Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 82559
anaconda
Last modified: 2007-03-27 00:00:14 EDT
Description of problem: It had occured during installation after selecting packages to install. Problem Code: Traceback(most recent call Last); File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui-py", Line 786 , inhandleRenderCallback self.currentWindow.renderCallback() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress-gui.py", Line 149 , inrenderCallback self.intf.icw.nextClicked() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py",Line 632 , innext Clicked self.dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", Line 150 , ingotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", Line 215 , inmovestep rc=apply(func,self.bindArgs(args)) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", Line 430 , in turnOnFilesystems Partitions.doMetaDeletes(diskset) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partitions.py", Line 1110 , indoMetaDeletes (vm.vgactivate()) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.py", Line 66 , in execWithRedirect childpid = os.fork() OSError[errno 12] cannot allocate memory Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: This bug had ocured during installation of Red Hat Linux 8.0 Steps : 1) Make a partition of 518MB using microsoft's fdisk utility 2) reboot the system using Linux CD 3) Make a primary partition of +512M using Linux fdisk ( / partiton) 4)Make another primary partition of +300M (swap) using red hat linux's fdisk 5) reboot the system using Microsoft fdisk 6) Make extended partition from remaining space using microsoft's fdisk 1st logical drive = 6283M 2nd logical drive = 6275M 3rd logical drive = 5193M 7) reboot the system using Microsoft fdisk 7) delete 3rd logical drive using microsoft fdisk 9) reboot using linux CD 10) create following partitions /home = +900M /var = +384M /tmp = +256M /usr = remaining 11 ) follow steps on the screen Now as soon as you select packages for installation suddenly a window appears with the code written above Actual results: Code window appears when i started the installation again the same problem occurs Expected results: I had installed Linux several times , but there is no such error and installation starts The actual result is that the installation should start Additional info:
Reporter, check to see if your bug is a duplicate of Bug 76123. There are useful comments with regards to how much memory must be installed in your machine to install Red Hat Linux 8.0.
Closing due to inactivity - please reopen if you have additional information to add.