----- "Manish D" <manish2312@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > [PreS: Please bear with this long story] > > I am trying to install Centos 5.2 on my (overly partitioned) machine. > Anaconda throws following exception after all the installation > options > are specified, when anaconda starts installing packages. > ( The anaconda version is 11.1.2.113-1.el5 ) > > Error: > "Error: Error Informing the kernel about modification to partition > /dev/sda5 -- Device or resource busy. > This means Linux won't know about any changes you made to /dev/sda5 > until you reboot -- so you > shouldn't mount it or user it in any way before rebooting." Just by looking at the error I can tell you that this is a parted bug. Mind you, I have not read the whole story (so I could be wrong), but I'll bet you that this is related to 441244, which is fixed for 5.3. Regards > > My partition scheme: > > /hda1 > /hda2 > /hda3 > /hda4 > /hda5 > /sda1 > /sda2 > /sda3 > /sda4 > /sda5 > /sda6 <<--- /boot [ Trying to install centos5.2 here, with > grub chaining etc... ] > /sda7 <<--- / > /sda8 <<--- /something... > > > I get 'Ignore / Cancel' options with the above Error and whichever > option i choose, i get following exception, installation breaks and > the system needs to be rebooted. > > Next time i start installation i see the partitions (sda6, sda7, > sda8) > being created correctly in the partitioning tables. Just setting > correct mount points i proceed and still face the same > error/exceptions. > > I believe this is because of a bug (segfault) in parted utility > (1.8.1). [correct me if someone knows otherwise]. > > > Fedora 9 installation works fine on this same machine. (F9 has parted > version=1.8.8, anaconda ver = 11.4.0.82-1 > > > I need to install Centos 5.2 on this machine with a different > (latest) > parted & anaconda versions. Any suggestions how I can achieve this ? > I > RTFMed and spent almost a day looking for details without luck. > > > 1) Will using updates.img from latest anaconda help, or this is only > for bug verifications ? (using linux updates) > 2) Is there a way to package x version of anaconda with y version of > a > utility / distro ? > 3) Can I just update the parted utility and continue with same > anaconda ? and how ? > > Would really appreciate any pointers for this questions. Even better > a > way to recover from this Error and install Centos 5.2 on this. > > I have been searching for details on this topic, without luck. > > > Thanks for your patience. > > Regards, > -Manish > > > Exception: ( after selecting Ignore or Cancel for the above Error) > > Traceback (most recent call first): > File "/tmp/treedir.8196/instimage/usr/lib/anaconda/partedUtils.py", > line 895, in savePartitions disk.commit() > File "/tmp/treedir.8196/instimage/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line > 147, in turnOnFileSystems anaconda.id.diskset.savePartitions () > File "/isr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 201, in moveStep > rc=stepFunc(self.anaconda) > File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dipatch.py", line 124, in gotoNext > self.moveStep() > File "/usr/bin/anaconda. line 982, in ? anaconda.intf.run(anaconda). > > error: Error: Error Informing the kernel about modification to > partition /dev/sda5 -- Device or resource busy. This means Linux > won't > know about any changes you made to /dev/sda5 until you reboot -- so > you shouldn't mount it or user it in any way before rebooting. > > _______________________________________________ > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
