Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 50086
Anaconda fails to format 16 SCSI drives or more
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:35:11 EDT
Description of Problem: This traceback occured when the installer attempted to format the 16 SCSI drives in my machine. Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 438, in ? intf.run(todo, test = test) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1030, in run rc = apply (step[1](), step[2]) File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 507, in __call__ if todo.doInstall (): File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1469, in doInstall self.fstab.makeFilesystems () File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/fstab.py", line 577, in makeFilesystems for label in self.readLabels(labelSkipList).values(): File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/fstab.py", line 532, in readLabels label = isys.readExt2Label(dev) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 312, in readExt2Label makeDevInode(device, "/tmp/disk") File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 195, in makeDevInode return _isys.mkdevinode(name, fn) SystemError: (6, 'Device not configured') Local variables in innermost frame: fn: /tmp/disk name: sdp16 ToDo object: (itodo ToDo p1 (dp2 S'method' p3 (iimage CdromInstallMethod p4 (dp5 S'progressWindow' p6 How Reproducible: I have a system with a QLogic 2200 (w/4 drives), a Adaptec 2940U2W (w/2 drives), a Symbios 22801 (w/4 drives), and a Adaptec 7899 based controller (w/5 drives on chan A and 3 on chan B). I am installing to the Adaptec 7899 chan A, SCSI ID 0. All other drives have one partition only even though in the traceback it references sdp16. I am attempting to give mount points to all the partitions and format them in the installer. This fails immediately when anaconda tries to format them. The partitioning of the disks is always successful. Comment: Is this a limitation of anaconda in 7.0? I can use RH 7.1 and it installs fine, however, my customers want to use 7.0.
Reference bugzilla bug #31978 This bug has the exact same traceback as my bug and he uses a QLogic 2200. Coincidence?
You are limited to 15 partitions per SCSI drive. You were trying to create a 16th partition on sdp is what it looks like from the traceback. Is this the case?
I am creating one partition per drive on 16 drives. sdp16 should actually read sdp1 since I only had one partition on that drive. Read my older comments for more detail. I attempted installation on 17 and 18 drives and I got the same exact traceback.
I think this may be a limitation of the 2.2 kernel. If you look at the /dev/directory on a 2.2 based system, you see this: sda sdb2 sdd sde2 sdg sdh2 sdj sdk2 sdm sdn2 sdp sda1 sdb3 sdd1 sde3 sdg1 sdh3 sdj1 sdk3 sdm1 sdn3 sdp1 sda10 sdb4 sdd10 sde4 sdg10 sdh4 sdj10 sdk4 sdm10 sdn4 sdp10 sda11 sdb5 sdd11 sde5 sdg11 sdh5 sdj11 sdk5 sdm11 sdn5 sdp11 sda12 sdb6 sdd12 sde6 sdg12 sdh6 sdj12 sdk6 sdm12 sdn6 sdp12 sda13 sdb7 sdd13 sde7 sdg13 sdh7 sdj13 sdk7 sdm13 sdn7 sdp13 sda14 sdb8 sdd14 sde8 sdg14 sdh8 sdj14 sdk8 sdm14 sdn8 sdp14 sda15 sdb9 sdd15 sde9 sdg15 sdh9 sdj15 sdk9 sdm15 sdn9 sdp15 sda2 sdc sdd2 sdf sdg2 sdi sdj2 sdl sdm2 sdo sdp2 sda3 sdc1 sdd3 sdf1 sdg3 sdi1 sdj3 sdl1 sdm3 sdo1 sdp3 sda4 sdc10 sdd4 sdf10 sdg4 sdi10 sdj4 sdl10 sdm4 sdo10 sdp4 sda5 sdc11 sdd5 sdf11 sdg5 sdi11 sdj5 sdl11 sdm5 sdo11 sdp5 sda6 sdc12 sdd6 sdf12 sdg6 sdi12 sdj6 sdl12 sdm6 sdo12 sdp6 sda7 sdc13 sdd7 sdf13 sdg7 sdi13 sdj7 sdl13 sdm7 sdo13 sdp7 sda8 sdc14 sdd8 sdf14 sdg8 sdi14 sdj8 sdl14 sdm8 sdo14 sdp8 sda9 sdc15 sdd9 sdf15 sdg9 sdi15 sdj9 sdl15 sdm9 sdo15 sdp9 sdb sdc2 sde sdf2 sdh sdi2 sdk sdl2 sdn sdo2 sdb1 sdc3 sde1 sdf3 sdh1 sdi3 sdk1 sdl3 sdn1 sdo3 sdb10 sdc4 sde10 sdf4 sdh10 sdi4 sdk10 sdl4 sdn10 sdo4 sdb11 sdc5 sde11 sdf5 sdh11 sdi5 sdk11 sdl5 sdn11 sdo5 sdb12 sdc6 sde12 sdf6 sdh12 sdi6 sdk12 sdl6 sdn12 sdo6 sdb13 sdc7 sde13 sdf7 sdh13 sdi7 sdk13 sdl7 sdn13 sdo7 sdb14 sdc8 sde14 sdf8 sdh14 sdi8 sdk14 sdl8 sdn14 sdo8 sdb15 sdc9 sde15 sdf9 sdh15 sdi9 sdk15 sdl9 sdn15 sdo9 As you can see, it only goes up to sdp15, meaning that there is no sdp16 and there is also no device higer than sdp. A 2.4 based system supports many more SCSI devices...up to sddx. I think your only option here is to use 7.1, or use 7.0 to do a base install, then upgrade to the 2.4 kernel and configure your system the way you want it. At any rate, I think you're going to wind up needing the 2.4 kernel.