Harddisk installation fails

Michael Schwendt mschwendt at gmail.com
Thu Sep 23 18:11:03 UTC 2010


On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:30:12 +0100, Adam wrote:

> > I install on /dev/sda.
> > 
> > When I install, I get an error "(16, Device or resource busy)".
> > 
> > Before I file a bug against F14, can someone acknowledge that my 
> > installation setup is correct?
> 
> This sounds like a case of:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627789
> 
> Brian notes in that report - "Hit ok and a blank repe edit dialog is
> shown. Hit cancel and it then finds the correct repositories and
> proceeds with the install."
> 
> so you could try that.

That is how I ended up with a broken "transparent" http install from
a stale mirror, getting the old non-working firstboot package. The
"Installation Repo" will be missing due to the error and clicking
Cancel.


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