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The boot-RHEA-1999:044.img file was used to create a boot floppy to perform an install (not upgrade) of 6.1 over top of an existing 6.0 system. A graphical install from hard drive (/dev/hda1) was selected using installation type = custom system. The path to the RedHat directory was entered without a terminating '/' character. There are no non-RPM files in the rpms directory as proven via "ls -a | grep -v rpm". I have rebuilt the RPM database on the existing 6.0 system. The install was told to reformat all the existing ext2 filesystems (so it shouldn't even be looking at these partitions). In one install attempt, /dev/hda2 and /dev/hda3 were allegedly removed and replaced with a single swap partition. All partitions are formatted as per their fstab entry. ==== cat /etc/fstab looks like: /dev/hdb1 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda2 /spare ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0 /dev/hda1 /dos/c vfat exec,dev,suid,rw,umask=000 0 2 /dev/sda1 /dos/d vfat exec,dev,suid,rw,umask=000 0 2 ==== fdisk -l looks like: Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1027 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 992 7968208+ b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 993 1011 152617+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 1012 1027 128520 82 Linux swap Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 525 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 1 525 4217031 83 Linux Disk /dev/sda: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 1033 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 1032 1056752 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) ==== The python error happened after the install displayed the text dialog box containing "Reading package information...". The python dump follows: Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda.real", line 255, in ? intf.run(todo, test = test) File "/tmp/lib/python1.5/site-packages/te xt.py", line 1000, in run rc = apply(step[1](), step[2]) File "/mnt/redhat/comps/install/6.1/i386/ misc/src/trees/hdimage/usr/lib/pytho n1.5/site-packages/textw/packages.py ", line 10, in __call__ File "/tmp/lib/python1.5/site-packages/to do.py", line 930, in getHeaderList self.hdList = self.method.readHeaders() File "/tmp/lib/python1.5/site-packages/ha rddrive.py", line 45, in readHeaders isys.umount("/tmp/hdimage") File "/tmp/lib/python1.5/site-packages/is ys.py", line 8, in umount return _isys.umount(what) SystemError: (16, 'Device or resource busy') ==== This python error prevents 6.1 from being installed. Thankfully, the attempt at re-partitioning did not actually happen at the time the installer looked like it was writing to the disk, or I wouldn't be able to create this bug report right now. This bug may be related to any or all of 5545, 5551, 5555, 5615, 5618, 5638, 5691, 5741, 5749, 5768, 5875, 5931, 6033, and 6159.
You state that you were performing a graphical hard drive installation, but the hard drive installation is not supported in graphical mode. Could you please provide details of how you are performing a graphical hard drive installation, as this might help me to replicate your problem as well as reach some resolution for it. ------- Additional Comments From 11/01/99 10:56 ------- On the initial boot floppy screen it says: o To install or upgrade a system running Red Hat Linux 2.0 or later in graphical mode, press the <ENTER> key. So I pressed the <ENTER> key. I always assumed that it would switch from being text mode to graphical mode at some point in the install process, just as installs for Windows and OS/2 do. I have never reached the point where it actually was graphical. If you say that hard disk installs are never graphical, then that would explain why it was always in text mode, but perhaps it indicates that the text in the first screen of the boot floppy should be changed. I will retry the install but this time typing in "text" at the boot prompt. ------- Additional Comments From 11/02/99 00:25 ------- I have now tried both text mode and expert mode (with no additional device drivers). Both fail in exactly the same way as the original "graphical" attempts at installation.
I have had the same problem. I have tried all updated boot images including bootnet and pcmcia and updates. I have reverified all files three times using three different ftp sites. I have used the text command line and without it. I've tried updating existing or installing new as Gnome or Custom or KDE. I always get the exact same message. I have tried installing on four different machines. All four are currently running RedHat 6.0, in tandem with either Windows 95, 98 or 98SE. My inclination has been that the symbolic links in the RedHat install directory are not all there. I am fairly new to Linux and have not had any luck trying to add these links by hand. All four installs have been hard drive installs or network installs using ftp. I have a 30 meg swap file and at least 850 meg / directory specified on all attempts. I've also tried using a ramdisk as large as 48 megs but it made no difference.
