Description of problem: The graphical installer crashes when attempting to write the partitioning information to disk. However, the exact same partitioning instructions can be correctly performed by the text mode installer of the same vintage, in the same situation. [Yes, the text mode installer later dies with another bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=437993 , otherwise I would not be wasting the time to roll back to having a chunk of unallocated space in which to repeat the attempt.] Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda 11.4.0.55 How reproducible: 3 out of 3 attempts Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start rawhide install via pxeboot using the images available on 03-23: initrd.img 23-Mar-2008 04:18 9492387 vmlinuz 23-Mar-2008 04:18 2141568 (timestamp shown from mirror's web directory). 2. Select 'Reinstall System', progress through early install choices without adventure. 3. On "Installation requires partitioning ..." screen: - select "Use free space on selected drives and create default layout" - deselect default selected "Encrypt system" checkbox - select "Review and modify partioning layout" checkbox 4. On "Drive /dev/sda ..." (review) screen: - Delete the anaconda-created-in-free-space: sda6 196M ext3 /boot [As a result the the anaconda-created-in-free-space physical volume sda7 to be mounted as / is automatically renamed sda6 by anaconda.] - Edit the previously existing: sda2 101M ext3 to mount it as /boot (there is sufficient free space within it to hold more versions). Preserve data via "Do Not Format" command button: - Delete the anaconda-created-in-free-space: LV LogVol01 1024M swap since there already is another swap created and used by other Fedora installations. - Edit name of anaconda-created-in-free-space: LV LogVol00 3520M ext3 / to be LogVolF9 (to reduce confusion with pre-existing LogVol00) 5. Select the OK command button. 6. Select the "Write partitioning to disk" command button. 7. Rewarded with -- Exception Occurred --. Actual results: An unhandled exception ... install exited abnormally Expected results: A successfully completed installation. Additional info: Can't open /dev/sda6 exclusively. ... But nothing but the anaconda installer is running. Remember, these same corrections can be made using the text mode installer, and it continues past correctly partitioning the disk. Traceback included below (from graphical mode installer attempt). p.s. Feeling defensive after a recent thorough search apparently missed a previously reported duplicate (wasting a lot of my time). Just in case a duplicate appears out of thin air this time, seeking constructive critiques of: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?product=Fedora&version=rawhide&component=anaconda&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=NEEDINFO&bug_status=MODIFIED&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=can%27t+open+exclusively Zarro Boogs found https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?product=Fedora&version=rawhide&component=anaconda&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=NEEDINFO&bug_status=MODIFIED&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc= yields 194 bugs, < 19 possibly relevant per their summary, 0 per reading them - - - - anaconda 11.4.0.55 exception report Traceback (most recent call first): File "/usr/lib/anaconda/lvm.py", line 329 in pvcreate raise PVCreateError(node) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 2489, in setupDevice lvm.pvcreate(node) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 1815, in createLogicalVolumes entry.device.setupDevice(chroot) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 164, in turnOnFilesystems anaconda.id.fsset.createLogicalVolumes(anaconda.rootPath) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 208, in moveStep rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 131, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1246, in nextClicked self.anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext() PVCreateError: pvcreate of pv "/dev/sda6" failed Log: Can't open /dev/sda6 exclusively. Mounted filesystem? Local variables in innermost frame: node: /dev/sda6 args: ['pvcreate', '-ff', 'y', 'v', '/dev/sda6'] rc: 5
Changing version to '9' as part of upcoming Fedora 9 GA. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
Wow, this one is old. Sorry for not getting to this sooner. The traceback tells me that it was while creating the pv that it failed, but this could be caused by many things. Do you by any chance have the log files for the installation (anaconda-ks.cfg, install.log, install.log.syslog)? I presume having this after such a long time is unlikely. In which case I would like to persuade you to retest and see if this still is present in the current f10 version of fedora. If you are going to give it another try, it would be of great help for you to provide the initial partition setup of the device that you are going to use to install. and the post installation logs.
please reopen if this is present in rawhide.