+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #586985 +++

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #563526 +++

--- Additional comment from ckannan on 2010-04-28 09:25:50 EDT ---

Tried with ... still fails

/proc/cmdline:
initrd=/images/RHEL6.0-20100428.n.0_http-Server-x86_64/initrd.img ksdevice=bootif kssendmac console=ttyS2,115200n8 ks=http://10.16.64.21/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/ivanova.idm.lab.bos.redhat.com BOOT_IMAGE=/images/RHEL6.0-20100428.n.0_http-Server-x86_64/vmlinuz BOOTIF=01-00-15-60-96-f2-e5 


see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=409830

anaconda 13.21.32 exception report
Traceback (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devices.py", line 704, in _setFormat
    raise DeviceError("cannot replace active format", self.name)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devices.py", line 712, in <lambda>
    lambda d,f: d._setFormat(f),
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/deviceaction.py", line 307, in __init__
    self.device.format = None
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 440, in removeEmptyExtendedPartitions
    destroy_action = ActionDestroyFormat(disk)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 373, in clearPartitions
    removeEmptyExtendedPartitions(storage)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 328, in execute
    clearPartitions(anaconda.id.storage)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 1132, in execute
    obj.execute(self.anaconda)
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1058, in <module>
    ksdata.execute()
DeviceError: ('cannot replace active format', 'sda')

Local variables in innermost frame:
self: DiskDevice instance (0x7f615f2d9c90) --
  name = sda  status = True  parents = []
  kids = 0
  id = 0
  uuid = None  format = <storage.formats.dmraid.DMRaidMember object at 0x7f615ed09110>  size = 76319.0859375
  major = 8  minor = 0  exists = True
  sysfs path = /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sda  partedDevice = <parted.device.Device object at 0x7f615ed09050>
  target size = 0  path = /dev/sda
  format args = []  originalFormat = DMRaidMember instance (0x7f615ed09110) --
  type = dmraidmember  name = dm-raid member device  status = True
  device = /dev/sda  uuid = 9__  exists = True
  options = None  supported = True  formattable = False  resizable = False
  raidmem = None  removable = False  partedDevice = <parted.device.Device object at 0x7f615ed09050>
format: DeviceFormat instance (0x7f615ec60290) --
  type = None  name = Unknown  status = False
  device = /dev/sda  uuid = None  exists = True
  options = None  supported = False  formattable = False  resizable = False

--- Additional comment from dlehman on 2010-04-28 11:42:07 EDT ---

Hans, don't forget that some part of the solution might involve changing DMRaidMember.status to either be smarter or else always return False.

--- Additional comment from pm-rhel on 2010-04-28 12:47:11 EDT ---

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux major release.  Product Management has requested further
review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Major release.  This request is not yet committed for
inclusion.

--- Additional comment from hdegoede on 2010-04-28 15:17:29 EDT ---

Uhg, this bug will make us try to clear the format (removing metadata) of any BIOS RAID or multipath member disk when clearPartType is CLEARPART_TYPE_ALL.

I've send a patch to the list for review, cloning this for F-13.