Massimo Boninsegni wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am wondering whether anyone has experienced something similar to what
> I am seeing in installing 6.1 so far. I have tried both the FTP as well as
> the HD install, and both fail at the same point, right after
> ``Reading package description''; at that point the script should normally
> show a list of the various packages that can be installed, for one to pick
> and choose.
> I never get to that point, though: if I do the FTP install the process
> simply hangs, whereas if I do the HD install I get the following error
> message:
>
> "Exception ocurred:
> Traceback (innermost last):
> File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 225, in ?
> intf.run(todo,test=test)
> File
> "../../../RedHat/instimage/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/text.py",
> line 1000, in run rc = apply(step[1](),step[2])
> File
> "../../../RedHat/instimage/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/text.py",
> line 222, in __call__
> parts = todo.upgradeFindRoot()
> File
> "../../../RedHat/instimage/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/todo.py",
> line 1130, in
> upgradeFindRoot
> isys.umount('/mnt/sysimage')
> File
> "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/isys.py", line 8, in umount
> return _isys.umount(what)
> system error: (22, 'invalid argument')"
>
> (yes, ``ocurred'' is spelled just like that in the pop-up window :-)
> and then the usual message ``Installation exited abnormally'' is received.
> I have no idea what to do with the above, but, the interesting thing is that
> this problem has been reported by a number of Intel RH6.1 users
> (see http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/gotchas/6.1/gotchas-6.1-4.html#ss4.15).
> As far as I can see, however, no alpha user has encountered it, other than me.
> Or, is there anyone out there who feels my pain ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Massimo
> --
> Massimo Boninsegni
> Department of Physics
> San Diego State University
> http://rainbow.sdsu.edu/~massimob
>
Ciao Massimo,
same problem as yours on my alphastation 200 4/166, so I'm not able to upgrade to
RH 6.1.
Where did you picked the iso image ?
Is there a definive fix for this problem ?
Thanks in advance.
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