F7-T3 RAID/LVM Install Failure

[Brian Hanks]

I've been testing Redhat and Fedora releases for longer than I can recall
and this one has been the most disappointing.  I've tried to install Test1,
Test 2, and now Test 3, but all have been unsuccessful.  I was simply
looking to install this new release on my TEST machine using the exisiting
partition scheme.  I typically use RAID 1 for /, /boot, and /var.  I use
RAID 1 with LVM for the remainder.  When I install these new releases, I
reformat almost everything except for /home and a few of my data partitions.
Unfortunately, I can install F7-T3 because the installer doesn't recognize
my RAID 1 partitions, nor does it recognize my LVM configuration.  Instead,
I see /dev/md1 repeated over and over and I see no LVM info.  A similar
problem was present in the early releases of FC6, but it was fixed
relatively quickly.  Not so with this latest release.  At this point, I'm
just hoping that it's fixed before the final spin.  
 
 
-- Brian

[Jesse Keating]

On Sunday 01 April 2007 20:02:07 Brian Hanks wrote:
>  Instead,
>  I see /dev/md1 repeated over and over and I see no LVM info.  A similar
>  problem was present in the early releases of FC6, but it was fixed
>  relatively quickly.  Not so with this latest release.  At this point, I'm
>  just hoping that it's fixed before the final spin.   
Is there a bug filed?

-- 
Jesse Keating
Release Engineer: Fedora

[Chris Lumens]

>  When I install these new releases, I
>  reformat almost everything except for /home and a few of my data partitions.
>  Unfortunately, I can install F7-T3 because the installer doesn't recognize
>  my RAID 1 partitions, nor does it recognize my LVM configuration.  Instead,
>  I see /dev/md1 repeated over and over and I see no LVM info.  A similar
>  problem was present in the early releases of FC6, but it was fixed
>  relatively quickly.  Not so with this latest release.  At this point, I'm
>  just hoping that it's fixed before the final spin.   
This sounds like something I fixed late last week.  Unfortunately it
won't be in test3, but if you have the ability to test rawhide, please
try it and see if it's better now.  If not, please file a bug.

- Chris

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 10:02:12 -0400,
  Chris Lumens <clumens(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  > When I install these new releases, I
>  > reformat almost everything except for /home and a few of my data partitions.
>  > Unfortunately, I can install F7-T3 because the installer doesn't recognize
>  > my RAID 1 partitions, nor does it recognize my LVM configuration.  Instead,
>  > I see /dev/md1 repeated over and over and I see no LVM info.  A similar
>  > problem was present in the early releases of FC6, but it was fixed
>  > relatively quickly.  Not so with this latest release.  At this point, I'm
>  > just hoping that it's fixed before the final spin.  
>  
>  This sounds like something I fixed late last week.  Unfortunately it
>  won't be in test3, but if you have the ability to test rawhide, please
>  try it and see if it's better now.  If not, please file a bug. 
So maybe I wasn't imaging things. Except in my case I saw md0 over and over.
However, I was able to do a successful install with a snapshot from
Friday.

There still is an issue with text installs, and I have reopened the bug
regarding that. That one probably won't effect many people though, as
you have to be doing a text install and deleting some of your raid partitions
and then reconfiguring them.