Re: Fedora 23 Install Issues on PPC64LE Server

[Adi Gangidi]

Adding some more info that I had written down for one of our community members:

Hello Jakub

Here is the response to your questions.

Q: Do you observe same behavior of console with f21/f22?

Install gets stuck at the same place: (Attached SCSI) in f21/f22 but
rescue shell does NOT freeze in f21/f22.

Q: What do you use to obtain console(ipmi sol, physical connection,Š)?

‹Physical connection: Serial USB cable attached to debug port on server.

Q: What are you using as installation source(DVD, PXE, USB, remote
repo,....) and what image are you using(netinst/dvd)?

‹ Installation source is a Fedora 23 DVD content put on a USB stick.

Q: Are disks already partitioned or are empty?

‹ Disks where previously partitioned (I had powerkvm installed on there)
but this error occurs before I can get to the partition screen.

Q: Have you been successful with booting/installing any other linux
distribution(either LE/BE)?

‹ Yes Ubuntu 14.04 / 14.10 (PPC64LE) installed smoothly. With Ubuntu 15.04
install I ran into this install error on partitioning Avago raid:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1475166

However we are working around that bug by setting max_sectors of Megaraid
module manually and thus able to finish the install.

We are also able to install powerKVM (IBM¹s PPC64LE KVM)

Best
Adi

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Subject: Fedora 23 Install Issues on PPC64LE Server

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