libreport version: 2.0.10 cmdline: /usr/bin/python /sbin/anaconda --liveinst --method=livecd:///dev/loop3 --lang en_US.UTF-8 executable: /sbin/anaconda exnFileName: /tmp/anaconda-tb-OJLz49 hashmarkername: anaconda kernel: 3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 other involved packages: pyparted-3.8-3.fc17.x86_64 product: Fedora release: Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) time: Wed 27 Feb 2013 02:42:55 PM EST version: 17 anaconda-tb-OJLz49: Text file, 759370 bytes description: :The following was filed automatically by anaconda: :anaconda 17.29 exception report :Traceback (most recent call first): : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/parted/disk.py", line 221, in commitToDevice : return self.__disk.commit_to_dev() : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/parted/decorators.py", line 32, in new : ret = fn(*args, **kwds) : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/formats/disklabel.py", line 286, in commitToDisk : self.partedDisk.commitToDevice() : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/deviceaction.py", line 429, in execute : self.device.disk.format.commitToDisk() : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 320, in processActions : action.execute(intf=self.intf) : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 375, in doIt : self.devicetree.processActions() : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/packages.py", line 122, in turnOnFilesystems : anaconda.storage.doIt() : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/dispatch.py", line 383, in dispatch : self.dir = self.steps[self.step].target(self.anaconda) : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/dispatch.py", line 247, in go_forward : self.dispatch() : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/gui.py", line 1201, in nextClicked : self.anaconda.dispatch.go_forward() :IOException: Input/output error during read on /dev/sdb environ: :LC_NUMERIC=C :LIBUSER_CONF=/tmp/libuser.Bt3ass :LVM_SUPPRESS_FD_WARNINGS=1 :LOGNAME=root :USER=root :GCONF_GLOBAL_LOCKS=1 :PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/root/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin :PIXMAPPATH=/tmp/updates/pixmaps/:/tmp/updates/:/tmp/product/pixmaps/:/tmp/product/:pixmaps/:/usr/share/anaconda/pixmaps/:/usr/share/pixmaps/:/usr/share/anaconda/:/usr/share/python-meh/:/usr/share/icons/Fedora/48x48/apps/ :HOME=/tmp :DISPLAY=:0 :ANACONDA_PRODUCTNAME=Fedora :LANG=en_US.UTF-8 :TERM=dumb :SHELL=/bin/bash :TZ=America/Toronto :XAUTHORITY=/root/.xauthsBrnFP :GLADEPATH=/tmp/updates/:/tmp/updates/data/ui/:ui/:/usr/share/anaconda/ui/:/usr/share/python-meh/ :SHLVL=1 :GNOME_DISABLE_CRASH_DIALOG=1 :ANACONDA_PRODUCTVERSION=17 :ANACONDA_BUGURL=https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/ :USERHELPER_UID=1000 :ANACONDA_ISFINAL=true :_=/sbin/anaconda :PWD=/home/liveuser :DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID=userhelper/Starting Install to Hard Drive/1374-0-localhost.localdomain_TIME0
Created attachment 703723 [details] File: anaconda-tb-OJLz49
If you look at the end of your traceback, you will see an awful lot of error messages indicating kernel or hardware failure. Unfortunately, there's nothing anaconda can do in this situation.
Yep, sorry about that. A dialogue box popped up saying something along the lines of "this is probably a bug" and encouraged me to report it, so I did my duty like a good opensource citizen. I found out much later that this error was due to a bad disk, so I guess the feedback is to catch this type of error so it isn't mistaken for a bug. As a side note, when I closed the dialogue box, the installer behaved like it thought the process completed successfully and promptly rebooted. It would have been better for it to drop me back into Gnome shell so I could address the problem before retrying. Anyway, got everything installed and working fine now.