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Description of problem: I'm running Fedora 15 from a 8gb USB memory stick without problems but the new Fedora 16 does not install. Fedora 16 beta installs but Fedora 16 gold fails to install to this 8gb USB memory stick, saying the install media is corrupt. Tried different install medias (sources) (cd, dvd, usb) but gets the same error at the end of the install. My install media is not corrupt and I haven't messed up the download causing the iso to get corrupt. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 16 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Fedora 16 to a USB memory stick (8gb) 2. Wait for it to fail. Actual results: Fail Expected results: Not fail (duh) Additional info:
Please attach /tmp/syslog and /tmp/anaconda.log to this bug report.
Everything goes well until the very end of the install: "There was an error installing the live image to your hard drive. This could be due to bad media. Please verify your installation media. If you exit, your system will be left in an inconsistent state that will require reinstallation." /tmp/anaconda.log: 03:58:27,565 INFO anaconda: /usr/sbin/anaconda 16.25 08:58:28,092 INFO loader: 3145728 kB (3072 MB) are available 03:58:28,092 INFO anaconda: anaconda called with cmdline = ['/usr/sbin/anaconda', '--liveinst', '--method=livecd:///dev/mapper/live-osimg-min', '--lang', 'en_US.UTF-8'] 03:58:28,092 INFO anaconda: Default encoding = ascii 03:58:28,117 INFO anaconda: Display mode = g 08:58:28,120 INFO loader: 3145728 kB (3072 MB) are available 03:58:28,120 INFO anaconda.stdout: Starting graphical installation. 03:58:28,723 INFO anaconda: using only installclass _Fedora 03:58:28,739 INFO anaconda: Detected 3040M of memory 03:58:28,740 INFO anaconda: Swap attempt of 1024M to 5088M 03:58:29,910 INFO anaconda: set timezone: America/New_York, utc: 0 03:58:29,911 INFO anaconda: set timezone: America/New_York, utc: 0 03:58:30,037 INFO anaconda: dispatch: resetting to the first step. 03:58:30,039 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step sshd 03:58:30,039 DEBUG anaconda: dispatch: sshd is a direct step 03:58:30,039 INFO anaconda: sshd: not enabled, skipping. 03:58:30,040 INFO anaconda: created new libuser.conf at /tmp/libuser.kGJTu2 with instPath="/mnt/sysimage" 03:58:30,040 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step sshd 03:58:30,040 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step keyboard 03:58:33,667 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step keyboard 03:58:33,667 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step filtertype 03:58:35,680 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step filtertype 03:58:35,681 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step filter 03:58:35,687 DEBUG anaconda: dispatch: the interface chose not to display step filter. 03:58:35,687 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step filter 03:58:35,688 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step storageinit 03:58:35,688 DEBUG anaconda: dispatch: storageinit is a direct step 03:58:35,790 INFO anaconda: ISCSID is /sbin/iscsid 03:58:35,790 INFO anaconda: no initiator set 03:58:35,826 INFO anaconda: No FCoE EDD info found: No FCoE boot disk information is found in EDD! 03:58:35,826 INFO anaconda: no /etc/zfcp.conf; not configuring zfcp 03:58:38,528 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step storageinit 03:58:38,529 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step network 03:58:38,627 INFO anaconda: Network.update(): /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 file not found 03:58:38,674 INFO anaconda: Network.update(): /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file not found 03:58:40,288 INFO anaconda: setting installation environment hostname to localhost.localdomain 03:58:40,300 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step network 03:58:40,300 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step timezone 03:59:02,216 INFO anaconda: set timezone: Europe/Stockholm, utc: 0 03:59:02,217 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step timezone 03:59:02,217 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step accounts 03:59:12,106 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step accounts 03:59:12,106 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step setuptime 03:59:12,107 DEBUG anaconda: dispatch: setuptime is a direct step 09:59:13,002 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step setuptime 09:59:13,002 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step parttype 09:59:17,492 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step parttype 09:59:17,493 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step cleardiskssel 09:59:27,567 INFO anaconda: no initiator set 09:59:29,625 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step cleardiskssel 09:59:29,626 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step autopartitionexecute 09:59:29,626 DEBUG anaconda: dispatch: autopartitionexecute is a direct step 09:59:29,950 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step autopartitionexecute 09:59:29,950 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step storagedone 09:59:29,950 DEBUG anaconda: dispatch: storagedone is a direct step 09:59:31,963 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step storagedone 09:59:31,963 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step enablefilesystems 09:59:31,963 DEBUG anaconda: