Bug 68405 - anaconda unhandled exception when partitioning when a mix of FAT16 and FAT32 present
Summary: anaconda unhandled exception when partitioning when a mix of FAT16 and FAT32 ...
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-07-09 22:42 UTC by Tom Strine
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:44 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-10-02 20:21:56 UTC
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Traceback dump (24.47 KB, text/plain)
2002-07-09 23:05 UTC, Tom Strine
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Description Tom Strine 2002-07-09 22:42:13 UTC
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Description of problem:
My first hard drive contains Windows ME, I want to install Linux on my second 
hard drive.
As I go into the partitioning setup, I get a message stating "The partition 
table on /tmp/hda is inconsistent. Linux may have detected the BIOS geometry 
incorrectly." It tells me i can choose to ignore the error or cancel setup, 
when I ignore the error, the next screen says "Warning: The partition table on 
device hda was unreadable." I then have the option to initialize the drive & 
loose Windows ME, naturally I select "No".
The next screen gives me an Unhandled Exception error. See results section 
below.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enter partitioning setup
2. "Ignore" unreadabe partition table message
3. Choose not to initialize hda (and loose Win ME).


Actual Results:  Summary:

Anaconda: An unhandled exception has occured

Traceback (innermost last):
File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 633, in ?
intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData)
File "/usr/src/build/90289-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 427, 
in run
File "/usr/src/build/90289-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 
144, in gotoNext
File "/usr/src/build/90289-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 
209, in moveStep
File "/usr/src/build/90289-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/partitioning.py", 
line 1586, in partitionMethodSetup
File "/usr/src/build/90289-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/partitioning.py", 
line 1571, in setProtected
TypeError: attribute-less object (assign or del)

I have attached the full dump.

Expected Results:  I expected to be able to leave hda alone, partition hdb, 
then continue setup.

Additional info:

hda is partitioned as follows:
1.8GB primary FAT32 partition
7GB extended partition with 2 logical drives = 5.2GB FAT32 and 1.8GB FAT

Comment 1 Tom Strine 2002-07-09 23:05:12 UTC
Created attachment 64467 [details]
Traceback dump

Comment 2 Tom Strine 2002-07-09 23:07:46 UTC
By the way, I've tried running scandisk and fdisk /mbr

Comment 3 Tom Strine 2002-07-10 03:34:52 UTC
I fixed the problem.

It was caused by me having a mix of FAT32 and FAT16 partitions on hda.

once I made my 2nd logical drive FAT32 everything went fine.

Sorry for the trouble.

Comment 4 Michael Fulbright 2002-07-10 18:51:23 UTC
Still sounds like a problem - could you give us a list of the partitions and
their FAT-types when you were having a problem please?

Comment 5 Tom Strine 2002-07-11 02:21:31 UTC
hda was partitioned as follows:

1.8GB primary FAT32 partition

7GB extended partition with 2 logical drives = 5.2GB FAT32 and 1.8GB FAT16

Comment 6 Michael Fulbright 2002-08-12 21:49:35 UTC
Thank you.

Comment 7 Michael Fulbright 2002-10-03 20:46:55 UTC
I've tried to reproduce this without any success.

Comment 8 Michael Fulbright 2002-12-20 17:38:25 UTC
Time tracking values updated


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