Created attachment 324896 [details] hardware description (lshw output) Description of problem: Fresh install of Fedora 10 from DVD onto twin-athlon box, with hardware SATA RAID 5 array, fails with "Error opening /dev: Invalid argument". Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda 11.4.1.62 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot from DVD; Select "Install or upgrade" 2. Skip media test (media previously tested OK) 3. Splash-screen <Next> ; English language <Next> ; UK keyboard <Next> Error opening /dev: Invalid argument 4. <Retry><Retry><Retry><Retry><Cancel><Cancel><Cancel> 5. Hostname: localhost.localdomain <Next> 6. Timezone: Europe/London, system clock UTC <Next> 7. Enter root password <Next> Error opening /dev: Invalid argument <Retry><Retry><Retry><Retry><Cancel> "An unhandled exception has occurred" Additional info: Specifying "nodmraid" at step 1 makes no difference. I cannot reach any device (network or disk) to capture the exception report. An old FC4 box is available on the network, in case it helps. For detailed hardware description of the machine with the problem, see the attachment (obtained using vendor-installed Fedora 9).
Created attachment 324995 [details] Anaconda traceback Anaconda traceback obtained via a VNC install.
Looks like your traceback has a couple kernel errors in it, which could very likely be the cause of hardware being missing. Reassigning.
Work round discovered: Re-install of Fedora 9 from DVD works OK. In the Fedora 9 installer, I repartioned the disk (2 TB hardware RAID array), creating a 200MB /boot fs, and a number of small (<20GB) ext3 logical volumes, and eliminating a large XFS LV. Install/upgrade of Fedora 10 from DVD then works fine, including re-formatting of all the filesystems. As a consequence, this system is no longer available for reproducing the original problem.
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