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Trouble with Partition Tables
This information does not apply to users of headless IBM System p systems.
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
console) 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
initialized, 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
recognizable 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
systems 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
probably 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 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
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