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Description of problem: 
Installation halted with an unhandled exception when I enabled checking for 
bad blocks on the partitions to install. 
 
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 
 
 
How reproducible: 
Didn't try  
(it installed without enabling badblock check) 
 
Steps to Reproduce: 
1. Wnen editing new partitions with diskdruid, choose to format and also check 
for bad blocks. 
2. It will stop later, when starting actual install. 
  
 
Actual Results:  It stoped later, when starting actual install. It wrote 
"anacdump.txt" to a floppy. 
 
Expected Results:  Install correctly 
 
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 375, in turnOnFilesystems 
    thefsset.checkBadblocks(instPath) 
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 1007, in checkBadblocks 
    self.badblocksEntry(entry, chroot) 
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 984, in badblocksEntry 
    entry.fsystem.badblocksDevice(entry, self.progressWindow, chroot) 
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 210, in badblocksDevice 
    l = string.split(num, '/') 
TypeError: argument 1: expected read-only character buffer, int found 
 
Local variables in innermost frame: 
childpid: 86 
devicePath: /tmp/hda3 
str: Interrupted system call 
fd: 30 
num: 4 
s:   
p: (32, 33) 
w: <gui.ProgressWindow instance at 85a6d40> 
l: ['   264832', '   265072'] 
args: [Errno 4] Interrupted system call 
self: <fsset.swapFileSystem instance at 82e3770> 
windowCreator: <method InstallInterface.progressWindow of InstallInterface 
instance at 867aef0> 
val: 99L 
chroot: /mnt/sysimage 
entry: <fsset.FileSystemSetEntry instance at 8552dc0>