Description of problem: Booted F15 live CD. Clicked Install to Disk. Anaconda crashed while examining disks. Removed FAT32-formatted USB stick, reran, and Anaconda succeeded. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda-15.31-1.fc15 -- both i686 and x86_64 How reproducible: I tried anaconda a half dozen times, with both i686 and x86_64 live CDs, and failed every time the USB stick was present. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Insert a FAT32-formatted USB flash drive into a USB slot 2.Boot off a F15 live CD 3.Click "Install to Hard Drive" icon in dock 4.Click "next" twice Actual results: After displaying "Examining storage devices" informational pop-up, Anaconda disappears without a trace. Running anaconda directly from command line, I got: # anaconda --liveinst --method=livecd:///dev/mapper/live-osimg-min --lang en_US.UTF-8 10:27:07 Starting graphical installation. Loading /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.map.gz Backtrace has 20 calls on stack: 20: /lib64/libparted.so.0(ped_assert+0x2e) [0x7f849d431abe] 19: /lib64/libparted.so.0(+0x3c036) [0x7f849d45b036] 18: /lib64/libparted.so.0(+0x3c41e) [0x7f849d45b41e] 17: /lib64/libparted.so.0(+0x3cae6) [0x7f849d45bae6] 16: /lib64/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_add_partition+0x1a3) [0x7f849d437873] 15: /lib64/libparted.so.0(+0x3e279) [0x7f849d45d279] 14: /lib64/libparted.so.0(+0x3ef95) [0x7f849d45df95] 13: /lib64/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_new+0x58) [0x7f849d437cd8] 12: /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/_pedmodule.so(_ped_Disk_init+0x66) [0x7f849d6b0be6] 11: /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(+0x9d8d8) [0x7f84b04198d8] 10: /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(PyObject_Call+0x53) [0x7f84b03c4fe3] 9: /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x3b73) [0x7f84b045a0a3] 8: /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x855) [0x7f84b045d125] 7: /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(+0x6daa3) [0x7f84b03e9aa3] 6: /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(PyObject_Call+0x53) [0x7f84b03c4fe3] 5: /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x1340) [0x7f84b0457870] 4: /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x855) [0x7f84b045d125] 3: /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(+0x6daa3) [0x7f84b03e9aa3] 2: /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(PyObject_Call+0x53) [0x7f84b03c4fe3] 1: /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0(+0x57b6f) [0x7f84b03d3b6f] Aborted (core dumped) # lsusb ... Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0930:6545 Toshiba Corp. Kingston DataTraveler 102 flash drive # fdisk /dev/sdb Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 4007 MB, 4007657472 bytes 86 heads, 22 sectors/track, 4137 cylinders, total 7827456 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 8064 7827455 3909696 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) Expected results: Anaconda succeeds in installing Fedora to hard drive Additional info:
This is due to parted being over-zealous when it tries to detect the CHS of the USB stick. This has been fixed in parted-2.4 but we can't update the install media so: You can work around this problem by removing the partitioning from the usb stick with dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/blah bs=1M count=1 (this will delete all data from the stick). And then re-partitioning it with parted.
I realize this is closed, but wanted to ask whether there are any other workarounds. I can't use the workaround above, because I have to use the USB stick to install from. (The network card in this Asus 1015PX-PU17 netbook is not recognized by gPXE, so network booting is out, and there are no optical drives or other interfaces.) I tried formatting the partition as ext2, but the failure mode was the same as for FAT32. Is my only option to wait for Fedora 16?