/dev/mapper and Anaconda install failures (FC6 x86_64)

Hadders fedora at workingwithit.com
Tue Dec 12 08:32:34 UTC 2006


Sean Bruno wrote:
>> I assume you're talking about having problems with Software RAID in FC6?
>>
>> H
>>
>>     
> Yes.  I wish I could get to the point of 'having problems' with Software
> Raid.  I can't seem to get anaconda to _not see_ the fake raid device
> and just pretend /dev/sda and /dev/sdb are just disk.
>
> On a related note, _if_ I do try to use the fake raid devices, i.e.
> configure the drives for RAID 1 in the BIOS and use the /dev/mapper
> device, the installer will fail after creating the file systems with
> some kind of lvm error:
>
>
> 19:32:02 DEBUG   : Member: binutils.x86_64 0-2.17.50.0.3-6 - u
> 19:32:02 DEBUG   : Adding Package binutils - 2.17.50.0.3-6.x86_64 in mode u
> 19:32:02 DEBUG   : Member: m4.x86_64 0-1.4.5-3 - u
> 19:32:02 DEBUG   : Adding Package m4 - 1.4.5-3.x86_64 in mode u
>
>
> /tmp/lvmout:
>     Finding all logical volumes
>   No volume groups found
>
>
>
> Sean
>
>   
any reason why you're using logical volume management?
Have you booted up in rescue mode, what does "dmraid -s -g" say about 
the RAID containers and subsets?




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