Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 203750
Install of RHEL 4 Update 4 on Adaptec 2400A RAID Array Always Fails
Last modified: 2012-06-20 11:56:13 EDT
Description of problem: Installation of RHEL 4 Update 4 on a system with an Adaptec ATA RAID 2400A card is exceedingly slow and finally fails with the error "The package X cannot be opened. This is due to a missing file or perhaps a corrupt package." The md5 sums on the installation CDs are correct and the CDs pass the initial installation media tests; moreover, the CDs have been used successfully to install RHEL4 on other systems. Also tried a different CD-ROM drive to rule that out. Per http://www.gatago.com/linux/ redhat/4426448.html , this error message seems to be the result of a timing issue. I suspect there's a problem with how i2o in RHEL4 Update 4 is accessing the 2400A, which is causing the timing problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 Adaptec ATA RAID 2400A (BIOS: 1.26, Firmware: 3A0L) How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot from installation CD 2. Choose graphical install 3. Proceed through install configuration Actual results: Package installation is extremely slow. Early on in the installation of packages from Disc 2 the installer will stop with the error message "The package X cannot be opened. This is due to a missing file or perhaps a corrupt package." The actual package that it fails on varies, but it's most commonly redhat- logos-1.1.26-1.noarch or rootfiles-8-1. Expected results: The packages would be installed as usual. Additional info: The 2400A works fine in this system with Red Hat 7.3 and its default dpt_i2o driver.
Victor, Please post any kernel messages that occur leading up to the failure. These will help to indicate where the problem is. Type ctrl-alt-f1, -f3, -f4 in the installer to get the messages. Also note various mail on the linux lists indicating that this driver/hardware does not work in 64 bit systems, or with 64-bit DMA. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=115891635920858&w=2 and others. Tom
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