Error starting NameNode with HDP 1.1.3

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Hello,

I’m trying to install HortonWorks 1.3.3 following this procedure

But when trying to start the namenode (on chapter 4), I get an error telling me the namenode is not formatted, although I did it previously.
I ran these commands:

su hdfs
/usr/lib/hadoop/bin/hadoop namenode -format
/usr/lib/hadoop/bin/hadoop-daemon.sh --config $HADOOP_CONF_DIR start namenode


When checking the log, I can see this:

2014-01-23 11:13:36,712 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.util.GSet: recommended=1048576, actual=1048576
2014-01-23 11:13:36,730 ERROR org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem: FSNamesystem initialization failed.
java.io.IOException: NameNode is not formatted.
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSImage.recoverTransitionRead(FSImage.java:316)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.loadFSImage(FSDirectory.java:144)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.initialize(FSNamesystem.java:466)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.<init>(FSNamesystem.java:432)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.initialize(NameNode.java:302)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.<init>(NameNode.java:585)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.createNameNode(NameNode.java:1523)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.main(NameNode.java:1532)
2014-01-23 11:13:36,740 ERROR org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode: java.io.IOException: NameNode is not formatted.
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSImage.recoverTransitionRead(FSImage.java:316)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.loadFSImage(FSDirectory.java:144)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.initialize(FSNamesystem.java:466)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.<init>(FSNamesystem.java:432)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.initialize(NameNode.java:302)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.<init>(NameNode.java:585)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.createNameNode(NameNode.java:1523)
at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.main(NameNode.java:1532)


I can try to format the namenode again and again but it doesn’t seem to work.
Does any one have any idea ?