Re: Anaconda crash with Centos. How to get Updates images ?

[Joel Granados <jgranado redhat com>]

----- "Manish D" <manish2312 gmail com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> [PreS: Please bear with this long story]
> 
> I am trying to install Centos 5.2 on my (overly partitioned) machine.
> Anaconda throws following exception after all the installation
> options
> are specified, when anaconda starts installing packages.
> ( The anaconda version is 11.1.2.113-1.el5 )
> 
> Error:
> "Error: Error Informing the kernel about modification to partition
> /dev/sda5 -- Device or resource busy.
> This means Linux won't know about any changes you made to /dev/sda5
> until you reboot -- so you
> shouldn't mount it or user it in any way before rebooting."

Just by looking at the error I can tell you that this is a parted bug.  Mind you, I have not read the whole story (so I could be wrong), but I'll bet you that this is related to 441244, which is fixed for 5.3.

Regards 

> 
> My partition scheme:
> 
> /hda1
> /hda2
> /hda3
> /hda4
>      /hda5
> /sda1
> /sda2
> /sda3
> /sda4
>      /sda5
>      /sda6     <<--- /boot   [ Trying to install centos5.2 here, with
> grub chaining etc... ]
>      /sda7     <<--- /
>      /sda8     <<--- /something...
> 
> 
> I get 'Ignore / Cancel' options with the above Error and whichever
> option i choose, i get following exception, installation breaks and
> the system needs to be rebooted.
> 
> Next time i start installation i see the partitions (sda6, sda7,
> sda8)
> being created correctly in the partitioning tables. Just setting
> correct mount points i proceed and still face the same
> error/exceptions.
> 
> I believe this is because of a bug (segfault) in parted utility
> (1.8.1). [correct me if someone knows otherwise].
> 
> 
> Fedora 9 installation works fine on this same machine. (F9 has parted
> version=1.8.8, anaconda ver = 11.4.0.82-1
> 
> 
> I need to install Centos 5.2 on this machine with a different
> (latest)
> parted & anaconda versions. Any suggestions how I can achieve this ?
> I
> RTFMed and spent almost a day looking for details without luck.
> 
> 
> 1) Will using updates.img from latest anaconda help, or this is only
> for bug verifications ? (using linux updates)
> 2) Is there a way to package x version of anaconda with y version of
> a
> utility / distro ?
> 3) Can I just update the parted utility and continue with same
> anaconda ? and how ?
> 
> Would really appreciate any pointers for this questions. Even better
> a
> way to recover from this Error and install Centos 5.2 on this.
> 
> I have been searching for details on this topic, without luck.
> 
> 
> Thanks for your patience.
> 
> Regards,
> -Manish
> 
> 
> Exception: ( after selecting Ignore or Cancel for the above Error)
> 
> Traceback (most recent call first):
> File "/tmp/treedir.8196/instimage/usr/lib/anaconda/partedUtils.py",
> line 895, in savePartitions disk.commit()
> File "/tmp/treedir.8196/instimage/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line
> 147, in turnOnFileSystems anaconda.id.diskset.savePartitions ()
> File "/isr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 201, in moveStep
> rc=stepFunc(self.anaconda)
> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dipatch.py", line 124, in gotoNext
> self.moveStep()
> File "/usr/bin/anaconda. line 982, in ? anaconda.intf.run(anaconda).
> 
> error: Error: Error Informing the kernel about modification to
> partition /dev/sda5 -- Device or resource busy. This means Linux
> won't
> know about any changes you made to /dev/sda5 until you reboot -- so
> you shouldn't mount it or user it in any way before rebooting.
> 
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