Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 436768
Installation of 64-bit client fails with transaction error
Last modified: 2008-04-09 07:58:42 EDT
Description of problem: When trying to install from RHEL5.2-Client-20080303.0-x86_64-DVD.iso the installation fails with a "transaction error" reported by anaconda. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL5.2-Client-20080303.0-x86_64-DVD.iso How reproducible: Always if the installation number is for workstation/virtualization or workstation. I never seen it on the ordinary desktop install. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Insert DVD 2. Start Installation 3. Enter Installation number for WS with Virtualization 4. Go ahead Actual results: When installing the packages almost at the end (4 minutes left reported in the progress bar) anaconda throws a dialgo box that says "transaction error", but keeps the area for the reason empty. Looking at the different consoles doesn't show anything strange. If I enter a bash and do an rpm -i on the package reported to fail I get an "package already installed". Expected results: Installation finishes until I need to reboot Additional info: None so far. Only tried the 64bit version yet, the 32bit is not downloaded so far.
Have you tried with more recent media? How did the 32-bit test go?
A screenshot of the error message (or at least the exact wording) would be useful, as would the file /tmp/anaconda.log (can be copied to a remote host via scp from the installer shell environment on tty2).
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 437813 ***
Tried to reproduce with the snapshot 3 images, but now it seems to work.