Bug 445137 - dmidecode failure installing on HP Pavillion notebook
Summary: dmidecode failure installing on HP Pavillion notebook
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Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 9
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-05-04 15:04 UTC by James Turner
Modified: 2008-08-04 15:02 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-08-04 15:02:44 UTC
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Description James Turner 2008-05-04 15:04:01 UTC 
Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Happens every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Buy an HP Pavillion dv6265us (Core 2 Duo 1.66GHz)
2. Boot the Fedora 9 Preview DVD
3. Choose a graphical install
4. Get the error "Runtime Error: Error Running /usr/bin/dmidecode: Input/output
Error"
  
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Additional info:
Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2008-05-04 15:16:21 UTC 
Did you verify your install media?
Comment 2 James Turner 2008-05-04 16:34:36 UTC 
Yes I did, and it installs ok if I use a text install.
Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2008-05-14 10:37:48 UTC 
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
Comment 4 Andy Lindeberg 2008-06-02 14:36:45 UTC 
Can you try the install again with the final release instead of the preview?
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