Description of problem: With the update to TC4, Anaconda does not present BIOS RAID storage. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Whatever is on Fedora-18-TC4-x86_64-netinst.iso How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: Been running tests on Fedora 17, was going to reinstall Fedora 18 to test the same bug there. Pulled the TC4 image, but got nowhere :( See attached tarball of logfiles - note I included the output of /proc/mdstat which shows that the array is in fact assembled correctly. This is a major regression!
Created attachment 673983 [details] log files from /tmp, including /proc/mdstat output
Just to confirm this worked in the previous release, I ran the same test with the TC3 image and it behaves as expected.
Tested RC1 - it is equally broken
Proposing as blocker: The installer must be able to create and install to software, hardware or BIOS RAID-0, RAID-1 or RAID-5 partitions for anything except /boot Based on comment #2, it looks like a regression between TC3 and TC4.
I have a possible fix. To test it, add the following to your boot command line: updates=http://dlehman.fedorapeople.org/updates/updates-892621.0.img
Discussed at 2013-01-07 QA meeting acting as a blocker review meeting: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2013-01-07/fedora-qa.2013-01-07-16.01.log.txt . Accepted as a blocker per criterion cited in comment #4.
Tested the update fix from comment #5. With that the BIOS RAID device shows up under available storage. I didn't continue with the install as I have data on the system I need for testing right now, but I presume it will work. Jes
Bug and fix confirmed on my system: without the updates.img I don't see my array available for install at all, with the updates.img it is available and I can successfully complete and boot an RC1 install. Please go ahead and apply for the next anaconda build.
anaconda-18.37.11-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/anaconda-18.37.11-1.fc18
anaconda-18.37.11-1.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.