Description of problem: This happened when I copied DVD.iso to a local partition and pxe-booted the installer with inst.repo=hd:vda1:/dvd.iso. The crash occured after clicking Reclaim Space button in the initial "you don't have enough free space" dialog. Version-Release number of selected component: anaconda-18.28 Additional info: libreport version: 2.0.17 cmdline: /usr/bin/python /sbin/anaconda kernel: 3.6.6-3.fc18.x86_64 description: :The following was filed automatically by anaconda: :anaconda 18.28 exception report :Traceback (most recent call first): : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/size.py", line 79, in _parseSpec : raise ValueError("invalid size specification", spec) : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/size.py", line 137, in __new__ : self = Decimal.__new__(cls, value=_parseSpec(spec)) : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/lib/resize.py", line 55, in size_str : return str(Size(spec=spec)).upper() : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/lib/resize.py", line 151, in populate : _("%s of %s") % (size_str(freeSize), size_str(dev.size)), : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/lib/resize.py", line 197, in refresh : self.populate(disks) : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/storage.py", line 739, in on_continue_clicked : resizeDialog.refresh(disks) :ValueError: ('invalid size specification', '-472.028417969 mb')
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This seems to be a blocker: The installer must be able to use all supported local and remote package source options https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Final_Release_Criteria Relevant test case: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_install_repository_Hard_drive_variation
I've just hit that again and this time I wasn't doing any inst.repo=hd: magic. Therefore it is probably more related to the actual disk contents.
Created attachment 645518 [details] partitioning dialog This is a related screenshot of the partitioning screen. Note how wrong it is, it says I have enough space and that I don't have enough space. After I click Reclaim Space, it crashes with the error above.
Hit Reclaim Space. Package: anaconda-18.29.2 Architecture: i686 OS Release: Fedora release 18-Beta
Discussed at 2012-11-29 blocker review meeting: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-qa/2012-11-29/f18final-blocker-review-1.1.2012-11-29-17.01.log.txt . We don't yet have enough information on what's required to trigger this or enough people reproducing it to call it a blocker, but it's clearly a bad bug, so we are punting on it in the hopes that more information will show up.
anaconda-18.36-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/anaconda-18.36-1.fc18
Package anaconda-18.36-1.fc18: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing anaconda-18.36-1.fc18' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-19870/anaconda-18.36-1.fc18 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
I have repeated the procedure mentioned in the description, all is OK. But as comment 17 says, this was probably related to disk contents rather than install method, and I don't know how to verify that. Anaconda devs, if you know some reproducer, I can try to re-verify, otherwise we just have to believe it works now.
anaconda-18.36-1.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.