On 11/06/2007 04:55 PM, David Cantrell wrote: > 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. So I will. However, can someone help me with this in the meantime? Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pungi", line 178, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/pungi", line 85, in main mypungi.doPackageorder() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pypungi/pungi.py", line 162, in doPackageorder pypungi._doRunCommand(pkgorder, self.logger, output=pkgorderfile) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pypungi/__init__.py", line 69, in _doRunCommand raise OSError, "Got an error from %s: %s" % (command[0], err) OSError: Got an error from /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/pkgorder: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/pkgorder", line 34, in <module> from yuminstall import YumSorter File "/usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py", line 34, in <module> from backend import AnacondaBackend File "/usr/lib/anaconda/backend.py", line 25, in <module> import kickstart File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 125, in <module> class Bootloader(commands.bootloader.F8_Bootloader): AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'F8_Bootloader' Thx, Oliver _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
