[rhelv6-beta-list] RHEL 6 beta 2 - x86_64 version flaky in KVM virtual machine

Scott Dowdle dowdle at montanalinux.org
Thu Jul 1 23:16:39 UTC 2010


Justin,

----- Original Message -----
> Experiencing random appliation crashes when installing RHEL 6 beta 2
> (x86_64) in a KVM virtual machine on my local Fedora 13 desktop.
> 
> Anaconda sometimes aborts when detecting storage, sometimes when
> installing packages, etc.
> 
> Doing the install in text mode works ok, but the actual installed system
> still seems flaky. (ie other random failures in python bits of things like rpm)
> 
> Mentioning this because it seems to be a known problem, though people
> may not have yet realised it occurs with the public beta 2:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609071
> 
> For the moment, it looks like the workaround when installing in a VM
> is to use the x386 version.

Thanks for the info.  I hadn't tried to hunt it down yet but I was having all kinds of crashes with the installer myself...  yes on Fedora 13 under KVM... with the x86_64 workstation flavor of RHEL 6 beta 2.  I asked if it was just me and now I know it isn't.

TYL,
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