Bug 149334

Summary:	Installer "failed install" while re-partitioning
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Sander <sander>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Installer <gli-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	2006.1
Hardware:	x86
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Sander 2006-09-27 11:50:56 UTC

emerge-info, I wish that was true! :(
I tried to reinstall from a networkless gentoo livecd on existing partitions. which were created during the first try) After I clicked install, it crapped out saying that it couldn't format /dev/sda5 (mountpoint /). When trying again I noticed that all partitions were gone. :( It looks like it's trying to read info from partitions that already exists instead of just reformating them, then when it found something, the installation aborted and left me with all other partitions blanked.

Comment 1 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-09-27 12:16:12 UTC

*** Bug 149332 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-09-27 18:11:56 UTC

Do you have your install.log.failed, installprofile.xml, or any information that can actually help us?

Comment 3 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-12-16 23:00:21 UTC

No useful info.