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Bug 74863

Summary:	Red Hat 8 Installer crashed
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <trollboy>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	8.0
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.shoggoth.net/errors/
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Description Need Real Name 2002-10-02 12:35:00 UTC

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Description of problem:
whilst reading packages, the installer died.  I tried twice to install actually,
it died both times.  And I verified my media first

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot off the rh8 cd burned from a downloaded iso image
2.verify media
3.choose upgrade
4.whether you choose to upgrade existing packages or add packages doesn't matter 

Actual Results:  It crashes after taking a VERY long time to read packages.  For
my error log, see www.shoggoth.net/errors

Expected Results:  It should have installed RH8

Additional info:

I tried this twice with the same problem each time.

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2002-10-02 16:03:15 UTC

For some reason the errors were not written to the disk. Please you a formatted
blank disk to write out the errors.

Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2002-10-24 18:22:29 UTC

Closing due to inactivity. Please reopen if you have any new information to add
to this report.

Comment 3 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 18:49:43 UTC

Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.