I also have the same problem. (This means I am unable to install Red Hat Linux on my computer.) Here is how I got to the python error (which killed the Red Hat installation). I tried to install RH 6.1 via ftp. My computer is a Compaq Deskpro, with a Pentium III chip and 192MB of RAM. Windows NT 4.0 was previously installed on one partition, and I tried to install RH 6.1 on a separate partition. I tried two different boot images: (1) I tried the standard bootnet.img that comes with RH 6.1. (2) I tried bootnet-RHEA-1999:044.img in conjunction with the update
I also have the same problem. (This means I am unable to install Red Hat Linux on my computer.) Here is how I got to the python error (which killed the Red Hat installation). I tried to install RH 6.1 via ftp. My computer is a Compaq Deskpro, with a Pentium III chip and 192MB of RAM. Windows NT 4.0 is installed on one partition, and I tried to install RH 6.1 on a separate partition (dual-boot configuration). I tried two different boot images: (1) I tried the standard bootnet.img that comes with RH 6.1. (2) I tried bootnet-RHEA-1999:044.img in conjunction with the update updates-RHEA-1999:045.img. I got slightly different python errors with these two different boot images. With image (1) I got the following "Exception occurred:" File "/usr/bin/anaconda.real", line 225, in ? intf.run(todo, test=test) File "/tmp/lib/python1.5/site-packages/text.py", line 1000, in run rc = apply(step[1](),step[2]) File "/tmp/lib/python1.5/site-packages/text.py", line 572, in __call__ if todo.doInstall(): With boot image (2) I got the following "Exception occurred:" File "/usr/bin/anaconda.real", line 225, in ? intf.run(todo, test=test) File "/tmp/updates/text.py", line 1009, in run rc=apply(step[1](),step[2]) File "/tmp/updates/text.py", line 572, in __call__ if todo.doInstall(): File "/tmp/updates/todo.py", line 1517, in doInstall self.inst(allback,p)
I get this same error on a hard disk install. The error occurs on SDA6, which is an NTFS partition. As these guys, I'm using the new boot images downloaded today from the updates.redhat.com site. The boot.img still seems to think that NTFS partitions are ext2. Jay
I also received the error: "/tmp/lib/python1.5/site-packages/is ys.py", line 8, in umount return _isys.umount(what) SystemError: (16, 'Device or resource busy') This is the first time Linux is being installed on my system. It has 1 drive with 1 partition (FAT16), with NT 4.0 currently as the only boot. I'm trying to add RedHat 6.1 as a second boot on the same drive. I'm installing from the hard drive. I checked to make sure I do not have any non .rpm files in the RPMS directory. I also used the latest boot images (boot-RHEA-1999_044.img and updates-RHEA-1999_045.img). By the way, you should change the instructions on the main install screen to say that the graphical interface is not supported during an install from the hard drive. It doesn't give a new user, like myself, a pleasant feeling when you're misguided right from the start. At this point I'm giving up and will try 6.0.
I gave the 6.1 hard drive install another chance now that I have some more experience from installing 6.0. I found the following 3 steps necessary before the 6.1 install finally worked for me: 1) Make sure there are no files without the .rpm extension in the RPMS directory 2) If ftp'ing the install files to your system, make sure all files are transferred in binary mode. I had used CuteFTP and it incorrectly transferred indexhtml-6.1-1.noarch.rpm in ascii mode, so I turned off auto detect mode. 3) Use the updated install images, boot-RHEA-1999_044.img and updates-RHEA-1999_045.img.
Thank you for the clue. I suggest that everybody go to their .../RedHat/rpms directory and run the command: rpm --checksig --nopgp * When I do this in my 6.0 directory, everything shows up as "size md5 OK". When I do this in my 6.1 directory, everything shows up as "size md5 GPG NOT OK". The file zlib-devel-1.1.3-5.i386.rpm shows up in both 6.0 and 6.1, but it is larger in the 6.1 directory. It looks like ALL the files I downloaded were transferred in ASCII mode. Since I have been using the same ftp tool for several years (to download 5.1, 5.2, 6.0, and 6.1) with no upgrades or option changes, I suspect that the files were corrupted at the mirror. Of course since I downloaded back on Sep 27 and I don't remember which mirror I used, I have no way to verify this. It is interesting to note that the Python installer failed with a umount error. Perhaps the installer should be modified to run a sanity test of the rpms to check for corruption before attempting installation. I will re-download everything and report back.
Well, as should have been guessed by the lack of comments, this wasn't it either. I tried downloading with 3 different ftp programs, including bare ftp. I tried downloading selected files from 9 different mirrors. Every result was the same. rpm would always say "size md5 GPG NOT OK". Either every mirror on the list managed to mess up their transfers from the main RedHat ftp server, or else the 6.0 rpm does not understand 6.1 RPM packages. It sure would be nice if someone from RedHat would actually read the bug reports and comment on what the output of rpm should be, and if the mirrors are okay. One final point about the downloads. The disk images were also copied during the same bulk download as the RPM packages. If the RPMs were transfered as ASCII files, then the disk images should have been as well, yet the disk images boot fine. What more can I try? Wait until 6.2?
Do we have any response on this? I've worked around it on my other machines by finding a way to install off the cdrom. But now I'm stuck with an older laptop that doesn't have a cd-rom. I've tried to the new pcmcia and bootnet. Both generate the same exection in the "Package Groups" screen - starting with File "usr/bin/anaconda.real", line 225, in ? intf .run(todo, test = test) It looks like at least some of the problems in 5618 (lockem@home.com) and 5691 are the same. Is there any way to install 6.1 without the cdrom??
OK, I am coming up blank on this one, but there is one last idea that I have of what is going on. By any chance are you mounting the hard drive partition (the source partition that is) in Disk Druid? So, say you are installing from /dev/hda6 (so the source files are there) and then in Disk Druid, you choose to mount /dev/hda6 as "/mnt/src" or something similar, then you will get an error message similar to above, as the device really is busy and therefore the installer is not able to unmount it.
Closing out this bug, as I am 99% sure that the partition was getting mounted in Disk Druid and that is what was causing the problem. The issue will be resolved in the next release, so users will again be able to set mount points for the source partition of a hard drive installation.
I don't seem to be logged in right now, so this is johna@newbridge.com Yes, I had told the installer that I wanted /dev/hda1 installed on /dos/c. I have done this with every install from 5.0 on up and never experienced any problem. Note that in every install, the system would NOT create this mount point in /etc/fstab so I have always had to add this point manually. Note in my earlier comments that I had the exact same problem while running the installer in expert mode. I was under the impression that Disk Druid was not used in expert mode.