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[Adam Huffman <bloch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:52:27PM -0700, Candice Gansen wrote:
> Hi Adam,
> 
> Thanks for the quick reply.  I looked around for any log files I
> could find in another terminal.  /var/log was empty, but I posted my
> /selinux/syslog to pastebin (http://pastebin.com/zgJaQAuE).  Do you
> know which log file I should be looking in for storage detection
> reports?

There's a specific storage log - details are here:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_installation_problems
> 
> I tried both "Basic" and "Specialised" storage.  Using the
> Specialised method, only one entry appeared, BIOS RAID set (stripe)
> 122110.0MB md127, and that was under the "Firmware RAID" tab.  When
> I selected this entry, I got the following message:
> /
> "We could not detect partitions or filesystems on this device.  This
> could be because the device is blank, unpartitioned, or virtual.  If
> not, there may be data on the device that can't be recovered if you
> use it in this installation.  We can remove the device from this
> installation to protect the data."/
> 
> I selected the "No, keep any data" option, and I got the following
> error message:
> 
> /"Disks sda, sdb contain BIOS RAID metadata, but are not part of any
> recognized BIOS RAID sets.  Ignoring disks sda, sdb."/
> 
> I continued with the installation, and got to the disk partitioning
> setup.  Here are my results for the following options:
> 
> Create Custom Layout: Only option was "Hard Drive," no partitions appeared.
> Shrink Current System: Error Message "No partitions are available to resize"
> Replace Linux Systems: Error Message "An unhandled exception has
> occurred.  This is likely a bug.." etc.  Error details on pastebin
> at http://pastebin.com/Wrfbgfzv.
> 
> I'm not sure what to do with all this info, though; I can't get much
> from the log and error files myself.  Should I file a bug report for
> this?  Or does this sound more like a Vaio-specific issue due to the
> RAID setup?
> 

It's definitely worth filing a bug.  It is odd as I was able to install
F14 on my Z11 Vaio with a similar RAID1 layout.

Cheers,
Adam

> Thanks!
> Candice
> 
> On 04/20/2011 11:13 AM, Adam Huffman wrote:
> >On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:08:44AM -0700, Candice Gansen wrote:
> >>Hi All,
> >>
> >>Has anyone had issues installing Fedora 15 on their Vaio?  I tried
> >>running the Fedora 15 beta install DVD on my VPCZ1390X, but it
> >>didn't recognize any of my partitions.  I have several partitions on
> >>my drive already (NTFS for Windows, ext4 for Ubuntu, swap), but I
> >>only want to replace the ext4 Ubuntu install.  The Fedora installer,
> >>however, only shows the entire 128G drive as format "Unknown."  I
> >>assume it's picking up the RAID because it shows only one 128G drive
> >>instead of the two 64G drives.
> >>
> >>I'm not sure what kind of debug info to post, but any help would be
> >>greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >Candice,
> >
> >You can switch to other virtual terminals while running the installer
> >i.e. Ctrl-Alt-F2, F3 etc. which have various log files, including
> >storage detection.
> >
> >One question though - did you use "Basic" or "Specialised" storage?  I
> >think you will need the latter.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Adam
> >
> >
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