On 11/07/2007 11:33 AM, Oliver Falk wrote: > 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' Oh well. This might be my old pykickstart. Sorry. I'll try with the latest. -of _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
