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