Bug 60419 - fails to init swap during install
Summary: fails to init swap during install
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 60004
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.3
Hardware: alpha
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Beth Uptagrafft
QA Contact: Beth Uptagrafft
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-02-27 16:48 UTC by Jeff Wiedemeier
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:40 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-02-27 19:19:44 UTC
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Description Jeff Wiedemeier 2002-02-27 16:48:27 UTC 
Description of Problem:

Installation fails with "An error occurred trying to initialize swap on device
/dev/sda2. This problem is serious and the installer cannot continue." This has
been seen with autopartitioning. Retrying the install appears to work. This
definitely happens if the disk was wiped prior to the install.

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

7.2 rc (0222.1 iso)

How Reproducible:

very

Steps to Reproduce:
1. wipe disk
2. install with autopartition
3. observe error
4. try again

Actual Results:

described above - error the first attempt. second attempt appears to work

Expected Results:

installation success

Additional Information:	

Observed on DS10, DS20, ES45, etc...

duplicate of 60004?
Comment 1 Alexandre Petit-Bianco 2002-03-04 19:53:56 UTC 
> duplicate of 60004?

Yes, this is a duplicate of 60004. 



*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 60004 ***
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