Bug 8315 - no hard drive found attempting to install mga3 beta 1
Summary: no hard drive found attempting to install mga3 beta 1
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installer (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2012-12-06 17:22 CET by Mike Rambo
Modified: 2012-12-07 07:27 CET (History)
3 users (show)

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Source RPM: kenel
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Attachments
reversing modaliases order in ldetect (same since forever)... (529 bytes, patch)
2012-12-06 21:28 CET, Thierry Vignaud
Details | Diff
previous ldetect patch results in that diff in lspcidrake (make run) output (1.24 KB, patch)
2012-12-06 21:28 CET, Thierry Vignaud
Details | Diff

Description Mike Rambo 2012-12-06 17:22:14 CET
Description of problem:
Net install of mga3 beta1 fails with "an error occurred - no valid devices were found on which to install filesystems".

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
I thought I had obtained mga3 alpha3 but the graphical screen says it is beta 1.

How reproducible:
Boot the net install cd and follow the prompts. On my hardware it says it found "ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller","ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller" interfaces. Do you have another? After answering no I see the error specified above. This hardware works with other distributions.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Boot the net install cd.
2.Follow prompts until I see it found the ATI controllers
3.Answer no to the question "Do you have another one"
4.Read the error saying there is no valid device upon which to create filesystems
Comment 1 Mike Rambo 2012-12-06 17:37:59 CET
I forgot to mention that I have 1 SATA 200GB hdd and 1 SATA dvd drive (no IDE devices) connected to the system. The installer does not find the 200GB hdd.
Comment 2 Thierry Vignaud 2012-12-06 17:49:03 CET
It looks like there's an ordering issue with kmod results

CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud, tmb

Comment 3 Mike Rambo 2012-12-06 20:34:58 CET
Another note... Since this particular board has both IDE and SATA interfaces I decided to try an IDE hard disk. That appears to work. I do not see the question about whether are additional interfaces and it jumps right to the next screen (I think about partitioning though I don't clearly recall). The installation is progressing as I type. It won't be done for several hours so I won't reboot and know for sure until tomorrow but it appears at this point that it will work. It would appear the problem is only with the SATA hard drive. Perhaps the ordering thing mentioned above?
Comment 4 Thierry Vignaud 2012-12-06 21:19:29 CET
Stage1 detects disk OK
Stage2 has an issue (like if kmod results were reversed)
Thierry Vignaud 2012-12-06 21:27:16 CET

CC: (none) => mageia

Comment 5 Thierry Vignaud 2012-12-06 21:28:02 CET
Created attachment 3204 [details]
reversing modaliases order in ldetect (same since forever)...
Comment 6 Thierry Vignaud 2012-12-06 21:28:37 CET
Created attachment 3205 [details]
previous ldetect patch results in that diff in lspcidrake (make run) output
Comment 7 Thomas Backlund 2012-12-06 21:40:28 CET
before applying any of that, I have re-added the "link ata before ide" in our upcoming 3.7 kernel, so please re-test with that if it makes any difference with this
Comment 8 Thierry Vignaud 2012-12-06 23:20:33 CET
There're fixes in kmod-12 but they don't help much
Comment 9 Thierry Vignaud 2012-12-07 07:27:35 CET
Fixed with kernel-3.7.0rc8

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Hardware: i586 => All
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
Source RPM: (none) => kenel


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