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Bug 1131754 - DeviceError: ('cannot replace active format', 'sda2')
Summary: DeviceError: ('cannot replace active format', 'sda2')
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1114786
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 21
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: abrt_hash:ebadb6e6a78bf6cfb4c8fdf14e5...
Depends On:
Blocks: F21AlphaBlocker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-08-20 02:27 UTC by Michael Catanzaro
Modified: 2014-09-13 02:38 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-09-13 02:38:12 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
File: anaconda-tb (794.58 KB, text/plain)
2014-08-20 02:27 UTC, Michael Catanzaro 		no flags Details
File: anaconda.log (24.05 KB, text/plain)
2014-08-20 02:27 UTC, Michael Catanzaro 		no flags Details
File: environ (538 bytes, text/plain)
2014-08-20 02:27 UTC, Michael Catanzaro 		no flags Details
File: journalctl (438.13 KB, text/plain)
2014-08-20 02:27 UTC, Michael Catanzaro 		no flags Details
File: lsblk_output (3.27 KB, text/plain)
2014-08-20 02:27 UTC, Michael Catanzaro 		no flags Details
File: nmcli_dev_list (2.08 KB, text/plain)
2014-08-20 02:27 UTC, Michael Catanzaro 		no flags Details
File: os_info (381 bytes, text/plain)
2014-08-20 02:27 UTC, Michael Catanzaro 		no flags Details
File: program.log (36.87 KB, text/plain)
2014-08-20 02:27 UTC, Michael Catanzaro 		no flags Details
File: storage.log (282.69 KB, text/plain)
2014-08-20 02:27 UTC, Michael Catanzaro 		no flags Details
File: ifcfg.log (3.33 KB, text/plain)
2014-08-20 02:27 UTC, Michael Catanzaro 		no flags Details
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Description Michael Catanzaro 2014-08-20 02:27:15 UTC 
Description of problem:
I'm trying to install rawhide with a F22 Workstation Live CD. In Installation Selection, I checked free up extra space, then clicked Done. A popup appeared to let me delete partitions on my disk. I selected /dev/sda since I wanted to delete everything, then anaconda crashed.

I see /dev/sda2 in the backtrace. This is my swap partition. I guess anaconda needs to deactivate that before deleting it, or else it should not have been activated in the first place.

Version-Release number of selected component:
anaconda-core-22.3-1.fc22.x86_64

The following was filed automatically by anaconda:
anaconda 22.3-1 exception report
Traceback (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/blivet/devices.py", line 1040, in _setFormat
    raise errors.DeviceError("cannot replace active format", self.name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/blivet/devices.py", line 1601, in _setFormat
    StorageDevice._setFormat(self, fmt)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/blivet/devices.py", line 1049, in <lambda>
    lambda d,f: d._setFormat(f),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/blivet/deviceaction.py", line 626, in apply
    self.device.format = None
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/blivet/devicetree.py", line 503, in registerAction
    action.apply()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/blivet/__init__.py", line 1295, in destroyDevice
    self.devicetree.registerAction(ActionDestroyFormat(device))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/blivet/__init__.py", line 818, in recursiveRemove
    self.destroyDevice(leaf)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/lib/resize.py", line 418, in _recursiveRemove
    self.storage.recursiveRemove(device)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/lib/resize.py", line 443, in _scheduleActions
    self._recursiveRemove(device)
DeviceError: ('cannot replace active format', 'sda2')

Additional info:
cmdline:        /usr/bin/python  /sbin/anaconda --liveinst --method=livecd:///dev/mapper/live-base
cmdline_file:   BOOT_IMAGE=/isolinux/vmlinuz0 root=live:LABEL=Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-r ro rd.live.image quiet rhgb rd.live.check
executable:     /sbin/anaconda
hashmarkername: anaconda
kernel:         3.17.0-0.rc1.git0.1.fc22.x86_64
other involved packages: python-blivet-0.61-1.fc22.noarch, anaconda-gui-22.3-1.fc22.x86_64
product:        Fedora
release:        Fedora release 22 (Rawhide)
type:           anaconda
version:        rawhide
Comment 1 Michael Catanzaro 2014-08-20 02:27:20 UTC 
Created attachment 928575 [details]
File: anaconda-tb
Comment 2 Michael Catanzaro 2014-08-20 02:27:21 UTC 
Created attachment 928576 [details]
File: anaconda.log
Comment 3 Michael Catanzaro 2014-08-20 02:27:22 UTC 
Created attachment 928577 [details]
File: environ
Comment 4 Michael Catanzaro 2014-08-20 02:27:25 UTC 
Created attachment 928578 [details]
File: journalctl
Comment 5 Michael Catanzaro 2014-08-20 02:27:25 UTC 
Created attachment 928579 [details]
File: lsblk_output
Comment 6 Michael Catanzaro 2014-08-20 02:27:26 UTC 
Created attachment 928580 [details]
File: nmcli_dev_list
Comment 7 Michael Catanzaro 2014-08-20 02:27:27 UTC 
Created attachment 928581 [details]
File: os_info
Comment 8 Michael Catanzaro 2014-08-20 02:27:28 UTC 
Created attachment 928582 [details]
File: program.log
Comment 9 Michael Catanzaro 2014-08-20 02:27:30 UTC 
Created attachment 928583 [details]
File: storage.log
Comment 10 Michael Catanzaro 2014-08-20 02:27:30 UTC 
Created attachment 928584 [details]
File: ifcfg.log
Comment 11 Michael Catanzaro 2014-09-13 02:02:35 UTC 
(In reply to Michael Catanzaro from comment #0)
> I guess
> anaconda needs to deactivate that before deleting it

Actually, I'm hitting this again now, and my swap partition is not even active, so I'm not sure what's going wrong. I am sure that I have no clue how to install Fedora, though.
Comment 12 Fedora Blocker Bugs Application 2014-09-13 02:05:52 UTC 
Proposed as a Blocker for 21-alpha by Fedora user catanzaro using the blocker tracking app because:

 "When using a dedicated installer image, the installer must be able to complete an installation using the [graphical] installation interfaces."

I'm using a live image, so I guess this criterion doesn't technically apply, but that's surely an oversight as there won't be any "dedicated installer images" for Fedora Workstation.
Comment 13 Michael Catanzaro 2014-09-13 02:18:22 UTC 
I can install if I first delete my swap partition with gnome-disks. It actually was active after all; not sure if I was blind or what when I wrote comment #11.
Comment 14 Michael Catanzaro 2014-09-13 02:38:12 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1114786 ***
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