Exception during install of F8Test1 from i386 DVD

Gerry Tool gerrytool at gmail.com
Wed Aug 8 01:02:30 UTC 2007


On 8/7/07, Gerry Tool <gerrytool at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/7/07, Jesse Keating <jkeating at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 14:17:56 -0500
> > "Gerry Tool" <gerrytool at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I just tried installing F8Test1 from a DVD downloaded this morning.
> > > The .iso file sha1sum was correct and the burned DVD passed the media
> > > check.
> > >
> > > The exception occurred just as the formatting of the / partition
> > > completed.  I repeated the install attempt in case of a fluke, but it
> > > happened again.
> > >
> > > Anaconda dump file attached to this message.
> >
> > Hey neat!  you're probably the first person who has tried to do an
> > install where you're creating a new windows type file system and
> > labeling it.  I think the basic crux of the problem is that
> > 'dosfslabel' isn't in the manifest for the Fedora spin and thus isn't
> > in the install root.  Neat!  Please file a bug against distribution
> > with this and I'll try to fix it shortly.
> >
> > --
> > Jesse Keating
>
> I actually wasn't trying to create a windows type file system.
> However, I was trying to mount an existing FAT32 partition on
> /mnt/windata during the install, as well as three existing ext3
> systems.  I always use these three partitions for sharing data between
> installed systems.
>
> I will file the bug.
>
> Gerry
>
The install completed successfully when i did not attempt to mount a
FAT32 partition during the partitioning step.

Gerry




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