Bug 22307 - Installer not recognize RAID disk and installation is impossible
Summary: Installer not recognize RAID disk and installation is impossible
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: Mageia 8
Assignee: Mageia tools maintainers
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords: Triaged
: 25056 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2018-01-03 17:37 CET by Franck pandark
Modified: 2020-08-23 17:02 CEST (History)
5 users (show)

See Also:
Source RPM: drakxtools-18.33-1.mga8.src.rpm
CVE:
Status comment:


Attachments
fdisk output (5.63 KB, text/plain)
2019-07-06 22:08 CEST, jeff deifik
Details
journalctl output (20.06 KB, application/x-xz)
2019-07-06 22:09 CEST, jeff deifik
Details

Description Franck pandark 2018-01-03 17:37:20 CET
Theme name: Adwaita
Kernel version = 4.9.35-desktop-1.mga6
Distribution=Mageia release 6 (Official) for x86_64
CPU=AMD A10-5800K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

Hi, why the partion manager is so bad ... he ask me for erase all data on my RAID disque !? (partition table corrupted)... 
And why i cant install dispite of i erase all partition on the disc i want install to ?? 
i think this software is very bad for new users or some other people why dont use gparted for exemple ?? 

kind regard
Comment 1 Marja Van Waes 2018-01-04 08:37:30 CET
(In reply to Franck pandark from comment #0)
> Theme name: Adwaita
> Kernel version = 4.9.35-desktop-1.mga6
> Distribution=Mageia release 6 (Official) for x86_64
> CPU=AMD A10-5800K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

Reading this, I think you were using diskdrake in your installed system
> 
> Hi, why the partion manager is so bad ... he ask me for erase all data on my
> RAID disque !? (partition table corrupted)...

Ouch!
 
> And why i cant install dispite of i erase all partition on the disc i want
> install to ?? 

Reading this, it looks like you were trying to install Mageia, so I'm a bit confused.

For this problem in traditional (non-Live) installer, it would be great if you'd attach report.bug.xz, see the explanation here https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Triage_guide#Installer-related_bugs 
For Live installer, please scroll down in that page to https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Triage_guide#Live_installs

For the problem in an installed system, please attach fdisk-l.txt that is the result of running, as root 

      fdisk -l > fdisk-l.txt

and please reproduce:
> he ask me for erase all data on my RAID disque !? (partition table
> corrupted)...
and then run, as root: 

     journalctl -ab > journal.txt

and attach journal.txt to this report (compress with xz if it's too large).

> i think this software is very bad for new users or some other people why
> dont use gparted for exemple ?? 
> 

It might be more work to integrate gparted into our tools (including into installer) than to fix diskdrake.  But even if it would be a lot less work: _someone_ needs to do it.
If you're a developer and can help with that, then you're welcome to provide your patches. Diskdrake in drakxtools and in drakx-installer-stage2 comes from http://gitweb.mageia.org/software/drakx/
If you're not a developer, then becoming a Mageia packager would increase the chance that one of our developers can work on this, because then our developers could use the time they now use for packaging to fix our tools instead.
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Becoming_a_Mageia_Packager

As you know, we're a community distribution, so Mageia is made by Mageia users in our spare time.

Assignee: bugsquad => mageiatools
CC: (none) => marja11, pterjan
Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Nicolas Lécureuil 2018-01-04 10:23:36 CET

CC: (none) => mageia
Priority: Normal => High
Severity: minor => critical

Comment 2 Lewis Smith 2019-07-06 18:19:57 CEST
*** Bug 25056 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => jeff

Comment 3 jeff deifik 2019-07-06 22:08:19 CEST
Created attachment 11159 [details]
fdisk output
Comment 4 jeff deifik 2019-07-06 22:09:48 CEST
Created attachment 11160 [details]
journalctl output

Enclosed are the 2 requested files.

Note, this problem is for mageia 7, though it has been ongoing for several years.
papoteur 2019-09-02 08:55:33 CEST

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)
CC: (none) => yves.brungard_mageia

Comment 5 Aurelien Oudelet 2020-08-23 15:44:27 CEST
Does this still apply in Cauldron?

Bug reporter: Can you test Mageia 8 beta 1 ISO to report if this still apply?

Ever confirmed: 1 => 0
Target Milestone: --- => Mageia 8
Version: 6 => Cauldron
Severity: critical => major
Source RPM: drakxtools-17.88-1.mga6 => drakxtools-18.33-1.mga8.src.rpm
Status: NEW => UNCONFIRMED

Aurelien Oudelet 2020-08-23 15:45:12 CEST

Summary: not reconize RAID disk and impossible installation => Installer not recognize RAID disk and installation is impossible
CC: (none) => ouaurelien

Comment 6 jeff deifik 2020-08-23 16:41:40 CEST
Using mageia 8 beta 1, in the installer I can get to the point where it recognized my boot drive. It still can't recognize the raid array during installation, but that is a minor issue. I didn't install 8 beta 1, but it looks like I could at least format the boot drive.
Comment 7 Aurelien Oudelet 2020-08-23 16:45:37 CEST
Despite RAID utils in our distribution, you can't use your RAID array to install Mageia on it.

Already assigned to the package maintainer.

(Please set the status to 'assigned' if you are working on it)

Keywords: (none) => Triaged
Ever confirmed: 0 => 1
CC: ouaurelien => (none)
Status: UNCONFIRMED => NEW

Comment 8 jeff deifik 2020-08-23 16:59:09 CEST
I don't want to install mageia on my RAID array, though someone else might want to do that. I have a dedicated boot drive, which is now recognized during the boot process of 8 beta 1. This is much better than mageia 7.1
Comment 9 Aurelien Oudelet 2020-08-23 17:02:54 CEST
(In reply to jeff deifik from comment #8)
> I don't want to install mageia on my RAID array, though someone else might
> want to do that. I have a dedicated boot drive, which is now recognized
> during the boot process of 8 beta 1. This is much better than mageia 7.1

OK, RAID Array should be done at Installation time:
Mageia Tools Maintainers, please correct if I'm wrong, I think Installation on already set RAID Array is unsupported today?

Severity: major => normal
Priority: High => Normal


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