reboot your system ------------------------------------------------ Hardware list (not the complete one): Base model: HP Compaq 8710p laptop Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 4 GB ram TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-L632M optical drive Intel(R) 82566MM Gigabit Network COnnection Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965 AG NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M graphics controller RICOH smartcard reader AuthenTec Inc AES2501A fingerprint reader SoftData FAx Modem with SmartCP ST9120823AS 120 GB hard drive Bios HP - 3090720
Does this problem occur with the original Fedora 8 installation media?
Yes, it does. Same symptoms, different stack dump addresses.
Can you try adding 'nopcmcia' to your kernel command line and see if it helps?
The 'nopcmcia' command helped anaconda to continue the installation process. I now have a working FC8 system with a defunct pcmcia subsystem. I will now try to figure out why FC8 isn't happy with the PCMCIA hardware. We can now close this particular bug thread.