Description of problem: I tried to install the Fedora 11 - Alpha DVD on my IBM ThinkCentre (8183) system but could not. The DVD boots corectly and gets past the language selection and media check. It then notices that one of the drives in the system is partitioned GUID/GPT for apple HPFS+. I select "ignore the drive" since I plan to install on one of the MBR partitioned drives. At that point I get an error panel and the install fails. This did not happen with fedora 10 using the same drive configurations. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: I tried 3 times - same result each time Steps to Reproduce: 1. as stated in description 2. 3. Actual results: install failed in early stages Expected results: a clean install as I had in Fedora 10 Additional info:
Have you tried the F11 Beta or have you tried installing latest version of Rawhide? In either case, can you let us know whether the issue is still happening, and give the current version of the HAL packages you're using? -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
I had not tried the F11-Beta. I am DL the DVD now and will test as soon as it finishes. Should have an answer by 2009-04-24. Sorry for delay.
(In reply to comment #2) > I had not tried the F11-Beta. I am DL the DVD now and will test as soon as it > finishes. Should have an answer by 2009-04-24. Sorry for delay. I tested with the F11-Beta-DVD this afternoon. I have no idea if the original problem is still there. It failed much earlier this time. I selected the media test option and it passed. I selected Install / Upgrade, selected the default language (En), Keyboard etc.., then selected "Install Anyway" when asked. I saw a panel about searching for storage devices and then the screen went to text. It ended with a statement that is was safe to re-boot. I paged back as far as I could and copied some of the error text. It said in part: Installer Exited Abnormally [1/1] Info: Possible Circular Locking Dependency 2.6.29-0.258.2.3.RC8_Git2.F11.i586 SH/1665 Is trying to acquire a lock (&type->S_umount_Key#26 {---},at [<c04ab8a6>] Deactivate_Supper But Task is already holding lock ... which lock already depends on new lock 2 locks held #0 (&bdev->bd-mutex) #1 (&lo->lo_ctl11.5.0.38-mutex) There were lots of register address/contents in there, but way too many for me to copy down unless absolutely required. Sorry I couldn't provide better results.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle. Changing version to '11'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
Have you tried with the latest hal package in Fedora 11 or tried Rawhide? In either case, can you let us know whether the issue is still happening, and give the current version of the HAL packages you're using? -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
I just downloaded a copy of the released fedora 11 i386 DVD iso and tried another install. The bug is still there. You asked if I had tried the latest hal package. I have no idea what you mean. I cot the latest fedora 11 install DVD and tried to use it to install fedora. It failed just as I described in the first bug report and it was using whatever version of hal is on the dvd.
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