abrt version: 2.0.5 executable: /usr/bin/python hashmarkername: anaconda kernel: 3.0.0-1.fc16.x86_64 product: Fedora reason: FormatCreateError: ('format failed: 1', '/dev/sda2') time: Thu Aug 25 22:18:00 2011 version: 16-Alpha description: :The following was filed automatically by anaconda: :anaconda 16.14.6 exception report :Traceback (most recent call first): : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/formats/fs.py", line 379, in doFormat : raise FormatCreateError("format failed: %s" % ret.rc, self.device) : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/formats/fs.py", line 855, in create : return self.doFormat(*args, **kwargs) : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/deviceaction.py", line 429, in execute : options=self.device.formatArgs) : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 316, in processActions : action.execute(intf=self.intf) : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 383, in doIt : self.devicetree.processActions() : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/packages.py", line 122, in turnOnFilesystems : anaconda.storage.doIt() : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/dispatch.py", line 348, in dispatch : self.dir = self.steps[self.step].target(self.anaconda) : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/dispatch.py", line 235, in go_forward : self.dispatch() : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/gui.py", line 1198, in nextClicked : self.anaconda.dispatch.go_forward() :FormatCreateError: ('format failed: 1', '/dev/sda2')
Please attach /tmp/anaconda-tb-* to this bug report so we have enoug information to go on. Thanks.
Please see bug #638910 and bug #650626
This is still around. Attempted install of F17 from LiveCD created Tuesday. I filed an automatic report. Further background. In my case I was attempting to retain the contents of /var. I over-rode the 'you should format this' and continued. First attempt failed, with myriad 'errno 17' errors (file exists). Anaconda borked on the (pre)existance of /var/lib/mysql /var/run etc. etc. (I filed that report too). No error checking???? Second attempt triggered bug #638910, as I used the LiveCD to copy off /var/lib/mysql and /var/www/html elsewhere *and did not unmount /mnt/var (dev/sda5). No error checking??? And I had to google here to understand the error... useless error message. Third attempt got me this error. NO idea why. useless error message. I used parted to remove and recreate /dev/sda5. And finally the install from the LiveCD completed. Between yesterday and today, I have probably had 15 failed attempts at installation. It seems that anaconda is *regressing* and the proposals for anaconda in F18 are even worse: you might not be able to preserve you partitions. I don't mind if F18 is delayed. It should work first!
(In reply to comment #3) > installation. It seems that anaconda is *regressing* and the proposals for > anaconda in F18 are even worse: you might not be able to preserve you > partitions. Where did you get that nugget from? It wasn't possible to reuse existing filesystems during alpha development but it was never stated that the same would be true for the final release. No need to answer, really. Preserving your partitions is supported in the current beta versions to the same extent it always has been supported in anaconda.
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