From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0) Description of problem: during initial custom (as opposed to laptop) installation on a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop, this error was received at the "additional language" screen and the system rebooted. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Couldn't Reproduce Steps to Reproduce: 1.boot off of CD 2.define mouse type 3.define partitions using disk druid 4.clicked 'next' once Actual Results: machine crashed, gave me the error and allowed me to save the error to disk (below),then rebooted Expected Results: should have proceeded to additional languages / time zone screens. Additional info: traceback attached.
Created attachment 48042 [details] dump from anaconda fault
How did you boot into the installation of this system?
The installation was started from CD, which was a 7.2 ISO image that was downloaded and cooked into bootable media. This media was used on several other workstation installations, but this was the first laptop attempt. During installation, I did not select 'laptop' for installation type, but rather 'custom'.
There are errors decompressing from the stage2 as well as errors mentioned regarding reading from the CD. Is this a burned CD? If so, does the cdrom drive in this laptop generally do well with burned cds (mine I know doesn't :-)
Yes, this is a burned CD from a downloaded ISO. While I'm careful to keep them clean and it's never had a problem before, between the errors you found in the dump data, your experience with your CD drive and the fact that I couldn't reproduce it, it seems likely that it was a fluke between the CD and the drive. I appreciate your time to diagnose. :)