I get the message "No Drives Found" when trying to kickstart a Dell 2450 Poweredge using bootnet.img. The machine I am attempting to install to currently had RedHat 6.2 loaded and running successfully (as does the kickstart server). The kernel version in use is 2.2.14-6.1.smp. The full error message reads:- No Drives Found An error has occurred - no valid devices were found on which to create new filesystems. Please check your hardware for the cause of the problem. The traceback reads:- Exception occurred Traceback (innermost, last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 343, in ? intf.run(todo, test=test) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1165 in run rc = apply(step[1](), step[2]) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 210, in __call__ todo.intf.messageWindow) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fstab.py", line 670, in __init__ readOnly,waitWindow,messageWindow) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fstab.py", line 621 in __init__ self.ddruid=self.creatDruid() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fstab.py", line 597, in createDruid self.readOnly, ignoreBadDriver) TypeError: list of strings I can supply much more info if you need it (Alt F3/Alt F4 logs), dmesg outputs, /var/log/boot.log /var/log/messages, dhcpd.conf, kickstart files etc. I have 32 of these machines plus 32 Netfinity servers so network installations would be extremely desirable. Regards....Tim
I just tried to install via kickstart/NFS on a brand new Netfinity 4500R and got the same error "No Drives Found". Regards....Tim
What kind of IDE/SCSI controllers/drives do you have?
I hope the following extract from /var/log/dmesg on a running Dell machine will help you:- PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device 79, VID=1166, DID=0211 PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0x08b0-0x08b7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0x08b8-0x08bf, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio hda: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-7002B, ATAPI CDROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 hda: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306 md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MAX_REAL=12 raid5: measuring checksumming speed raid5: MMX detected, trying high-speed MMX checksum routines pII_mmx : 1485.138 MB/sec p5_mmx : 1550.670 MB/sec 8regs : 1138.428 MB/sec 32regs : 669.036 MB/sec using fastest function: p5_mmx (1550.670 MB/sec) scsi : 0 hosts. scsi : detected total. md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096 Partition check: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 autodetecting RAID arrays autorun ... ... autorun DONE. VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 2/4/0 (scsi0) Wide Channel A, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 396 instructions downloaded enable_irq() unbalanced from fc81bb26 (scsi1) <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 2/4/1 (scsi1) Wide Channel B, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs (scsi1) Downloading sequencer code... 396 instructions downloaded enable_irq() unbalanced from fc81bb26 scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.28/3.2.4 <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.28/3.2.4 <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> scsi : 2 hosts. (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 160.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 63. Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST318404LC Rev: 0002 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Vendor: DELL Model: 1x4 U2W SCSI BP Rev: 1.15 Type: Processor ANSI SCSI revision: 02 SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 35566478 [17366 MB] [17.4 GB] sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 sda9 sda10 > I can get the same information from a Netfinity later (once I have installed Linux tomorrow). Regards....Tim
Here is the /var/log/dmesg file on the Netfinity after inatallation of the non-smp 2.2.14-6.1.1 kernel:- PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device 79, VID=1166, DID=0211 PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0x0840-0x0847, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0x0848-0x084f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio hda: CRN-8241B, ATAPI CDROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 hda: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306 md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MAX_REAL=12 raid5: measuring checksumming speed raid5: MMX detected, trying high-speed MMX checksum routines pII_mmx : 1626.108 MB/sec p5_mmx : 1708.023 MB/sec 8regs : 1255.776 MB/sec 32regs : 703.707 MB/sec using fastest function: p5_mmx (1708.023 MB/sec) scsi : 0 hosts. scsi : detected total. md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096 Partition check: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 autodetecting RAID arrays autorun ... ... autorun DONE. VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 1/3/0 (scsi0) Wide Channel A, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 396 instructions downloaded enable_irq() unbalanced from fc81baea (scsi1) <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 1/3/1 (scsi1) Wide Channel B, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs (scsi1) Downloading sequencer code... 396 instructions downloaded scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.28/3.2.4 <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.28/3.2.4 <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> scsi : 2 hosts. (scsi1:0:0:0) Synchronous at 160.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 63. Vendor: IBM-PSG Model: ST318404LC !# Rev: 3146 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 Detected scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Vendor: IBM Model: YGLv3 S2 Rev: 0 Type: Processor ANSI SCSI revision: 02 SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 35548320 [17357 MB] [17.4 GB] sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 sda9 sda10 sda11 > Regards....Tim
Do I need to change the status of this bug? Do you require further info? Regards...Tim
Sorry - thanks for the information Tim. I have not heard of this issue before, but it seems there is a problem with the SCSI controllers. Doug are there any known problems with these Adaptec controllers?
