Description of problem: I deleted all partitons, then created a /boot and swap. (standard partitions) for / i checked 'reformat' to a reiserfs partiton and set the label. Anaconda accepted the storage configuration and i was able to start installing but it crashed. Additional checks should be put in place in case one 'reformat' a filesystem. The following was filed automatically by anaconda: anaconda 18.37.8 exception report Traceback (most recent call first): File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/formats/fs.py", line 684, in writeLabel raise FSError("label failed") File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/formats/fs.py", line 385, in doFormat self.writeLabel(self.label) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/formats/fs.py", line 852, in create return self.doFormat(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/deviceaction.py", line 439, in execute options=self.device.formatArgs) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 323, in processActions action.execute() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 323, in doIt self.devicetree.processActions() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 174, in turnOnFilesystems storage.doIt() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/install.py", line 114, in doInstall turnOnFilesystems(storage) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/threading.py", line 504, in run self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/threads.py", line 91, in run threading.Thread.run(self, *args, **kwargs) FSError: label failed Additional info: cmdline: /usr/bin/python /sbin/anaconda cmdline_file: initrd=initrd.img inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=Fedora\x2018\x20x86_64 quiet BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz executable: /sbin/anaconda hashmarkername: anaconda kernel: 3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 other involved packages: package: anaconda-18.37.8 product: Fedora release: Cannot get release name. type: libreport version: 18
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Created attachment 671761 [details] screenshot of anaconda installing over a reiserfs filesystem
20:17:54,569 INFO program: ReiserFS is successfully created on /dev/vdb3. 20:17:54,576 INFO program: Running... reiserfstune -l /dev/vdb3 reiser 20:17:54,610 ERR program: reiserfstune: Cannot open reiserfs on reiser Not an especially helpful error message.
@Chris Currently F19b TC3 does not have the option to use reiserfs. F18 Release also does not have it, nor does F17 Release. If i am remembering correctly, reiserfs was not a supported file-system for / (or anaconda). The fact that it was available here might be because it was an pre-release F18 version? Can this bug-report be closed?
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