Bug 52600 - Installation on Dell C800 fails
Summary: Installation on Dell C800 fails
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Brent Fox
QA Contact: Brock Organ
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 53632 54547 55177 55370 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-08-26 10:22 UTC by Rudi van Drunen
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:36 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2001-08-28 08:57:53 UTC
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
dump of anaconda (9.97 KB, text/plain)
2001-08-26 10:23 UTC, Rudi van Drunen
no flags Details

Description Rudi van Drunen 2001-08-26 10:22:40 UTC
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Description of problem:
My installation on an Dell C800 laptop fails. In graphcal mode just after 
creating filesystems and starting the copy of the files. No trace left.
in text mode I saved an anaconda trace, which is attached. 


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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Clean install of RH7.1
2.
3.
	

Additional info:

anacdump.txt

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 520, in ?
    intf.run(todo, test = test)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1126, in run
    rc = apply (step[1](), args)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 551, in __call__
    if todo.doInstall ():
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1765, in
doInstall
    self.fstab.turnOnSwap(self.instPath)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/fstab.py", line 537, in
turnOnSwap
    isys.swapon (file)
  File
"/mnt/redhat/test/qa0408.4/i386/RedHat/instimage/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py",
line 163, in swapon
    return _isys.swapon (path)
SystemError: (22, 'Invalid argument')

Local variables in innermost frame:
path: /tmp/swap/hda6

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<failed>

Comment 1 Rudi van Drunen 2001-08-26 10:23:33 UTC
Created attachment 29639 [details]
dump of anaconda

Comment 2 Rudi van Drunen 2001-08-27 05:55:25 UTC
workaround bij booting linux ide=nodma

Rudi van Drunen

Comment 3 Brent Fox 2001-08-27 14:47:03 UTC
So using 'linux ide=nodma' worked for you?

Comment 4 Rudi van Drunen 2001-08-28 08:57:48 UTC
Yep, ide=nodma did work, but the bottomline is that 
I problably have faulty hardware, 'cause once installed
I see 'data garbling' (like the file /usr/bin/gmc, sometimes
reads differently from disk (the md5sum changes between boots,
while Linux does not seem to touch it).

Anyways, I ordered Dell to replace the disk. Hope this helps.

Rudi

Comment 5 Brent Fox 2001-08-28 14:30:14 UTC
Ok.  Faulty hardware is a pain to deal with, because it can make software do
really strange things.  I hope things will work ok with the new hardware.

Comment 6 bil kleb 2001-09-03 04:13:30 UTC
I had a similar failure and I tried all manner of installation options until I
came across this
bug report.  I tried booting with "expert ide=nodma" and it worked.

Comment 7 Brent Fox 2001-09-13 21:21:22 UTC
*** Bug 53632 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Brent Fox 2001-10-15 18:52:27 UTC
*** Bug 54547 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9 Brent Fox 2001-10-26 20:39:10 UTC
*** Bug 55177 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 10 Brent Fox 2001-11-09 02:04:11 UTC
*** Bug 55370 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***


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