Pleas reopen if you continue to have this problem.
Have I missed something. Are you waiting for further info from me? Regards...Tim
I got the same failure today on a Netfinity 4500R using disks created from RHBA-2000:010-01 Regards.....Tim
I got the same failure today on a Netfinity 4500R using disks created from RHBA-2000:015-01. Regards....Tim
Please close this problem. I managed to get this working by rebuilding the kickstart file from scratch. I was referring to the RedHat 6.1 kickstart docuentation whin I built the original config files and so was unaware of the --onpart and --ondisk options on the part statements along with their interaction with the clearpart and zerombr options. Sorry to waste your time. Regards...Tim
Although I have got this working with bootnet.img as supplied on my RedHat 6.2 CD, I have been unable to get past the "No Drives Found" message when using bootnet-20000407.img along with the update-disk-20000419.img. It would be preferable to use this image as it should incorporate the fix for setting an encrypted root password, although the non-net version of this image appears to fail to add an entry for the first ethernet adapter to conf.modules. Regards....Tim
Could you attach the kickstart file you are using with the updated 6.2 bootnet image?
Created attachment 10120 [details] kickstart file - ok with bootnet.img
Assigning to an engineer.
Do you have a conf.modules file at all after installation?
Created attachment 14724 [details] conf.modules created by RedHat 6.2 CD bootnet.img
I do NOT get the "No Drives Found" failure when installing on a Dell Optiplex GX110 system on my desktop using the bootnet-20000407.img. This system uses an IDE controller for its disk. Regards...Tim
Ok, this seems related to the Adaptec somehow. If you try a regular, non-kickstart install from a cd on the PowerEdge, does the same thing happen? If so, can you go to VC2 and see if the aic7xxx module is even being loaded by the kernel?
If I use kickstart with bootnet.img supplied on RedHat 6.2 CD the install is successful. If I use kickstart with bootnet-20000407.img I get the "No Drives Found" error. A manual install from a CD on the PowerEdge completes successfully. I hope I have answered your question satisfactorily. Regards...Tim
Ok, if you use kickstart with the bootnet-20000407.img, can you go to VC2 when the "No Drives Found" error appears? If so, can you run lsmod and see if the aic7xxx driver is getting loaded.
lsmod reveals that the driver is not loaded, and I did not see any attempt to load it at the install screen. The sequence I am using is:- 1) insert bootnet-20000407.img in floppy drive 2) reboot machine 3) type "ks updates" at SYSLINUX prompt 4) insert update-disk-20000419.img floppy when prompted and hit enter 5) after 10 seconds or so I get "No Drives Found" dialog Regards...Tim
Since the problem is that this sequence of events doesn't even attempt to load the aic7xxx module, it obviously isn't an aic7xxx issue, I'm removing myself from the Cc: list.
Can you reproduce this with 7.0 or 7.1?
Our main software package has not yet been validated with RedHat 7 so I haven't really tried this yet. My feeling is that this failure is somehow related to the sequence of events executed when using an update diskette. Regards....Tim
There is the possibility that the aic7xxx driver was not on the updated bootnet disk image. Most people have had good experiences with 7.1 with the aic7xxx driver. I'm going to resolve this bug as 'Current Release'