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Bug 58729

Summary: Installer fails during formatting of filesystem. An Internal Error is indicated and areport was produced.
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Dave Orenstein <dave.orenstein>
Component: installerAssignee: Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Dave Orenstein 2002-01-23 20:28:46 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Repeated attempts to install a Redhat 7.1 (Seawolf) on a Compaq Proliant 1600 
with 32MB of RAM and 9.1GB SCSI drive produce an Internal Error.  The only 
extra package being installed is the NFS server.  The error occurs during file 
system partitioning.  The traceback report was saved to a floppy.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Run the installer.
2.Use Disk Druid to choose partitions at the appropriate point in the install.
3.Wait for partitioning to complete and installation of packages to begin.
	

Actual Results:  Internal Error

Expected Results:  File system formatted and packages installed.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Dave Orenstein 2002-01-23 20:30:31 UTC 
Created attachment 43335 [details]
Installer traceback
Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2002-01-24 15:20:31 UTC 
When the error occurs please hit cntl-alt-f4 and look for any 'read' or 'sense'
errors - I think your drive may be bad from the error message reported.
Comment 3 Dave Orenstein 2002-02-01 15:58:14 UTC 
Thanks for your help.  The drive was a new refurbished unit.  Smart Start was 
able to create a Compaq configuration partition, but other areas of the drive 
were bad preventing the OS from successfully installing.  I have since replaced 
the drive and done a successful install.

Dave