Bug 574811 - Failure to install on Intel Matrix RAID box when raid level 1 is active
Summary: Failure to install on Intel Matrix RAID box when raid level 1 is active
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 13
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Hans de Goede
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-03-18 15:31 UTC by Doug Ledford
Modified: 2010-03-22 23:03 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of: 574587
Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-03-22 23:03:57 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
dmesg output from raid1 attempt (47.49 KB, text/plain)
2010-03-18 15:31 UTC, Doug Ledford
no flags Details
contents of /proc/mdstat at time sda and sdb were declared not part of a raid set (296 bytes, text/plain)
2010-03-18 15:32 UTC, Doug Ledford
no flags Details
program.log from raid1 attempt (2.52 KB, text/plain)
2010-03-18 15:32 UTC, Doug Ledford
no flags Details
storage.log from raid1 attempt (31.43 KB, text/plain)
2010-03-18 15:33 UTC, Doug Ledford
no flags Details
syslog from raid1 attempt (80.00 KB, text/plain)
2010-03-18 15:33 UTC, Doug Ledford
no flags Details

Description Doug Ledford 2010-03-18 15:31:00 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #574587 +++


Update: trying this with a raid1 array already created by the BIOS avoided the traceback (at least initially, I made it traceback later).  However, it told me that disks sda and sdb had BIOS raid data, but are not part of any recognized BIOS raid sets.  Ignoring disks sda, sdb.

I'm attaching more support files from this boot with the machine in raid1 mode.


--- Additional comment from hdegoede on 2010-03-18 04:17:54 EDT ---

Hi Doug,

Thanks for the bug report, and thanks for testing!  Please file a separate bug for the RAID 1 issue.

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New bug for raid1 issue.

Comment 1 Doug Ledford 2010-03-18 15:31:51 UTC
Created attachment 401048 [details]
dmesg output from raid1 attempt

Comment 2 Doug Ledford 2010-03-18 15:32:18 UTC
Created attachment 401049 [details]
contents of /proc/mdstat at time sda and sdb were declared not part of a raid set

Comment 3 Doug Ledford 2010-03-18 15:32:41 UTC
Created attachment 401050 [details]
program.log from raid1 attempt

Comment 4 Doug Ledford 2010-03-18 15:33:06 UTC
Created attachment 401051 [details]
storage.log from raid1 attempt

Comment 5 Doug Ledford 2010-03-18 15:33:37 UTC
Created attachment 401052 [details]
syslog from raid1 attempt

Comment 6 Hans de Goede 2010-03-19 10:43:07 UTC
Hi,

I cannot reproduce this, there is one known bug when a false positive of
this warning gets shown. When using ISW RAID and *not* selecting the
raidset in the advanced storage disk selection screen (you can find the set
under the Firmware RAID tab).

Is that what you are seeing? IOW are you not selecting the set as part of
the drives to have available during the installation ?

Regards,

Hans


p.s.

If you look in the dmesg and syslog log files, you will see a lockdep warning there related to mdraid this appears to be very real my ISW raid5 test install hung halfway, with stuck process messages for the kflush threads.

Comment 7 Doug Ledford 2010-03-19 14:46:49 UTC
No, on my box I am never presented with the option to select the two raid1 disks as install targets.  The two raid1 disks are sda and sdb, and when I select simple disk setup, it eventually shows me sdc and sdd, and I select those and then next and that's when it tells me that sda and sdb are part of a BIOS raid set but don't have raid info and therefore can't be used.

Comment 8 Hans de Goede 2010-03-19 14:55:27 UTC
(In reply to comment #7)
> No, on my box I am never presented with the option to select the two raid1
> disks as install targets.  The two raid1 disks are sda and sdb, and when I
> select simple disk setup, it eventually shows me sdc and sdd, and I select
> those and then next and that's when it tells me that sda and sdb are part of a
> BIOS raid set but don't have raid info and therefore can't be used.    

Ah,

So you are in effect indeed not selecting the RAID set, and thus hitting the false positive warning bug as I described.

For BIOS RAID you need to select advanced storage, not simple. Then on the advanced storage screen switch the Firmware RAID tab, select your set and everything should work from there on.

Regards,

Hans

Comment 9 Hans de Goede 2010-03-22 10:39:26 UTC
Doug,

Are you still seeing this when following the instructions from comment 9 ?

Thanks,

Hans

Comment 10 Doug Ledford 2010-03-22 23:03:57 UTC
OK, selecting advanced did the trick.  So, no, I don't still see this.


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