Hmm, I had two installs running and they were so slow I left the office and on my return I find this : This guy was only at 23% complete : Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1210, in ? handleException(dispatch, intf, sys.exc_info()) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/exception.py", line 380, in handleException win.run() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 154, in run self.text, self.buttons) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py", line 765, in ButtonChoiceWindow t = TextboxReflowed(width, text, maxHeight = screen.height - 12) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py", line 218, in __init__ (newtext, width, height) = reflow(text, width, flexDown, flexUp) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py", line 472, in reflow return _snack.reflow(text, width, flexDown, flexUp) TypeError: argument 1 must be string without null bytes, not str install exited abnormally sending termination signals...done sending kill signals...done And this from the other which was 72% complete : Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1210, in ? handleException(dispatch, intf, sys.exc_info()) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/exception.py", line 380, in handleException win.run() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 154, in run self.text, self.buttons) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py", line 765, in ButtonChoiceWindow t = TextboxReflowed(width, text, maxHeight = screen.height - 12) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py", line 218, in __init__ (newtext, width, height) = reflow(text, width, flexDown, flexUp) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py", line 472, in reflow return _snack.reflow(text, width, flexDown, flexUp) TypeError: argument 1 must be string without null bytes, not str install exited abnormally sending termination signals...done sending kill signals...done I'd hazard a guess it was an anaconda problem ? -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list