From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.79 [en] (Win95; U) Description of problem: I am installing Limbo Beta per instructions for fixing Trident video bugs in Linux 7.3. I downloaded all 5 disc images, verified them (all report good). Disc one boots and begins the install. When the system asks for Disc 2, I put the disc in and hit OK. Nothing appears to happen (install stays at 30%). After a very long time (overnight) I finally got the message listed below. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Start Limbo install (using text mode) 2.Run though to insert of disc 2 3.Insert disc 2 and press ok. Actual Results: System hung for several hours, then gave error message described below Expected Results: System should have installed. Additional info: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", Line 601, in ? intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", Line 443, in run dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", Line 150, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", Line 215, in moveStep rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args)) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 668, in doInstall problems = ts.run(0, ~rpm.RPMPROB_FILTER_DISKSPACE, cb.cb, 0) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", Line 280, in cb fn = self.method.getFilename(h, self.pkgTimer) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 209, in getFilename errnum, h[1000000], str(msg)) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhpl/log.py", line 24, in __call__ self.handler(format % args) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/anaconda-log.py", line 60, in __call__ self.logFile 2.flush() IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device I have a 4GB hard disk on this system. Linux 7.3, 7.2 and 7.1 did not complain about no disk space left
Just to verify - were you doing an install or an upgrade? Were you given the option to save this error log to a floppy? How much RAM do you have? What size partitions/filesystems did you configure?
I have tried both upgrade and full install. Both hang at the same point. I don't remember if it gave the option or not to save to floppy, it might have. I let the installer auto partition the drive. I have 128M of RAM.
Could you try this: Install from disc 1. When it prompts for disc 2, don't put in the disc. Instead hit cntl-alt-F2 and you should see a command prompt. Type 'df' If you could write down the output and add it to this report that would really help.
Filesystem 1KBlocks used available used% mounted on rootfs 3495 821 2474 25% / /dev/root.old 3495 821 2474 25% / /tmp/hda5 505605 130208 349293 27% /mnt/sysimage /tmp/hda1 101089 12057 83813 13% /mnt/sysimage/boot /tmp/hda3 1731460 32828 1610680 2% /mnt/sysimage/home /tmp/hda2 4727888 1125864 3361856 25% /mnt/sysimage/usr /tmp/hda6 1027760 48292 927268 5% /mnt/sysimage/var
Could you try running the same commands above after the you've inserted CD#2 and the system has appeared to hang? I'm thinking something created alot of log messages in relation to the second CD, filling up the tmp space (which has lots of room in the output you appended above).
Here is the information after the failure message: Filesystem 1KBlocks used available used% mounted on rootfs 3495 3495 0 100% / /dev/root.old 3495 3495 0 100% / /tmp/hda5 505605 130208 349293 27% /mnt/sysimage /tmp/hda1 101089 12057 83813 13% /mnt/sysimage/boot /tmp/hda3 1731460 32828 1610680 2% /mnt/sysimage/home /tmp/hda2 4727888 1125864 3361856 25% /mnt/sysimage/usr /tmp/hda6 1027760 48292 927268 5% /mnt/sysimage/var /tmp/hdc 667168 667168 0 100% /mnt/source
Excellent, see: rootfs 3495 3495 0 100% / Its full. So now to figure out why. When the computer is in this state, do a: ls -l /tmp Find out which file is the biggest, then do a less <filename> Hold down 'Page Down' and scroll to the bottom of the file and let me know what kind of messages you see down there. Thanks for being patient and trying all these steps. I've never seen this happen before!
I have pages and pages of: <6> attempt to access beyond end of device <6> 16:00: rw=0, want = 405546, limit = 197120 in file /tmp/syslog size 1926028
What type of CDROM drive do you have (IDE, SCSI, other)? The device 16:00 is a Goldstar CDROM device, which seems odd.
It is an IDE drive on channel 2 with the hard drive on channel 1.
Could you try perhaps putting the ISO images on your hard drive and doing a hard drive install? It appears the CD drive and the CD #2 you have are not working well togethre, since its generating all those error messages.
Hard drive install does not work correctly. It will not allow me to properly select the options (ie. Install Beta button.) It keeps going into a reboot selection and I cannot proceed. Why would the Beta have problems with my cdrom drive and 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 installs don't?
After playing around for some time, I did get the install to start. After a few minutes, I get the following error: The File /tmp/isomedia/RedHat/RPMS/omni-0.7.0-4.i386.rpm cannot be opened. This is due to a missing file, a bad package, or bad media. Press <return> to try again. and the install stops there. I checked my cd media and they all check fine and I am using the same ISO files that made the cd's.
CD media and CD drives can interact in strange ways. If you can try a different CD drive that might help.
I tried a different CD drive and I tried the hard drive install again. Both setups got to the same point as above and failed.