2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 587f5f04b..bb2c4b88d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-12-09  Jeremy Katz  <katzj@redhat.com>
+
+	* fsset.py (getDevFD): Better error handling if we can't create
+	the device (#142273)
+
 2004-12-08  Jeremy Katz  <katzj@redhat.com>
 
 	* anaconda.spec: Bump version.
diff --git a/fsset.py b/fsset.py
index 19fe06d7c..b20d7e2c3 100644
--- a/fsset.py
+++ b/fsset.py
@@ -2323,8 +2323,8 @@ def getDevFD(device):
         fd = os.open(device, os.O_RDONLY)
     except:
         file = '/tmp/' + device
-        isys.makeDevInode(device, file)
         try:
+            isys.makeDevInode(device, file)
             fd = os.open(file, os.O_RDONLY)
         except:
             return -1