Description of problem:
Installation of RHEL U3 RC on IA64 stalls just before it goes to format the
disks to install the OS. The GUI install fails but the text mode install
succeeds.I got a dialog box asking it to be reported as a bug in bugzilla with
the following text.

------------Start of bug report text--------------------------
Exception Occured:

 

An unhandled exception has occurred. This is most likely a bug. Report it to
bugzilla.

 

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/src/build/711711-ia64/install/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1074 in
handleRenderCallback

self.currentWindow.renderCallback()

File "/usr/src/build/711711-ia64/install/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py",
line 242, in renderCallback

self.intf.icw.nextClicked()

File "/usr/src/build/711711-ia64/install/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 789, in
nextClicked

self.dispatch.gotoNext()

File "/usr/src/build/711711-ia64/install/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line
171, in gotoNext

self.moveStep()

File "/usr/src/build/711711-ia64/install/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line
239, in moveStep

rc=apply(func,self.bindArgs(args))

File "/usr/src/build/711711-ia64/install/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line
570, in turnOnFilesystems

thefsset.createLogicalVolumes(instPath)

File "/usr/src/build/711711-ia64/install/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 1442,
in createLogicalVolumes

entry.device.setupDevice(chroot)

File "/usr/src/build/711711-ia64/install/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 2061,
in setupDevice

raise SystemError,"lvcreate failed for %s" %(self.name,)

SystemError: lvcreate failed for LogVol00

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Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL 4 Update 3 RC

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use CD install in GUI mode
2. Select default file system creation as given by the installation
3. Select DHCP for configuring the ethernet card
4. Select default Software to be installed
5. The next display is the dailog box with the above text in the Description text
Actual results:
1.Installation unsuccessful using a GUI install.
2.Text mode install is successful.


Expected results:
GUI and text mode installation should be successful.

Additional info:
Running on ES7000 servers.

This is occurring on an ES7000/400 system.  So far, it appears to be 100% 
reproducible.

This is during a GUI install.  Text mode install works ok.  (We haven't tried 
VNC yet.)

Please note that the install worked successfully on RHEL 4 U3 beta 2.  This 
failure is on RC3.

This does not appear to be at all related to Bug 183683. This appears to be a 
logical volume issue on the ia64 release.

The VNC install with default partitioning failed the same way.

However, if we delete all the partitions (including all Logical Volumes) 
before installing, and we specify no logical volumes during the install, the 
GUI install works successfully.

Text mode install works even with the Logical Volumes (Logical Volumes that were
created with default partitioning). 

VNC install fails exactly the same way as the GUI install with the same error
messages.

This morning David Aquilina requested the lspci -vvn output from this system.  
I'm attaching that output.

Created attachment 125619 [details]
lspci -vvn output from failing system

We tried this again with the final, released bits of RHEL 4 U3 and can no longer
reproduce the problem.  Not sure why the behavior changed.  This bug can be closed.

Removing from the RHEL4U4 proposed list since this bug is CLOSED.