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Description of problem:
On a 486 with no LBA support (except for Maxtor's MaxBlast firmware) Linux 7.2 
will not install.  Tried various configurations and various partition sizes and 
locations.  Twice it hung on dev-3 package installation, other times with 
anaconda crash and details, others with badly laid out shutdown screen with 
blue background.  Note that this same machine had a Redhat Linux 6.2 install 
which was lost during installation formatting.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Insert floppy and CD
2.Reboot
3.Run Install 
	

Actual Results:  see description

Expected Results:  Installed OS with bootable harddrive

Additional info:

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 620, in ?
    intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 408, in run
    dispatch.gotoNext()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 143, in gotoNext
    self.moveStep()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 208, in moveStep
    rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args))
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 489, in doInstall
    l.sort(sortPackages)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 294, in sortPackages
    elif (string.lower(first[rpm.RPMTAG_NAME])
TypeError: read-only character buffer, None

Local variables in innermost frame:
one: 0
two: 0
second: XFree86-xdm
first: XFree86-75dpi-fonts