Bug 51865 - Error message "no valid devices.......filesystem
Summary: Error message "no valid devices.......filesystem
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brock Organ
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-08-16 02:45 UTC by Robert C
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:35 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2003-06-06 17:03:01 UTC
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Description Robert C 2001-08-16 02:45:04 UTC
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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)

Description of problem:
Anaconda starts and shows graphical installer.
When I select any of the Install options the error message shows.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Insert CD and reboot server
2.Starts install from cd.  Loads "aic7xxx" and "megaraid" drivers.
3.Text appears within the normal install blue screen saying "unable to 
identify CD Rom format.
4.Loads "aic7xxx" and "megaraid" drivers again and finds CD.
5.Runs anaconda and probes mouse type.  Starts GUI installer.
6.Same result experienced when I use aic7xxx driver from 
people.redhat.com/dledford	

Actual Results:  Error message every time.


Expected Results:  Sucessful install

Additional info:

Tried using updated aic7xxx driver.  No go

This looks similar to a number of other bug reports but did not resolve 
when I used the solutions from those reports

Comment 1 Robert C 2001-08-16 02:54:55 UTC
The full error message reads" An error has occurred.  No valid devices were 
found on which to create new filesystems.  Please check your hardware for the 
cause of this problem".
Only option is to click "OK" which reboots the server.

Comment 2 Brent Fox 2001-08-16 14:32:41 UTC
When you get the "An error has occurred..." message, press <Ctrl><Alt><F4> and
see if there are any interesting error messages.



Comment 3 Robert C 2001-08-17 04:06:24 UTC
As requested

<begins>

<6>PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 02:0a.1
<1>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer deference at virtual address 000002cc
<4> printing eip:
<4>d0a4f5b3
<4>pgd entry cfa25000: 0000000000000000
<4>pmd entry cfa25000: 0000000000000000
<4>... pmd not present!
<4>Oops: 0000
<4>CPU:    0
<4>EIP:    0010:[<d0a4f5b3>]
<4>EFLAGS: 00010246
<4>eax: 00000000   ebx: 00000000  ecx: 000002cc  edx: 00001111
<4>esi: 000002cc   edi: d0a51df1  ebp: d0a529a0  esp: cff15e44
<4>ds: 0018  es: 0018  ss: 0018
<4>Process loader (pid: 32, stackpage=cff15000)
<4>Stack: 00001860 00008086 c0120000 c022ci04 c144e000 00005e7c 00000000 
c022c151
<4>       00000001 101e9060 00000001 020018d7 0000190e 80861960 11111111 
00000000
<4>       334429a0 00000000 d0a52120 d0a52e20 d0a529a0 d0a4fa63 d0a529a0 
00008086
<4>Call Trace: [<c0120000>] [<d0a52120>] [<d0a52e20>] [<d0a529a0>] [<d0a4fa63>] 
[<d0a529a0>] [<c011f667>]
<4>        [<d0a4e000>] [<doa4f970>] [<d0a1233b>] [<d0a529a0>] [<c0121e5d>] 
[<d0a4e000>] [<d0a517c2>] [<d0a529a0>]
<4>        [<doa529a0>] [<c0113985>] [<d0a531e0>] [<d0a2e000>] [<d0a4e060>] 
[<c0108eaf>]
<4>
<4>Code: ac ae 75 08 84 c0 75 f8 31 c0 eb 04 19 c0 0c 01 85 c0 74 1b
<7>ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
<4>Unable to identify CD_ROM format.
<6>raid0 personality registered as nr2
<6>raid1 personality registered as nr3
<6>raid5: measuring checksumming speed
<4>   8regs     :    743.200 MB/sec
<4>   32regs    :    415.200 MB/sec
<4>   pII_mmx   :   1015.200 MB/sec
<4>   p5_mmx    :   1054.000 MB/sec
<4>raid5: using function: p5_mmx (1054.000 MB/sec)
<6>raid5 personality registered as nr 4


<ends>


Comment 4 Brent Fox 2001-08-17 15:20:06 UTC
This is a kernel oops, so I'm changing component to the kernel.

Comment 5 Arjan van de Ven 2001-08-17 15:56:39 UTC
Is this an IDE cdromdrive ? If so, could you try passing "ide=nodma" on the
syslinux prompt ?

Comment 6 Alan Cox 2003-06-06 17:03:01 UTC
No reply in nearly two years: Closing



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