F17 self-built boot.iso queries

[Amit Saha]

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Amit Saha <amitksaha at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 07:48 +0530, Amit Saha wrote:
>>
>>> Here is the screenshot of the screen [1]. I was hoping to work around
>>> it to do a fresh install by clicking on "Continue Install", but from
>>> what I remember now, the Installer crashed, and I attempted to save
>>> the logs, for which it attempted to connect to the Network, but which
>>> never succeeded. I shall attempt to try this again and retrieve more
>>> information.
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] https://twitter.com/#!/echorand/status/199682569703407616/photo/1/large
>>
>> Ah. 'product mismatch' there means you had a 32-bit system installed and
>> booted the 64-bit installer, or vice versa, I believe. The installer
>> crash may well not have been related, but if you couldn't save logs,
>> it's difficult to tell. :/ It would be interesting to know if you can
>> recreate the failure by doing the same thing again.
>
> Please find a screenshot of the exception/bug [1] when I click on the
> "Continue" button after the previous error dialog box. Sorry, but once
> again I tried to save the log and the network configuration step
> didn't quite work. (That's probably another investigation required).
> It seems like a Dbus exception.
>
> [1] https://twitter.com/#!/echorand/status/199771033929125889/photo/1/large
>
> I hope it helps in understanding the cause.

As an update, I faced this exact issue when I run the installer in a
VirtualBox installation, immediately after the "basic storage devices"
selection step.

Best,
Amit
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