Bug 74647 - Installation crashes after entering user, time, nfo - giving an anaconda error
Summary: Installation crashes after entering user, time, nfo - giving an anaconda error
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 7.0
Hardware: i586
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-09-29 01:42 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:46 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2002-09-29 01:42:44 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2002-09-29 01:42:38 UTC
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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)

Description of problem:
Installation crashes after I've entered all the user name, root password, PST 
location nfo - I get an error saying send log to floppy. Log file as follows:

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 438, in ?
    intf.run(todo, test = test)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 336, in run
    self.icw.run ()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 678, in run
    mainloop ()
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 2554, in mainloop
    _gtk.gtk_main()
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 125, in __call__
    ret = apply(self.func, a)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 428, in 
nextClicked
    self.setScreen (self.currentScreen, self.nextClicked)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 463, in 
setScreen
    direction ()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 428, in 
nextClicked
    self.setScreen (self.currentScreen, self.nextClicked)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 466, in 
setScreen
    new_screen = screen.getScreen ()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iw/package_gui.py", line 427, 
in getScreen
    self.todo.getCompsList()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 539, in 
getCompsList
    self.comps = self.method.readComps(self.hdList)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 16, in 
readComps
    return ComponentSet(self.tree + '/RedHat/base/comps', hdlist)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 459, in 
__init__
    self.readCompsFile(file, self.packages, arch, matchAllLang)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 428, in 
readCompsFile
    comp.addPackage(packages[l])
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 101, in 
__getitem__
    return self.packages[item]
KeyError: MAKEDEV

Local variables in innermost frame:
self: <comps.HeaderListFromFile instance at 856f498>
item: MAKEDEV

ToDo object:
(itodo
ToDo
p1
(dp2
S'method'
p3
(iimage
CdromInstallMethod
p4
(dp5
S'progressWindow'
p6

<failed>


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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install from boot cd on pentium II w/128 RAM, 10gb previously empty, 
unpartitioned HD
2. choose default install
3.
	

Additional info:

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2002-09-30 19:52:37 UTC
Please try Red Hat Linux 8.0 - it has numerous bug fixes and is available for
free download.


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