Bug 846231
| Summary: | harddrive source installation - The kernel was unable to re-read the partition table | ||||||||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Reporter: | Michal Kovarik <mkovarik> | ||||||
| Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Samantha N. Bueno <sbueno> | ||||||
| Status: | CLOSED WONTFIX | QA Contact: | Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation> | ||||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||||
| Priority: | medium | ||||||||
| Version: | 5.8 | CC: | atodorov, jstodola, lmiksik, pbokoc, sbueno, vpodzime | ||||||
| Target Milestone: | rc | ||||||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||||
| Hardware: | s390x | ||||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||||
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||||
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |||||||
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |||||||
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| Bug Blocks: | 787232, 921048, 928844 | ||||||||
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Created attachment 602683 [details]
dmesg - source partition cover only part of harddrive
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. 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 Development Management has reviewed and declined this request. You may appeal this decision by reopening this request. |
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