[SOLVED] Fedora 16 Live Desktop - Can't install on harddrive

[star69]

Hello,

I can successfully boot into Fedora 16 Live Desktop, but when I try to install it on my hard drive I get this error and the installation doesn't even start :

[root@localhost ~]# /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/anaconda-cleanup anaconda --liveinst --method=livecd:///dev/mapper/live-osimg-min --lang en_US.UTF-8

*** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/python: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0a104000 ***
*** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/python: malloc(): memory corruption: 0x0a103460 ***


This happens only when I try to install it on my SATAII drive! The install on an IDE drive works without problems.

Motherboard : AsRock G31M-GS
Disk : WD5000AZRX

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help.

[sea]

Ehm..
Why not use the Icon in the activities bar? (gnome)
Or the Icon on the desktop? (kde)
Or the icon in the menu? (xfce/lxde)

Or simply the "liveinst" from CLI directly?

[star69]

Originally Posted by sea

Ehm..
Why not use the Icon in the activities bar? (gnome)
Or the Icon on the desktop? (kde)
Or the icon in the menu? (xfce/lxde)

Of course I have tried to use the icons, but as soon as I click them nothing happens. So I have tried to start the install from command line to see what's wrong.

Originally Posted by sea

Or simply the "liveinst" from CLI directly?

Tried that too - same result

[star69]

Here's what I did to solve the problem :

1) booted from "Fedora 16 Live CD"
2) run "fdisk /dev/sda" and created a linux partition
3) run the liveinst command

Now everything works as it should