Bug 64720 - Installer exception in anaconda in scanForRaid()
Summary: Installer exception in anaconda in scanForRaid()
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 64734
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Brock Organ
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-05-10 02:00 UTC by Jess Gehin
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:42 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2002-05-10 15:48:05 UTC
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dump file written to floppy after installation failure (29.22 KB, text/plain)
2002-05-10 02:01 UTC, Jess Gehin
no flags Details

Description Jess Gehin 2002-05-10 02:00:33 UTC
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Description of problem:
Performing an upgrade from 7.2 to 7.3.  Directly after selecting upgrade option
and hitting next an exception in anaconda is reported.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Boot off of 7.3 cdrom
2.Choose all of the defaults for language, keyboard, mouse
3.Choose "Upgrade" option and hit next
	

Actual Results:  Exception reported with traceback. Output saved to floppy and
inlcuded as an attachment.

Expected Results:  Installation continues

Additional info:

Problem seems to be in the checking for raid systems.  This machine does not
have any (software or hardware) raid partitions or filesystems

Comment 1 Jess Gehin 2002-05-10 02:01:47 UTC
Created attachment 56867 [details]
dump file written to floppy after installation failure

Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2002-05-10 22:34:17 UTC
Can you try using the update disk available at
http://people.redhat.com/~katzj/73raid.img?  If you put that on a separate
floppy and boot with 'linux updates', inserting the disk when prompted, it
should fix the problem.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 64734 ***


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