Installation of RHEL 5.6 or earlier results in an anaconda exception stating "ZeroDivisionError: float division"

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Issue

  • anaconda produces an exception and traceback

    20:29:57 CRITICAL: Traceback (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/partition_gui.py", line 162, in update
    xoffset = self.partition.geom.start / totalSectors * width
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/partition_gui.py", line 195, in __init__
    self.update()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/partition_gui.py", line 259, in add
    stripe = DiskStripeSlice(self, partition, self.tree, self.editCb)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/partition_gui.py", line 832, in populate
    stripe.add(part)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/partition_gui.py", line 1391, in getScreen
    self.populate(initial = 1)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1244, in setScreen
    new_screen = self.currentWindow.getScreen(anaconda)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1157, in nextClicked
    self.setScreen ()
ZeroDivisionError: float division

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Update 6 or earlier

  • anaconda installation

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