From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98) Description of problem: I am trying to install RH 7.1 from a CD. The jumpstart installer fails during formatting the partitions. This is after I have selected all options and the formatting actually starts. It my have to do with the formatting of the swap system. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try to install 2. After all options selected, format begins Actual Results: System fails with Anaconda exception "SystemError: (2, 'No such file or directory')" Expected Results: Installation should have continued Additional info: 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 1480, in doInstall if self.method.systemMounted (self.fstab, self.instPath, self.hdList.selected()): File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 46, in systemMounted self.loopbackFile = mntPoint + fstab.filesystemSpace(mntPoint)[0][0] + \ File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/fstab.py", line 258, in filesystemSpace space.append((mntpoint, isys.fsSpaceAvailable(topMount + '/' + mntpoint))) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 16, in fsSpaceAvailable return _isys.devSpaceFree(fsystem) SystemError: (2, 'No such file or directory') Local variables in innermost frame: fsystem: /mnt/sysimage//msdos ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'method' p3 (iimage CdromInstallMethod p4 (dp5 S'progressWindow' p6 <failed>
This bug is with 7.0, not 7.1. Changing versions.
This is a dupe of bug #18032. A install updates disk is available from ftp://people.redhat.com/ewt/anaconda-vfat-label-fix.img To use it, dd this disk to a floppy, boot a standard boot disk into the install by typing "linux updates" at the syslinux boot prompt.The install process will ask you to insert the updates disk when it's needed.