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Bug 55820

Summary: Installation failes if /tmp partition is created, following format
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Need Real Name <starrl>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Brent Fox <bfox>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Need Real Name 2001-11-07 04:54:05 UTC
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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.5 [en] (Win95; I)

Description of problem:
Installation fails with Traceback, at the "Installing Packages" Screen

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select Workstation Install
2. Select Partition with Disk Druid
3. Create /boot, / and /tmp partitions
	

Actual Results:  Fails with traceback an package installation screen.

It appears that the installation procedure is creating a "/tmp" directory and using it as scratchpad and that the "/tmp" partition overmounts that directory 
causing the "scratchpad" to become inaccessible.

Expected Results:  Install packages and complete installation.

Either a warning should be issued, against creating a "/tmp" filesystem, or procedures put in place to allow it's creation without blowing the install.

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 1470, in doInstall
    self.fstab.turnOnSwap()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/fstab.py", line 406, in turnOnSwap
    isys.swapon (file)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 142, in swapon
    return _isys.swapon (path)
SystemError: (22, 'Invalid argument')

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

ToDo object:
(itodo
ToDo
p1
(dp2
S'method'
p3

Comment 1 Brent Fox 2001-11-08 17:07:51 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 16686 ***