From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0) Description of problem: Hey, I am trying to install RedHat Linux 7.1 on my Acer 732TXV TravelMate. Configuration: LapTop computer with Pentium III processor and 192 MB RAM. I have tried both the GUI and text modes of installation and both fail. The GUI mode manages to install all the pacakes and at the post- installation step fails and brings up a dialog box with the following error messages: Traceback (innermost last): File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 19, in run rc = self.todo.doInstall () File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1964, in doInstall self.fstab.write (self.instPath) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/fstab.py", line 885, in write iutil.mkdirChain(prefix + mntpoint) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.py", line 237, in mkdirChain os.mkdir(path, 0755) OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error: '/mnt/sysimage/mnt' Local variables in innermost frame: which: 4 dir: /mnt/sysimage/mnt/floppy elements: ['', 'mnt', 'sysimage', 'mnt', 'floppy'] path: /mnt/sysimage/mnt ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'resState' p3 S'1024x768' p4 s S'progressWindow' p5 (igui ProgressWindow (dp6 S'total' p7 I537 sS'window' p8 (igtk GtkWindow (dp9 S'_o' p10 <failed> As a result the whole installation process fails and I'm unable to use my laptop. I've searched through the present bug reports and was unable to find a match. I would really appreciate all help on this problem as I has spent some time on this problem and want to get RedHat running on my machine at the earliest. Thank You for all your help. Do let me know of how I can track through the progess at: asuthan Abhishek How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use the Acer 732TXV laptop computer 2. Try to install RedHat 7.1 using the CD in GUI mode 3. The bug manifests itself after all the files are installed, during the post installation process. Actual Results: The installation process brings up a dialog box with the error messages described in the Description section of this form. The dialog also indicates that I create a bug report of the indicated errors. Expected Results: RedHat 7.1 should have been successfully installed on my laptop. Additional info: Thats all I know about the bug. However if I have left out any useful information that may help in the diagnosis in anyway, please feel free to email me at: asuthan Once again, all help will be appreciated. Sicerely, Abhishek.
When the installer crashes, please press <Ctrl><Alt><F4> and see if there are any error messages related to reading the cdrom.
When the installer crashes on pressing <Ctrl><Alt><F4> there is a screen full of errors. The following is what I see on the screen: <4>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } <4>hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableErro }, LBAsect=13941927, sector = 13893664 <4>end_request: I/O errro, dev 03:05 (hda), sector 13893664 <2>EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,5)): ext2_write_inode: unable to read inode block - inode=864961, block=1736708 <4>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } <4>hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableErro }, LBAsect=13941890, sector = 13893632 <4>end_request: I/O errro, dev 03:05 (hda), sector 13893632 <2>EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,5)): read_block_bitmap: Cannot read block bitmap - block_group =53, block_bitmap = 1736704 <4>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } <4>hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableErro }, LBAsect=13941927, sector = 13893664 <4>end_request: I/O errro, dev 03:05 (hda), sector 13893664 <2>EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,5)): ext2_write_inode: unable to read inode block - inode=864961, block=1736708 <4>hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } <4>hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableErro }, LBAsect=13941890, sector = 13893632 <4>end_request: I/O errro, dev 03:05 (hda), sector 13893632 <2>EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,5)): read_block_bitmap: Cannot read block bitmap - block_group =53, block_bitmap = 1736704 This message fills the whole screen... ie the exact same message (include exact same sector, block and bitmap numbers). I'm also including the messages printed on the other screens. On pressing <Ctrl><Alt><F5> the following messages are displayed: Writing inode tables: done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done mke2fs 1.19, 13-Jul-2000 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 Filesystem label=/boot OS type: Linux Block size=1024 (log=0) Fragment size=1024 (log=0) 6024 inodes, 24066 blocks 1203 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=1 3 block groups 8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group 2008 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 8193 Writing inode tables: done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done On pressing <Ctrl><Alt><F3> the following messages are displayed: * found suggestion of eepro100 * found eepro100 device * found suggestion of usb-uhci * found suggestion of yenta_socket * found suggestion of yenta_socket * found devices joutProbe is 0 * going to insmod raid0.o (path is NULL) * going to insmod raid1.o (path is NULL) * going to insmod xor.o (path is NULL) * going to insmod raid5.o (path is NULL) * going to insmod fat.o (path is NULL) * going to insmod msdos.o (path is NULL) * going to insmod vfat.o (path is NULL) * going to insmod ext3.o (path is NULL) * looking for USB mouse... * no IDE floppy device found Hope this is useful and I've provided the information you need. Let me know if you need more information.
I'm almost certain that your cd is damaged somehow. Did you download the ISO images? If so, did you check the md5sum before you burned them onto cd's?
Hey, I actually tried 3 different cd's (version 7.1) and they all give me the same error message. Hence I'm almost certain its not a CD problem.
Ok. Try booting with 'linux ide=nodma' at the installer bootup screen. Does that help?
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