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• A <swap> partition of type swap

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.

3.6. Other Partitioning Problems for Itanium 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 /boot/efi/ partition of type VFAT

• A / (root) partition

• A <swap> partition of type swap

Tip

When defining a partition's type as swap, you do not have to assign it a mount

point. Disk Druid automatically assigns the mount point for you.

3.7. 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):

File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 20, in run

rc = self.todo.doInstall ()

File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1468, in doInstall

self.fstab.savePartitions ()

File "fstab.py", line 221, in savePartitions

sys.exit(0)

SystemExit: 0

Local variables in innermost frame:

self: <fstab.GuiFstab instance at 8446fe0>

sys: <module 'sys' (built-in)>

ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'method' p3 (iimage CdromInstallMethod

p4 (dp5 S'progressWindow' p6 <failed>

This error occurs in some systems where links to /tmp/ are symbolic to other locations or have

been changed since creation. These symbolic or changed links are invalid during the installation

3.6. Other Partitioning Problems for Itanium System Users