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Bug 846231

Summary: harddrive source installation - The kernel was unable to re-read the partition table
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Michal Kovarik <mkovarik>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Samantha N. Bueno <sbueno>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 5.8CC: atodorov, jstodola, lmiksik, pbokoc, sbueno, vpodzime
Target Milestone: rc   
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: s390x   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Known Issue
Doc Text:
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 from a hard drive is possible only if the source partition covers the whole disk. Otherwise, the following warning can appear: The kernel was unable to re-read the partition table on /dev/dasdb (Device or resource busy). This means Linux won't know anything about the modifications you made until you reboot. You should reboot your computer before doing anything with /dev/dasdb.
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Last Closed: 2014-01-28 19:16:36 UTC Type: Bug
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oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:    
Bug Blocks: 787232, 921048, 928844    
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Description Flags
anaconda.log - source partition cover only part of harddrive
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dmesg - source partition cover only part of harddrive none

Description Michal Kovarik 2012-08-07 08:43:12 UTC
Created attachment 602682 [details]
anaconda.log - source partition cover only part of harddrive

Description of problem:
Installation from harddrive is possible only when source partition cover whole disk.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Prepare partition with DVD iso file
  a) partition cover whole harddrive
  b) partition cover only part of hardrive (e.g. 4.5 GB)
2. start text or vnc installation, select harddrive as source
3. select 'Remove all partitions on selected drives and select default layout' on partition screen
4. Continue and begin installation
  
Actual results:
Dialog:
'Warning
The kernel was unable to re-read the partition table on /dev/dasdb (Device or resource busy).  This means Linux won't know anything about the modifications you made until you reboot.  You should reboot your computer before doing anything with /dev/dasdb.'

  a) installation continue
  b) installation fail: pvcreate failed for <fsset.PartitionDevice instance at 0x81128d48>

Expected results:
succesfully end of installation without Warnings

Additional info:
/dev/dasdb1 - contains DVD iso
Works on other arches

Comment 1 Michal Kovarik 2012-08-07 08:44:31 UTC
Created attachment 602683 [details]
dmesg - source partition cover only part of harddrive

Comment 11 RHEL Program Management 2014-01-22 16:33:27 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.  Product Management has
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for
potential inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux release for currently
deployed products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in
a release.

Comment 12 Dave Cantrell 2014-01-28 18:53:16 UTC
Based on the logs, looks like the drive with the partition containing
the ISO image is ext3:

<7>SELinux: initialized (dev dasdb1, type ext3), uses xattr

The installation guide states (for hard drive installations): "This partition must be formatted with a ext2 or vfat filesystem, and cannot be a logical volume." [0]

[0] https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Installation_Guide/s1-begininstall-hd-s390.html

Comment 13 RHEL Program Management 2014-01-28 19:16:36 UTC
Development Management has reviewed and declined this request.
You may appeal this decision by reopening this request.