Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 49485
Get an Exceptional Error pop up during instalation
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:34:55 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98) Description of problem: When I try to install the program on a clean 8 gig HD I get 3 anaconda errors and an OS Error. How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Choose the type of setup I want-workstation or custom 2.Choose the programs I want to install 3.begin instalation These are the actual errors.......... Traceback (innermost last): File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 20, in run rc = self.todo.doInstall () File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1543, in doInstall self.instCallback, p) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1298, in instCallback self.rpmFD = os.open(fn, os.O_RDONLY) OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/mnt/source/RedHat/RPMS/which-2.11-4.i386.rpm' Local variables in innermost frame: fn: /mnt/source/RedHat/RPMS/which-2.11-4.i386.rpm total: 0 self: <todo.ToDo instance at 84a1898> h: <header object at 8bec780> amount: 0 intf: <progress_gui.InstallProgressWindow instance at 8463720> what: 2 ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'method' p3 (iimage CdromInstallMethod p4 (dp5 S'currentDisc' p6 I1 sS'tree' p7 S'/mnt/source' sS'device' p8 S'hdc' sS'progressWindow' p9 <failed> Actual Results: The program will begin to load the selected files and get about a quarter of the way through the instalation then I get the pop up with the 4 errors. I have tried useing another Linux 7.0 Instsallation Disk and get the same results. Expected Results: The installation should have gone smooth with no errors. Additional info: I have a Athlon 1.1 gig processor, 256 ram, Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live X Gamer Sound Card, G Force 32meg 3D Video Card, CD and CDR drive.
Created attachment 24247 [details] These are the 4 errors I receive trying to install the OS.
Where did you get your Red Hat Linux CDs from?
Closing due to inactivity. Please reopen if you have more information.
I purchased the Red Hat 7.0 box set from Office Max in Denver, Co.
I also have a copy on 2 disks That came with the book (The Complete Referance Linux Fourth Edition).
I get a similar error message, as described above. I am using the disk set from Sams "Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed". Below is the text of the error: Traceback (innermost last): File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 20, in run rc = self.todo.doInstall () File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1472, in doInstall self.fstab.mountFilesystems (self.instPath) File "fstab.py", line 715, in mountFilesystems raise SystemError, (errno, msg) SystemError: (22, 'Invalid argument') Local variables in innermost frame: size: 208813 fsystem: ext2 self: <fstab.GuiFstab instance at 8403ad8> msg: Invalid argument doFormat: 0 errno: 22 device: hda10 instPath: /mnt/sysimage mntpoint: / ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'method' p3 (iimage CdromInstallMethod p4 (dp5 S'progressWindow' p6 <failed> Please let me know what I can do to get around this.
pbsimon, your bug report is a duplicate of bug #16686, but I think that this is different from the bug reported by beartrax.
beartrax, when the installer crashes, press <Ctrl><Alt><F4> and see if there are any error related to the cdrom. I suspect that the disc is bad. Do you see any error messages?
I tried to install again, and as expected I got the same 4 errors as stated above. I then hit the <CRTL><ALT><F4> and saw no errors related to the CD Rom. The first installatiion was from your Red Hat 7.0 Box Kit. I then tried the install again useing the CD's from the Linux 4th Edition Complete Referance. Once again I received the 4 errors and <CRTL><ALT><F4> again with no referance to errors related to the CD Rom.
Strange. The reason I ask is because the error you are getting is indicative of a bad cd. Are you sure that the cdrom drive is good? The installer is trying to find the 'which' RPM on the cd, and it's having trouble reading it. Is the error always with the 'which' package, even on the different sets of cds? Have a look at bug #18031 for bugs related to bad cd's and you'll see that they are very similar to the debug message you attached above.
Yes they are very simular indeed. With this being the case how do you suggest I correct this situation. I have tried to install Red Hat on both my 44x CD Rom and my 12x CD Burner with no luck. I know both Roms are in good working order because I burn CD's all the time. If it is indeed a bad copy of Red Hat both in your Box Set and in the Complete Referance of Linux Forth Edition (which is very unlikley both are bad)what can Red Hat do to remidy this situation?
I don't really know how to proceed here. I think the chances that all three sets of cd's are bad is extremely low, but all the symptoms point to a bad disc. So are the errors always with the 'which' package, even on the different sets of cds?
You know I thank you for all your time and effort but I think it would be better left alone at this point. I will stick with Windows 98 and forget about Linux. Please close this case as I am not going to try to install Linux again. Again Thank You.