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Old 11-13-2011, 08:13 PM   #1
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Fedora 16 won't install past formating disk


Had a good working F14, did a fresh install of F16, right after I set the partition options (/ sda5 and format ext4, /home sda6 no format) click next and errors out. I've rebooted and tried again, same results. I can reinstall F14 no issues. I tried loading F15 just for kicks, but it fails same point as F16.

The error log is 24 thousand lines long, so I'm not going to copy all of it, but here's the beginning 20 lines and ending 5 lines. Let me know if I should provide more info

anaconda 16.25 exception report
Traceback (most recent call first):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/devicelibs/swap.py", line 93, in swapon
raise SwapError("swapon failed for '%s'" % device)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/formats/swap.py", line 133, in setup
swap.swapon(self.device, priority=self.priority)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 2085, in turnOnSwap
device.format.setup()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 1326, in turnOnSwap
upgrading=upgrading)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/packages.py", line 151, in turnOnFilesystems
anaconda.storage.turnOnSwap()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/dispatch.py", line 373, in dispatch
self.dir = self.steps[self.step].target(self.anaconda)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/dispatch.py", line 241, in go_forward
self.dispatch()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/gui.py", line 1201, in nextClicked
self.anaconda.dispatch.go_forward()
SwapError: swapon failed for '/dev/sda2'

ENDING
Nov 11 14:56:18 localhost program: This filesystem will be automatically checked every 24 mounts or
Nov 11 14:56:18 localhost program: 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
Nov 11 14:56:18 localhost program: mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
Nov 11 14:56:18 localhost rsyslogd-2177: imuxsock begins to drop messages from pid 3549 due to rate-limiting
Nov 11 14:56:19 localhost kernel: [ 672.854732] vmap allocation for size 5165056 failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size.
Nov 11 14:56:18 localhost program: This filesystem will be automatically checked every 24 mounts or
Nov 11 14:56:18 localhost program: 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
Nov 11 14:56:18 localhost program: mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
Nov 11 14:56:18 localhost rsyslogd-2177: imuxsock begins to drop messages from pid 3549 due to rate-limiting
Nov 11 14:56:19 localhost kernel: [ 672.854732] vmap allocation for size 5165056 failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size.
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Old 11-14-2011, 09:53 AM   #2
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Usually during the installation if you press ALT+CTRL+F[0-8] you can view different consoles with installer output, syslog and access a shell. Gathering information may help tracking down the issue. Without it all that remains is guesswork because there's no way telling why it doesn't 'swapon /dev/sda2' and what lead up to it. Retrying the installation, saving as much information to an USB stick (or rsyslog server?) as possible, Pastebin the log, providing full 'fdisk -l' output plus hardware specs may help.
 
Old 11-16-2011, 08:22 PM   #3
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I tried to delete SDA2, the swap partition and recreate it, unsuccessfully. I tried to make it the same size as the original, and smaller, always in the same location. Every time it gave an error saying something like the swap needed to be on 1 hard drive and select from the allowed drives. After trying several different things I decided to build without a swap partition. The install went smoothly after that. So now I just need to create a swap partition.
 
  


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