Anaconda failure on i686 - lvcreate fails for swap

[David Cantrell]

On 03/27/2009 02:56 PM, G.Wolfe Woodbury wrote:
> These are rough times for anaconda, first one failure, then another and
> another -- it's driving me bonkers.
>
> The latest failure is anaconda failing silently (no traceback) on an LV
> create of the swap filesystem in a "pure vanilla" install.
>
> No traceback means no bug report to make.

If you haven't yet filed a bug, please do at bugzilla.redhat.com.  For 
those who do not know, anaconda for Fedora 11 is getting the entire 
storage backend rewritten.  That's the code that deals with disks, 
drives, partitions, raid, lvm, filesystems, and so on.  Details:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/AnacondaStorageRewrite

So please file bugs.  Even if there is no traceback, file a bug and 
describe what happened, including what steps you took during 
installation.  Also include a description of your hardware so we can 
reproduce the problem locally.

Pretty much all of us on the anaconda team have been working day and 
night with few breaks to get this code rewritten.

Several people have asked why we are rewriting the storage code in 
anaconda.  It's the last major piece of anaconda that's still mostly 
original anaconda code.  April 24, 2009 is the 10 year anniversary of 
anaconda.  A lot has changed in the world of storage in 10 years and we 
need code that can scale and adapt as necessary.

-- 
David Cantrell <dcantrell at redhat.com>
Red Hat / Honolulu, HI