dispatch: enablefilesystems is a direct step 09:59:42,557 DEBUG anaconda: notifying kernel of 'change' event on device /sys/class/block/sdd2 09:59:44,391 DEBUG anaconda: notifying kernel of 'change' event on device /sys/class/block/sdd3 10:00:09,149 DEBUG anaconda: notifying kernel of 'change' event on device /sys/class/block/dm-3 10:00:09,724 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount /dev/sdd2 on /mnt/sysimage/boot as ext4 with options defaults 10:00:09,776 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount /dev on /mnt/sysimage/dev as bind with options defaults,bind 10:00:09,790 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount devpts on /mnt/sysimage/dev/pts as devpts with options gid=5,mode=620 10:00:09,852 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount tmpfs on /mnt/sysimage/dev/shm as tmpfs with options defaults 10:00:09,875 INFO anaconda: failed to get default SELinux context for /proc: [Errno 2] No such file or directory 10:00:09,877 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount proc on /mnt/sysimage/proc as proc with options defaults 10:00:09,890 INFO anaconda: failed to get default SELinux context for /proc: [Errno 2] No such file or directory 10:00:09,894 INFO anaconda: failed to get default SELinux context for /proc/bus/usb: [Errno 2] No such file or directory 10:00:09,895 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount usbfs on /mnt/sysimage/proc/bus/usb as usbfs with options defaults 10:00:09,901 INFO anaconda: failed to get default SELinux context for /proc/bus/usb: [Errno 2] No such file or directory 10:00:09,905 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount sysfs on /mnt/sysimage/sys as sysfs with options defaults 10:00:09,915 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount selinuxfs on /mnt/sysimage/sys/fs/selinux as selinuxfs with options defaults 10:00:09,921 INFO anaconda: failed to set SELinux context for /mnt/sysimage/sys/fs/selinux: [Errno 95] Operation not supported 10:00:09,922 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step enablefilesystems 10:00:09,922 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step reposetup 10:00:09,923 DEBUG anaconda: dispatch: reposetup is a direct step 10:00:09,923 WARN anaconda: doBackendSetup not implemented for backend! 10:00:09,923 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step reposetup 10:00:09,923 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step basepkgsel 10:00:09,923 DEBUG anaconda: dispatch: basepkgsel is a direct step 10:00:09,924 WARN anaconda: getDefaultGroups not implemented for backend! 10:00:09,924 WARN anaconda: selectGroup not implemented for backend! 10:00:09,924 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step basepkgsel 10:00:09,925 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step postselection 10:00:09,925 DEBUG anaconda: dispatch: postselection is a direct step 10:00:09,925 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step postselection 10:00:09,925 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step install 10:00:09,944 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step install 10:00:09,944 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step preinstallconfig 10:00:09,945 DEBUG anaconda: dispatch: preinstallconfig is a direct step 10:00:09,951 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:umount()- going to unmount /mnt/sysimage/sys/fs/selinux, removeDir = False 10:00:09,972 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:umount()- going to unmount /mnt/sysimage/sys, removeDir = False 10:00:09,981 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:umount()- going to unmount /mnt/sysimage/proc/bus/usb, removeDir = False 10:00:09,990 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:umount()- going to unmount /mnt/sysimage/proc, removeDir = False 10:00:09,997 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:umount()- going to unmount /mnt/sysimage/dev/shm, removeDir = False 10:00:10,013 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:umount()- going to unmount /mnt/sysimage/dev/pts, removeDir = False 10:00:10,025 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:umount()- going to unmount /mnt/sysimage/dev, removeDir = False 10:00:10,069 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:umount()- going to unmount /mnt/sysimage/boot, removeDir = False 10:00:10,430 INFO anaconda: dispatch: leaving (1) step preinstallconfig 10:00:10,431 INFO anaconda: dispatch: moving (1) to step installpackages 10:00:10,431 DEBUG anaconda: dispatch: installpackages is a direct step 10:00:10,431 INFO anaconda: Preparing to install packages 10:09:02,704 WARN anaconda: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/iw/progress_gui.py:55: GtkWarning: IA__gtk_progress_set_percentage: assertion `percentage >= 0 && percentage <= 1.0' failed self.progress.set_fraction(pct) I don't have any /tmp/syslog: cat: /tmp/syslog: No such file or directory I'm going to try and install without a bootloader and see if it succeeds.
Hey.. is this because of the 10GB disk space / storage requirement? Should I use a 16gb stick instead?
I tried a 16gb memory stick and it still fails at the very end of install. Cannot install without a bootloader either. No way to get Fedora 16 to a USB memory stick :(
Okay so I'm officially a retard now. The install did in fact work now with the 16gb memory stick. What could be done to improve the anaconda is to check if there is 10gb of disk storage before starting the install.