Description of problem: I own a PCChips P55G v1.0 which is nVidia MCP73. My hard drive is in the primary sata slot and is not being recognized by anaconda on FC11 or Rawhide. While the installer cant seem to find it I am able to edit the partitions within the LiveCD env using fdisk. I tried different sata controller modes in BIOS as well "SATA,RAID,& AHCI" all failed. How reproducible: Every time. For me anyway. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Own a PCChips P55G Motherboard 2. Have sata HDD 3. Try to run installer Additional info: Anaconda.log: 21:56:01 INFO : using only installclass _Fedora 21:56:01 INFO : anaconda called with cmdline = ['/usr/sbin/anaconda', '--liveinst', '--method=livecd:///dev/mapper/live-osimg-min', '--lang', 'en_US.UTF-8'] 21:56:01 INFO : Display mode = g 21:56:01 INFO : Starting graphical installation... 21:56:01 INFO : Detected 2000M of memory 21:56:01 INFO : Swap attempt of 2000M to 4000M 21:56:01 WARNING : step installtype does not exist 21:56:01 WARNING : step confirminstall does not exist 21:56:01 WARNING : step complete does not exist 21:56:01 INFO : moving (1) to step welcome 21:56:03 INFO : moving (1) to step keyboard 21:56:04 INFO : moving (1) to step storageinit 21:56:04 INFO : no /tmp/fcpconfig; not configuring zfcp 21:56:04 DEBUG : DeviceTree.addUdevDevice: name: sda ; 21:56:04 DEBUG : StorageDevice._setFormat: sda ; current: None ; type: None ; 21:56:04 DEBUG : DeviceTree.handleUdevDeviceFormat: name: sda ; 21:56:04 DEBUG : DMRaidMember.__init__: device: /dev/sda ; uuid: None ; exists: True ; label: None ; 21:56:04 DEBUG : StorageDevice._setFormat: sda ; current: None ; type: dmraidmember ; 21:56:04 DEBUG : DeviceTree.handleUdevDMRaidMemberFormat: type: dmraidmember ; name: sda ; 21:56:04 DEBUG : DeviceTree.addUdevDevice: name: live-rw ; 21:56:04 DEBUG : DeviceTree.addUdevDMDevice: name: live-rw ; 21:56:04 DEBUG : DeviceTree.addUdevDevice: name: loop3 ; 21:56:04 DEBUG : DeviceTree.handleUdevDeviceFormat: name: None ; 21:56:04 DEBUG : DeviceTree.addUdevDevice: name: live-osimg-min ; 21:56:04 DEBUG : DeviceTree.addUdevDMDevice: name: live-osimg-min ; 21:56:04 DEBUG : DeviceTree.addUdevDevice: name: loop3 ; 21:56:04 DEBUG : DeviceTree.handleUdevDeviceFormat: name: None ; 21:56:04 DEBUG : StorageDevice.teardown: sda ; status: True ; 21:56:04 DEBUG : DMRaidMember.teardown: device: /dev/sda ; status: True ; type: dmraidmember ; 21:56:04 INFO : moving (1) to step network 21:56:06 INFO : moving (1) to step timezone 21:56:08 INFO : moving (1) to step accounts 21:56:26 INFO : moving (1) to step setuptime 17:56:27 INFO : moving (1) to step parttype Program.log: Running... ['udevadm', 'trigger', '--subsystem-match=block'] Running... ['udevadm', 'settle', '--timeout=30'] Running... ['udevadm', 'settle', '--timeout=30'] Running... ['udevadm', 'settle', '--timeout=10'] Running... ['/usr/sbin/hwclock', '--hctosys', '-u'] Storage.log: [2009-10-12 21:55:59,681] DEBUG: registered device format class PPCPRePBoot as prepboot [2009-10-12 21:55:59,681] DEBUG: registered device format class SwapSpace as swap [2009-10-12 21:55:59,682] DEBUG: registered device format class DMRaidMember as dmraidmember [2009-10-12 21:55:59,682] DEBUG: registered device format class LVMPhysicalVolume as lvmpv [2009-10-12 21:55:59,862] DEBUG: registered device format class LUKS as luks [2009-10-12 21:55:59,863] DEBUG: registered device format class Ext2FS as ext2 [2009-10-12 21:55:59,863] DEBUG: registered device format class Ext3FS as ext3 [2009-10-12 21:55:59,863] DEBUG: registered device format class Ext4FS as ext4 [2009-10-12 21:55:59,863] DEBUG: registered device format class FATFS as vfat [2009-10-12 21:55:59,863] DEBUG: registered device format class EFIFS as efi [2009-10-12 21:55:59,863] DEBUG: registered device format class BTRFS as btrfs [2009-10-12 21:55:59,864] DEBUG: registered device format class GFS2 as gfs2 [2009-10-12 21:55:59,864] DEBUG: registered device format class JFS as jfs [2009-10-12 21:55:59,864] DEBUG: registered device format class XFS as xfs [2009-10-12 21:55:59,864] DEBUG: registered device format class HFS as hfs [2009-10-12 21:55:59,864] DEBUG: registered device format class AppleBootstrapFS as appleboot [2009-10-12 21:55:59,864] DEBUG: registered device format class HFSPlus as hfs+ [2009-10-12 21:55:59,864] DEBUG: registered device format class NTFS as ntfs [2009-10-12 21:55:59,864] DEBUG: registered device format class NFS as nfs [2009-10-12 21:55:59,865] DEBUG: registered device format class NFSv4 as nfs4 [2009-10-12 21:55:59,865] DEBUG: registered device format class Iso9660FS as iso9660 [2009-10-12 21:55:59,865] DEBUG: registered device format class NoDevFS as nodev [2009-10-12 21:55:59,865] DEBUG: registered device format class DevPtsFS as devpts [2009-10-12 21:55:59,865] DEBUG: registered device format class ProcFS as proc [2009-10-12 21:55:59,865] DEBUG: registered device format class SysFS as sysfs [2009-10-12 21:55:59,865] DEBUG: registered device format class TmpFS as tmpfs [2009-10-12 21:55:59,866] DEBUG: registered device format class BindFS as bind [2009-10-12 21:55:59,866] DEBUG: registered device format class MDRaidMember as mdmember [2009-10-12 21:56:04,521] INFO: sr0 looks to be the live device; ignoring [2009-10-12 21:56:04,522] INFO: devices to scan: ['sda', 'dm-0', 'dm-1'] [2009-10-12 21:56:04,664] DEBUG: scanning sda (/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda)... [2009-10-12 21:56:04,664] DEBUG: looking for device 'sda'... [2009-10-12 21:56:04,664] DEBUG: found None [2009-10-12 21:56:04,664] DEBUG: sda is part of a dmraid [2009-10-12 21:56:04,664] DEBUG: getFormat('None') returning DeviceFormat instance [2009-10-12 21:56:04,666] DEBUG: added sda (storage device) to device tree [2009-10-12 21:56:04,667] DEBUG: {'DKD_PARTITION_TABLE': '1', 'ID_REVISION': '3.18', 'ID_VENDOR_ENC': 'ATA\\x20\\x20\\x20\\x20\\x20', 'ID_ATA_COMPAT': 'ST380013AS_3JV4NE9T', 'ID_FS_VERSION': '1.0.00', 'ID_PATH': 'pci-0000:00:0e.0-scsi-0:0:0:0', 'ID_VENDOR': 'ATA', 'ID_SERIAL': 'SATA_ST380013AS_3JV4NE9T', 'DKD_PARTITION_TABLE_SCHEME': 'mbr', 'DEVTYPE': 'disk', 'MINOR': '0', 'ID_FS_TYPE': 'isw_raid_member', 'ID_MODEL': 'ST380013AS', 'MAJOR': '8', 'sysfs_path': '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda', 'ID_FS_USAGE': 'raid', 'ID_TYPE': 'disk', 'ID_BUS': 'scsi', 'symlinks': ['block/8:0', 'disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST380013AS_3JV4NE9T', 'disk/by-id/ata-ST380013AS_3JV4NE9T', 'disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:0e.0-scsi-0:0:0:0'], 'ID_SERIAL_SHORT': '3JV4NE9T', 'name': 'sda', 'DKD_ATA_SMART_IS_AVAILABLE': '1', 'ANACBIN': '/sbin', 'ID_MODEL_ENC': 'ST380013AS\\x20\\x20\\x20\\x20\\x20\\x20', 'DKD_MEDIA_AVAILABLE': '1'} [2009-10-12 21:56:04,668] DEBUG: type detected on 'sda' is 'isw_raid_member' [2009-10-12 21:56:04,669] DEBUG: getFormat('isw_raid_member') returning DMRaidMember instance [2009-10-12 21:56:04,754] DEBUG: scanning live-rw (/devices/virtual/block/dm-0)... [2009-10-12 21:56:04,754] DEBUG: looking for device 'live-rw'... [2009-10-12 21:56:04,754] DEBUG: found None [2009-10-12 21:56:04,754] DEBUG: live-rw is a device-mapper device [2009-10-12 21:56:04,755] DEBUG: looking for device 'loop3'... [2009-10-12 21:56:04,755] DEBUG: found None [2009-10-12 21:56:04,756] DEBUG: ignoring loop3 (/devices/virtual/block/loop3) [2009-10-12 21:56:04,756] DEBUG: looking for device 'loop3'... [2009-10-12 21:56:04,757] DEBUG: found None [2009-10-12 21:56:04,757] ERROR: failure scanning device live-rw: could not add slave loop3 [2009-10-12 21:56:04,758] DEBUG: {'ID_FS_VERSION': '1.0', 'DKD_DM_TARGET_COUNT': '1', 'DM_OPEN': '1', 'DM_MINOR': '0', 'DM_NAME': 'live-rw', 'ID_FS_LABEL_ENC': 'Fedora-11-x86_64', 'ANACBIN': '/sbin', 'DKD_DM_TARGET_TYPES': 'snapshot', 'DKD_DM_LAST_EVENT_NR': '0', 'DEVTYPE': 'disk', 'DM_SUSPENDED': 'Active', 'DKD_DM_NAME': 'live-rw', 'DKD_DM_MAJOR': '253', 'ID_FS_UUID': '26d6886e-77bf-45bc-9228-679402a079c1', 'ID_FS_UUID_ENC': '26d6886e-77bf-45bc-9228-679402a079c1', 'ID_FS_TYPE': 'ext4', 'DM_MAJOR': '253', 'DKD_DM_OPENCOUNT': '1', 'sysfs_path': '/devices/virtual/block/dm-0', 'ID_FS_LABEL': 'Fedora-11-x86_64', 'ID_FS_USAGE': 'filesystem', 'DM_READONLY': 'Writeable', 'DKD_DM_TABLE_STATE': 'LIVE', 'MINOR': '0', 'symlinks': ['block/253:0', 'disk/by-id/dm-name-live-rw', 'disk/by-uuid/26d6886e-77bf-45bc-9228-679402a079c1', 'disk/by-label/Fedora-11-x86_64'], 'DM_TABLES_LOADED': 'Live', 'MAJOR': '253', 'name': 'dm-0', 'DKD_DM_MINOR': '0', 'DKD_DM_STATE': 'ACTIVE', 'DKD_MEDIA_AVAILABLE': '1'} [2009-10-12 21:56:04,758] DEBUG: no type or existing type for live-rw, bailing [2009-10-12 21:56:04,759] DEBUG: scanning live-osimg-min (/devices/virtual/block/dm-1)... [2009-10-12 21:56:04,759] DEBUG: looking for device 'live-osimg-min'... [2009-10-12 21:56:04,759] DEBUG: found None [2009-10-12 21:56:04,759] DEBUG: live-osimg-min is a device-mapper device [2009-10-12 21:56:04,760] DEBUG: looking for device 'loop3'... [2009-10-12 21:56:04,760] DEBUG: found None [2009-10-12 21:56:04,761] DEBUG: ignoring loop3 (/devices/virtual/block/loop3) [2009-10-12 21:56:04,761] DEBUG: looking for device 'loop3'... [2009-10-12 21:56:04,761] DEBUG: found None [2009-10-12 21:56:04,762] ERROR: failure scanning device live-osimg-min: could not add slave loop3 [2009-10-12 21:56:04,763] DEBUG: {'ID_FS_VERSION': '1.0', 'DKD_DM_TARGET_COUNT': '1', 'DM_OPEN': '0', 'DM_MINOR': '1', 'DM_NAME': 'live-osimg-min', 'ID_FS_LABEL_ENC': 'Fedora-11-x86_64', 'ANACBIN': '/sbin', 'DKD_DM_TARGET_TYPES': 'snapshot', 'DKD_DM_LAST_EVENT_NR': '0', 'DEVTYPE': 'disk', 'DM_SUSPENDED': 'Active', 'DKD_DM_NAME': 'live-osimg-min', 'DKD_DM_MAJOR': '253', 'ID_FS_UUID': '26d6886e-77bf-45bc-9228-679402a079c1', 'ID_FS_UUID_ENC': '26d6886e-77bf-45bc-9228-679402a079c1', 'ID_FS_TYPE': 'ext4', 'DM_MAJOR': '253', 'DKD_DM_OPENCOUNT': '0', 'sysfs_path': '/devices/virtual/block/dm-1', 'ID_FS_LABEL': 'Fedora-11-x86_64', 'ID_FS_USAGE': 'filesystem', 'DM_READONLY': 'Read-only', 'DKD_DM_TABLE_STATE': 'LIVE', 'MINOR': '1', 'symlinks': ['block/253:1', 'disk/by-id/dm-name-live-osimg-min', 'disk/by-uuid/26d6886e-77bf-45bc-9228-679402a079c1', 'disk/by-label/Fedora-11-x86_64'], 'DM_TABLES_LOADED': 'Live', 'MAJOR': '253', 'name': 'dm-1', 'DKD_DM_MINOR': '1', 'DKD_DM_STATE': 'READONLY', 'DKD_MEDIA_AVAILABLE': '1'} [2009-10-12 21:56:04,763] DEBUG: no type or existing type for live-osimg-min, bailing [2009-10-12 21:56:04,773] INFO: sr0 looks to be the live device; ignoring [2009-10-12 21:56:04,785] INFO: failed to unlink /etc/mdadm.conf
Your disk once was part of a BIOS RAID set, and the BIOS RAID metadata has never been removed from it. See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499733#c20 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499733#c22 You can use "dmraid -rE" to remove this metadata, this should be safe, better backup first ! *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 499733 ***
Applied "dmraid -rE" worked perfectly. Thank you for the quick response.