The following was filed automatically by anaconda: anaconda 11.5.0.36 exception report Traceback (most recent call first): File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/parted/disk.py", line 194, in removePartition if self.__disk.remove_partition(partition.getPedPartition()): File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 697, in _removeDevice dev.disk.partedDisk.removePartition(dev.partedPartition) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 731, in registerAction self._removeDevice(action.device) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 600, in destroyDevice self.devicetree.registerAction(action) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 332, in clearPartitions storage.destroyDevice(part) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 170, in doAutoPartition clearPartitions(anaconda.id.storage) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 205, in moveStep rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 128, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 697, in run anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1026, in <module> anaconda.intf.run(anaconda) PartitionException: Attempting to remove a partition that is not owned by any disk.
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Anaconda 11.5.0.36 text install. I got this exception on a system with two harddisks where there was already a partitioning scheme on the disks. When I zeroed out the first 10 Mb of data on the disks (dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd[a,b]) I could not reproduce the error and installation finished well.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 491997 ***