On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:27:06 +0100 Oliver Falk <oliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi! > > Yesterday I tried installing an Alphaserver with our latest set of > (AlphaCore) packages with a fresh spinned install cd. > > version for spinning iso: 11.3.0.34-1axp (only mk-images.alpha added) > version inside the install medium: anaconda-11.3.0.42-1axp > > With .42 I wasn't able to spin isos yet - there's also some error I > haven't looked into yet. And I'm using pungi for spinning if that does > matter. > > However. I noticed 2 problems: > 1) Automatic partitioning doesn't work - it used to work in AC2, but I > guess anaconda was patched by someone. If I do add /boot partition via > switching to another console and using fdisk and then do a customized > partitioning I get trough that point - however, I would really see this > fixed upstream. I'll try to find the patch in old srpms. > > 2) Anaconda dies at the point of setting the root password. It spots > some error about not being able to lock the file. Sorry, the real output > I don't have anymore. :-( > > > However. This raised a question. What's the best way to debug this? Can > I somehow start anaconda on an installed system and do the installation > on some loopback device? Debugging and developing anaconda is tricky. I suggest you go here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda And read the Developers Guide sections. -- David Cantrell <dcantrell@xxxxxxxxxx> Red Hat / Westford, MA
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