Description of problem: Attempting clean install of fc6t3 on system with existing fc5 x86_64 results in "Kernel BUG at fs/dcache.c:615" while "searching for existing installation" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: very Steps to Reproduce: 1. install fc5 with this kickstart disk partitioning scheme: part raid.1 --size=132 --ondisk=${d}da --asprimary part raid.2 --size=132 --ondisk=${d}db --asprimary part raid.3 --size=132 --ondisk=${d}da --asprimary part raid.4 --size=132 --ondisk=${d}db --asprimary part raid.5 --size=1 --ondisk=${d}da --grow part raid.6 --size=1 --ondisk=${d}db --grow raid /boot --fstype="ext2" --level=1 --device=md0 raid.1 raid.2 raid /boot2 --fstype="ext2" --level=1 --device=md1 raid.3 raid.4 raid pv.6 --level=1 --device=md2 raid.5 raid.6 volgroup sys --pesize=32768 pv.6 logvol swap --fstype=swap --name=swap --vgname=sys --size=2048 logvol / --fstype=ext3 --name=root --vgname=sys --size=12288 logvol /local --fstype=reiserfs --fsoptions="notail" --name=local --vgname=sys --size=1 --grow 2. Try to install fc6 test3 Actual results: GUI hang while searching for existing installation. VT3 (4?) shows kernel bug error (attached). Must power off system to reset, though shell on VT2 is responsive (halt and reboot do neither). Expected results: find existing installation... Additional info: Opteron dual processor, dual core, Tyan S4881 motherboard, two SATA disks, 32GB ram.
Created attachment 136392 [details] dmesg output of crash
On second thought, this is probably a kernel problem. Retargeting component to blame.
Dup of 206036, looks like fix is identified in that bug. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 206036 ***