FC6 X86_64 install failure(RAID)

Scott van Looy scott at ethosuk.org.uk
Thu Nov 16 16:33:04 UTC 2006


Today Sean Bruno did spake thusly:

> I'm having issues with anaconda trying to install on a K8N-DL dual
> opteron box with 2 SATA disks.
>
> Under FC5 I was able to configure two disks as a S/W Raid 1 and all was
> good.  Under FC6 anaconda refuses to allow me install a S/W Raid 1 and
> forces me to try to install using the H/W Raid Controllers I have
> on-board even though I haven't set up a Raid set on the controllers.
>
> When I enter installer, I am forced to use /dev/mpath/XXX where XXX is
> the H/W raid device.  I cannot try and use /dev/sda and /dev/sdb and
> they are not presented to me as valid devices.
>
> In addition, if I do setup a H/W Raid 1, anaconda detonates when trying
> to build the LVM partitions and the file systems prior to executing the
> package installs.
>
> This issue is being maintained under
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213738
>
> Any ideas on how to force anaconda to allow me to install a S/W raid 1?

No idea. But I have the same mobo...I just set up the Nvidia HW raid and 
it worked fine on that. Why the preference for SW raid over HW raid? I'd 
have expected the HW stuff to be faster?

Scott

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