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I'm trying to install the entitlement beta on an rp5700 HP workstation (should be pretty standard hardware). I've run the installer's media verification test, and it passed, so I'm pretty sure the disc burned OK. During the install, after determening the partition layout and having anaconda re-format all filesystems I marked, I get the error: Unable to read group information from repositories. This is a problem with the generation of your install tree. In the logs at tty3 (or tty2, I'm not sure. It was in anaconda.log however :)), I get the following error: --- 19:11:39,818 INFO : moving (1) to step storagedone 19:11:39,818 DEBUG : storagedone is a direct step 19:11:41,017 INFO : leaving (1) step storagedone 19:11:41,017 INFO : moving (1) to step enablefilesystems 19:11:41,018 DEBUG : enablefilesystems is a direct step 19:11:43,305 DEBUG : notifying kernel of 'change' event on device /sys/class/block/sda1 19:11:54,183 DEBUG : notifying kernel of 'change' event on device /sys/class/block/dm-0 19:11:54,958 INFO : failed to set SELinux context for /mnt/sysimage: [Errno 95] Operation not supported 19:11:54,959 DEBUG : isys.py:mount()- going to mount /dev/mapper/vgLocal-lvRoot on /mnt/sysimage as ext4 with options defaults 19:11:55,048 DEBUG : isys.py:mount()- going to mount /dev/sda1 on /mnt/sysimage/boot as ext2 with options defaults 19:11:55,101 DEBUG : isys.py:mount()- going to mount //dev on /mnt/sysimage/dev as bind with options defaults,bind 19:11:55,116 DEBUG : isys.py:mount()- going to mount devpts on /mnt/sysimage/dev/pts as devpts with options gid=5,mode=620 19:11:55,129 DEBUG : isys.py:mount()- going to mount tmpfs on /mnt/sysimage/dev/shm as tmpfs with options defaults 19:11:55,367 DEBUG : isys.py:mount()- going to mount /dev/mapper/vgLocal-lvHome on /mnt/sysimage/home as ext4 with options defaults 19:11:55,444 INFO : failed to get default SELinux context for /proc: [Errno 2] No such file or directory 19:11:55,444 DEBUG : isys.py:mount()- going to mount proc on /mnt/sysimage/proc as proc with options defaults 19:11:55,454 INFO : failed to get default SELinux context for /proc: [Errno 2] No such file or directory 19:11:55,466 DEBUG : isys.py:mount()- going to mount sysfs on /mnt/sysimage/sys as sysfs with options defaults 19:11:55,480 INFO : leaving (1) step enablefilesystems 19:11:55,480 INFO : moving (1) to step bootloadersetup 19:11:55,480 DEBUG : bootloadersetup is a direct step 19:11:55,483 WARNING : '/usr/sbin/dmidecode' specified as full path 19:11:55,635 INFO : leaving (1) step bootloadersetup 19:11:55,635 INFO : moving (1) to step bootloader 19:11:59,145 INFO : leaving (1) step bootloader 19:11:59,145 INFO : moving (1) to step reposetup 19:11:59,145 DEBUG : reposetup is a direct step 19:11:59,166 DEBUG : notifying kernel of 'change' event on device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 19:11:59,294 ERROR : Error downloading None/.treeinfo: [Errno 14] Could not open/read file:///None/.treeinfo --- The .treeinfo file seems to be present at /mnt/stage2. I tried to symlink /None to /mnt/stage2, and cat /None/.tree worked. Anaconda however, still gave the same error. The really annoying thing is that this problem manifests right *after* formatting the partitions. So this leaves me with an unbootable system. I've found a similair bug (https://partner-bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602369), but this has already been marked as "fixed (in beta2)" (the 600225 bug, which is the bug of which this one is marked dup). It seems to be related to udev. I've seen some udev errors too in the tty, but they don't seem to have been recorded in the anaconda.log. lshal identifies this DVD writer as a TSSTcorpCD/DVDW_TS_H653L. My partition setup is as follows: /dev/sda1 -> /boot - ext2 /dev/sda2 -> LVM PV VG -> vgLocal LV's: lvHome -> /home - ext4 - not formatted lvSwap -> swap lvRoot -> / - ext4
Please attach /tmp/anaconda.log, /tmp/storage.log, and /tmp/program.log to this bug report. Thanks.
Created attachment 480957 [details] Anaconda log
Created attachment 480958 [details] Program log
Created attachment 480959 [details] Storage log Small change in partition layout. The root is now the LV RHRoot in VG vgLocal. /home and /boot are the same.
Where can I get a copy of the entitlement beta media?
It's at https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/software/channel/downloads/Download.do?cid=11199 I checked the mailing list for the entitlement beta, Dennis Gregorovic replied, and told me to report this as a bug. I've also put him on the CC list, per his request.
Hm, I just did a quick test of this with the DVD image and didn't see any problems. Are you using the full DVD or just the boot.iso? Do you see the problem if you don't run media check?
I just burned the ISO from the link in Comment 7 to DVD, then booted from that. So, I'm using the full DVD I guess. Using the same ISO in i.e. VirtualBox (probably any other hypervisor, but I tested on VB), the installer completes OK. The media check passes (on both physical and virtual install) completes succesfully, but for some reason, the install on this specific machine seems to fail. I'll re-download and burn the ISO and check again.
Sigh... I've downloaded and burned the ISO again, and the problem "has gone away". Unfortunatly, there seems to have been some corruption on the media which the "check media" step did not catch.
Unfortunately, media check is a best effort. It can catch lots of problems, but passing it is no 100% guarantee that everything will work.