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When the traceback dialog appears, the traceback error message is automatically written to a
file named /tmp/anacdump.txt. Once the dialog appears, switch over to a new tty (virtual con-
sole) by pressing the keys Ctrl-Alt-F2 and scp the message written to /tmp/anacdump.txt to a
known working remote system.
3.3. Trouble with Partition Tables
If you receive an error after the Disk Partitioning Setup (Section 16, “Disk Partitioning Setup”)
phase of the installation saying something similar to
The partition table on device hda was unreadable. To create new partitions it must be ini-
tialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on this drive.
you may not have a partition table on that drive or the partition table on the drive may not be re-
cognizable by the partitioning software used in the installation program.
No matter what type of installation you are performing, backups of the existing data on your sys-
tems should always be made.
3.4. Other Partitioning Problems for IBM POWER System
Users
If you are using Disk Druid to create partitions, but cannot move to the next screen, you prob-
ably have not created all the partitions necessary for Disk Druid's dependencies to be satisfied.
You must have the following partitions as a bare minimum:
• A / (root) partition
• A <swap> partition of type swap
• A PPC PReP Boot partition.
• A /boot/ partition.
Tip
When defining a partition's type as swap, do not assign it a mount point. Disk
Druid automatically assigns the mount point for you.
3.5. Are You Seeing Python Errors?
During some upgrades or installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the installation program
(also known as anaconda) may fail with a Python or traceback error. This error may occur after
the selection of individual packages or while trying to save the upgrade log in the /tmp/directory.
The error may look similar to:
Traceback (innermost last):
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