Kickstart installation fails with an error message "ArithmeticError: Could not align to closest sector"

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Issue

  • Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 using kickstart profile.
  • Installation halts with the following error message.
10:02:27,159 CRITICAL: anaconda 13.21.195 exception report
Traceback (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/parted/alignment.py", line 102, in alignNearest
    return self.__alignment.align_nearest(geom.getPedGeometry(), sector)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/parted/decorators.py", line 31, in localeC
    ret = fn(*args, **kwds)
  File "<string>", line 2, in alignNearest
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 804, in addPartition
    end = disklabel.endAlignment.alignNearest(free, end)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 1124, in allocatePartitions
    _part.req_size)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 953, in doPartitioning
    allocatePartitions(storage, disks, partitions, free)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 250, in doAutoPartition
    exclusiveDisks=anaconda.id.storage.clearPartDisks)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 210, in moveStep
    rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 126, in gotoNext
    self.moveStep()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 233, in currentStep
    self.gotoNext()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 602, in run
    (step, instance) = anaconda.dispatch.currentStep()
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1132, in <module>
    anaconda.intf.run(anaconda)
ArithmeticError: Could not align to closest sector
  • We are facing partitioning issues while installation through kickstart.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
  • Kickstart Installation

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