Bug 6691 - Anaconda IOError: (Errno 28) No space left on device
Summary: Anaconda IOError: (Errno 28) No space left on device
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 6.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jay Turner
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-11-03 19:03 UTC by dschommer
Modified: 2015-01-07 23:39 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-02-09 03:09:59 UTC
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Description dschommer 1999-11-03 19:03:20 UTC
During the install with new boot.img and "updates" image I
received a halting error.

I installed the "updates" disk as requested and then the
message "Reading Anaconda Updates..." stayed on the screen
for about 15 minutes while the hard disk read like crazy.
After which I received the error:

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Probing Mouse Type...
Traceback (innermost last)
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 133, in ?
     result = xserver.startX()
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/xserver.py", line
100, in startX
     f.write(x.monitorSection())
  IOError: (Errno 28) No Space left on device
install exited abnormally
-------------------------------

I duplicated this six times (hoping it would "just work" one
of the times).

Environment:

-Attempting to upgrade RedHat 5.0 to RedHat 6.1.
-Kernal: 2.0.32
-IDE hard disks
-Updated boot image with "linux updates" typed at the boot
prompt.
-Windows NT 4.0 Workstation is installed on the first
partition.
-Not sure if this matters, but my (linux) file system looks
like this:
----------------------------
/dev/hda2               /                       ext2
defaults        1 1
/dev/hda8               /home                   ext2
defaults        1 2
/dev/hda5               /usr                    ext2
defaults        1 2
/dev/hda7               /usr/local              ext2
defaults        1 2
/dev/hda6               /usr/src                ext2
defaults        1 2
/dev/hda3               swap                    swap
defaults        0 0
/dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy             ext2
noauto          0 0
/dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              iso9660
noauto,ro       0 0
none                    /proc                   proc
defaults        0 0
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Any other information can be available upon request.

Derrick Schommer
(dschommer)

Comment 1 Jay Turner 2000-02-09 03:09:59 UTC
This is pretty much nothing more than there not being enough space for the
installer to do its thing.


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