Description of problem: anaconda installer hangst during formatting of filesystem on nForce4 SATA RAID Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC5 latest release How reproducible: try to install FC5 x86_64 as first or second OS from DVD on healthy bootable SATA RAID 1 (2x250GB SATA disks RAID 1 array healthy and properly working in WIN XP home, using MSI motherboard K8NGM2 with nForce 430 chipset) refer to Steps to Reproduce Steps to Reproduce: 1. reboot from FC5 installation DVD (latest x86_64 iso downloaded using torrent, check installation media 2. select automatic or manual disk layout I have tried more possibilities: i) install only FC5 (as first OS) and use automatic allocation of disk space ii) leave WIN XP home installed on 20GB FAT partition and try automatic or manual allocation of rest disk space appr. 230GB (or half of it appr. 115GB) 3. continue with anaconda installer - setup network adapters,set time and select packages for installation 4. installer then checks dependencies of packages and starts to format file system, HDD led is red (ON). Message "formatting file / system" is displayed and also appropriate progress bar 5. after appr. 20%-70% of formating is finished HDD led stops flashing and installer hangst forever... Actual results: anaconda instaler hangst during formatting, HDD LED is off Expected results: file system is properly formatted, or message displaying the problem is displayed Additional info:
Oops, wrong component
(In reply to comment #1) > Oops, wrong component I was just guessing, that the problem is in anaconda installer (memory leakage or something similar...). Moreover I'm beginner in this bugzilla and FC5(but I have previously used/configured FC4 without problems and I work as test engineer on unix/linux systems so I think already know a bit :)...). Should I contact somebody else or who can solve this? I think this is a serious issue, and it should be solved in future releases of FC5.
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
This bug has been mass-closed along with all other bugs that have been in NEEDINFO state for several months. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, this is the only method we have of cleaning out stale bug reports where the reporter has disappeared. If you can reproduce this bug after installing all the current updates, please reopen this bug. If you are not the reporter, you can add a comment requesting it be reopened, and someone will get to it asap. Thank you.