Troy, Are we approaching a resolution of this problem?
I would very much like to upgrade SL on these machines. Thanks! On 19.02.08, Troy Dawson wrote: > Hi Steve, > Thank you for all the information. It is always better to have too much > than not enough. Nothing jumps out at me for being wrong, so I'll ask some > more questions. > > When you partition the disk during the install, how are you partitioning it? > Are you doing it manually? Are you using the automatic partitioning? > Are you removing all the partitions and making new ones? Are you using the > existing partitions? > Which partitions are you formating, which are you leaving along? > > Troy > > Steve White wrote: > >Hi, > > > >The SL 5.1 anaconda just crashed on me three times, fortunately before it > >formatted the partitions. > > > >After I had finished setting up the partitions and networking and packages, > >after it had verified the consistency of the packages, I came to a window > >that prompted me if I wanted to start the installation. I clicked "Next" > >and got an error dialog: > > > >================================================================ > > Error informing the kernel about modifications 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 use it in any way before > > rebooting. > >================================================================ > > > >It prompted me to "ignore" or "cancel". I tried it each way, with the same > >result: an exception window, and no choice but to re-boot. > > > >================================================================ > >Exception Occurred > >... > >/tmp/treedir/12334/instimage/usr/lib/anaconda/partedUtils.py line 892, in > >savePartition disk.commit() > >" " /packages.py, line 147, in turnOnFilesystems > >anaconda.id.diskset.savePartitions() > >================================================================ > > > >The machine is a 2411 MHz x86_64 dual-core (family 15 model37) with 8GB > >RAM. > > > >It has a Fiber Channel connection (I tried the install both > >connected and unconnected). > > > >It also has an IPMI card. > > > >The system hard disk is nothing special (maybe a little over-partitioned) > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > >$ df > >Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > >/dev/sda3 2063536 465460 1493252 24% / > >/dev/sda1 101105 30332 65552 32% /boot > >none 4081032 0 4081032 0% /dev/shm > >/dev/sda6 10325780 497152 9304108 6% /opt > >/dev/sda7 8262068 131260 7711112 2% /tmp > >/dev/sda5 10325780 7714352 2086908 79% /usr > >/dev/sda8 5162828 680644 4219924 14% /var > >/dev/sda9 87033536 6825444 79323876 8% /work1 > >/dev/sda10 87025504 739156 85402212 1% /work2 > >/dev/sda11 87033536 89840 86059480 1% /work3 > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > >$ /sbin/fdisk > >Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes > >255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders > >Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > >/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104422 83 Linux > >/dev/sda2 14 1319 10490445 82 Linux swap > >/dev/sda3 1320 1580 2096482+ 83 Linux > >/dev/sda4 1581 38913 299877322+ 5 Extended > >/dev/sda5 1581 2886 10490444+ 83 Linux > >/dev/sda6 2887 4192 10490444+ 83 Linux > >/dev/sda7 4193 5237 8393962 83 Linux > >/dev/sda8 5238 5890 5245222 83 Linux > >/dev/sda9 5891 16898 88421728+ 83 Linux > >/dev/sda10 16899 27905 88413696 83 Linux > >/dev/sda11 27906 38913 88421728+ 83 Linux > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >$ ipmitool -I open mc info > >Device ID : 32 > >Device Revision : 0 > >Firmware Revision : 0.20 > >IPMI Version : 2.0 > >Manufacturer ID : 6653 > >Manufacturer Name : Tyan Computer Corporation > >Product ID : 2892 (0x0b4c) > >Device Available : yes > >Provides Device SDRs : no > >Additional Device Support : > > Sensor Device > > SDR Repository Device > > SEL Device > > FRU Inventory Device > > IPMB Event Receiver > > IPMB Event Generator > > Bridge > >Aux Firmware Rev Info : > > 0x00 > > 0x00 > > 0x00 > > 0x00 > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >$ /sbin/lspci > >00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev > >a3) > >00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3) > >00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2) > >00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2) > >00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3) > >00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2) > >00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev > >f3) > >00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev > >f3) > >00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2) > >00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) > >00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) > >00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > >HyperTransport Technology Configuration > >00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > >Address Map > >00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > >DRAM Controller > >00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > >Miscellaneous Control > >00:19.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > >HyperTransport Technology Configuration > >00:19.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > >Address Map > >00:19.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > >DRAM Controller > >00:19.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] > >Miscellaneous Control > >01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) > >01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro > >100] (rev 10) > >18:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge > >(rev 13) > >18:0a.1 PIC: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X IOAPIC (rev 01) > >18:0b.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge > >(rev 13) > >18:0b.1 PIC: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X IOAPIC (rev 01) > >19:03.0 Fibre Channel: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic FC949X Fibre Channel > >Adapter (rev 01) > >1a:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704 > >Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) > >1a:09.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704 > >Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) > > > > > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >Steve White +49(331)7499-202 > >e-Science / AstroGrid-D Zi. 35 Bg. 20 > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (AIP) > >An der Sternwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam > > > >Vorstand: Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz, Peter A. 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