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Bug 569359

Summary: DeviceError: ('cannot replace active format', 'xvda4')
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Alexander Todorov <atodorov>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 6.0   
Target Milestone: rc   
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard: anaconda_trace_hash:9b9fbedf840753d907f0d1f8a8d105a965101010183b0cebc6c6004ecb492106
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Last Closed: 2010-03-01 12:52:38 UTC Type: ---
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Attached traceback automatically from anaconda. none

Description Alexander Todorov 2010-03-01 12:32:25 UTC
The following was filed automatically by anaconda:
anaconda 13.21.16 exception report
Traceback (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devices.py", line 697, in _setFormat
    raise DeviceError("cannot replace active format", self.name)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devices.py", line 1171, in _setFormat
    StorageDevice._setFormat(self, format)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devices.py", line 705, in <lambda>
    lambda d,f: d._setFormat(f),
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/deviceaction.py", line 307, in __init__
    self.device.format = None
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 782, in destroyDevice
    self.devicetree.registerAction(ActionDestroyFormat(device))
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 385, in removeEmptyExtendedPartitions
    storage.destroyDevice(extended)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 373, in clearPartitions
    removeEmptyExtendedPartitions(storage)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 184, in doAutoPartition
    clearPartitions(anaconda.id.storage)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 205, in moveStep
    rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 126, in gotoNext
    self.moveStep()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1396, in setScreen
    self.anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1309, in nextClicked
    self.setScreen ()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1446, in keyRelease
    self.nextClicked()
DeviceError: ('cannot replace active format', 'xvda4')

Comment 1 Alexander Todorov 2010-03-01 12:32:29 UTC
Created attachment 397054 [details]
Attached traceback automatically from anaconda.

Comment 3 Alexander Todorov 2010-03-01 12:52:38 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 569357 ***