Bug 68474 - installer hangs on second CD
Summary: installer hangs on second CD
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.3
Hardware: athlon
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
QA Contact: Brock Organ
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-07-10 15:26 UTC by Randy Kelsoe
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:44 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2002-07-18 00:45:42 UTC
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file dumped from anaconda (87.93 KB, text/plain)
2002-07-10 15:27 UTC, Randy Kelsoe
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Description Randy Kelsoe 2002-07-10 15:26:10 UTC
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Description of problem:
When trying to install 7.3, when I got to the second CD, it would crash and
identify itself as a bug. This happened several times. The bug was copied to a
floppy.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Start install
2.Let 1st CD finish
3.install 2nd CD
4. stops in the middle with an error
	

Actual Results:  I let anaconda copy the bug message to a floppy. I restarted
the install    
2 more times and had the same error. I then tried to install using a SGI XFS 1.1
install disk, which in turn uses the 3 RedHat 7.3 disks, and the install succeeded. 

Expected Results:  The install should have completed.

Additional info:

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 633, in ?
    intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 353, in run
    self.icw.run (self.runres, configFileData)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 814, in run
    mainloop ()
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 2676, in mainloop
    _gtk.gtk_main()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 529, in handleRenderCallback
    self.currentWindow.renderCallback()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 135, in renderCallback
    self.intf.icw.nextClicked()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 417, in nextClicked
    self.dispatch.gotoNext()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 144, in gotoNext
    self.moveStep()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 209, in moveStep
    rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args))
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 611, in doInstall
    problems = ts.run(0, ~rpm.RPMPROB_FILTER_DISKSPACE, cb.cb, 0)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 244, in cb
    fn = self.method.getFilename(h, self.pkgTimer)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 86, in getFilename
    isys.umount("/mnt/source")
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 171, in umount
    rc = _isys.umount(what)
SystemError: (16, 'Device or resource busy')

My hardware: ECS K7S5A MB, Athlon XP 1600, ATI Radeon VE (DDR)

Comment 1 Randy Kelsoe 2002-07-10 15:27:40 UTC
Created attachment 64609 [details]
file dumped from anaconda

Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2002-07-10 18:46:38 UTC
Please test your CDs following these instructions:

  http://people.redhat.com/~msf/mediacheck.html

Comment 3 Randy Kelsoe 2002-07-10 23:40:32 UTC
Sorry, I forgot to mention that before I burned the CD's, I checked the MD5
sums, and also ran the 'linux mediacheck' on all three of my CD's. The MD5 sums
were identical, and all three disks passed mediacheck.
RK

Comment 4 Michael Fulbright 2002-07-17 21:46:27 UTC
These errors:

<4>end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 1290980
<4>hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
<4>hdc: ATAPI reset complete

indicate the drive was not able to read the CD during the install.  Since the
install program accesses the drive differently than the mediacheck, sometimes it
will pass the mediacheck and fail during an install.

I would recommend trying a different CD drive.



Comment 5 Randy Kelsoe 2002-07-18 00:45:33 UTC
Thanks for your comments. This was the second CD drive I tried. The first would
always hang the install when trying to load the timidity rpm. Please read the
notes above. I was finally able to install 7.3 with the SGI XFS 1.1 installer
CD, and I used the same CD ROM drive, and the same 3 RedHat 7.3 CD's. I am not
sure what is different between the SGI installer and the RedHat installer, but
the SGI installer works and the RedHat does not.

Comment 6 Michael Fulbright 2002-08-12 22:01:26 UTC
Good to hear.


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