Re: F9 installation issues

[Gerry Reno <greno verizon net>]

Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Gerry Reno (greno verizon net) said: 
>   
> > I've had a good number of problems when installing F9 in partitioning 
> > scenarios that are more than just very simple one drive setups.
> >
> > So I ran a series of tests today and put some results in a bug that I have 
> > opened on these problems: 
> >   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443451
> >
> > For example, I have yet to get anaconda/druid to properly install using any 
> > type of RAID setup.  Even a very simple, 2 drive setup fails. I can get the 
> > software to install but anaconda cannot seem to install the bootloader 
> > correctly so I either see GRUB or grub> after the Reboot.
> >
> > And in more complex scenario like using LVM over RAID (which I use all the 
> > time), anaconda gets a whole bunch of Unhandled Exceptions.
> >
> > These things should be fixed before the F9 final release.  F9 needs to be 
> > able to handle all the RAIDed systems out there and right now it
> > won't be able to do that.
> >     
>
> >From reading the bug, it seems to be a rather specific issue with the
> kernel and your storage chipset, rather than a general issue. Are there
> other AMD 790FX users out there?
>
> Bill
>
>   
I'm sure there are a lot of them but they probably aren't reading this 
list. 

The 790 chipset is just the latest of the AMD 7-series chipsets and has 
been out in the hands of vendors for a good while and the 790 has 
generally been
available on m/b since last year. 

Once I get Fedora to load and boot the system runs just fine.  I don't 
see any errors in /var/log/messages and I don't notice any type of drive 
problems.
And the fact that I can get the system to install in certain scenarios 
tells me that the chipset is probably not the problem.

So why should this chipset be a candidate for being the source of these 
install problems when otherwise it operates the drive system just fine?

With anaconda receiving a great deal of changes lately, I suspect the 
installer more than this chipset.

Regards,
Gerry