Cannot build Fedora 10 with hardware RAID

[Sabba Hillel]

I am attempting to build Fedora 10 on a Dell PowerEdge with a hardware RAID configuration. I installed Fedora 10 using a complete install (not an upgrade) and initialized the partitions completely. It appears to build correctly from the Fedora 10 DVD. However, after the end of the installation, the system reboot will give the error message

Volume Group "VolGroup00" not found
Unable to access remote device (/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01)
mount error mounting /dev/root on /sysroot as ext3: no such file or directory


At this point, it locks up and I cannot even get into grub.

Fedora 7 and Fedora9 both install and boot properly. Does anyone know why Fedora 10 would no longer build?

[marcrblevins]

Think you need to use

su -
lvscan
lvdisplay

Its possible you are using the same Volume name by accident.

[Sabba Hillel]

I am not sure that I understand this. The problem is that the first reboot after the installation is what fails. It does not allow a terminal window to be opened. Nor does it allow me to go into single user mode. Once it fails, I cannot enter grub nor can I get any response to anything except a new install.

On the other hand, when I install Fedora 7 or Fedora 9, there is no difficulty and the installation finishes correctly, and I am able to boot the system and get the welcome screen.

If the yum updates will work, is there a way I can set up to install from our local server rather than a DVD?

[marcrblevins]

Can you boot from a Live CD and try lvscan or lvdisplay?

Thought this is a multi Fedora OSes rig.

[Sabba Hillel]

Can you boot from a Live CD and try lvscan or lvdisplay?

Thought this is a multi Fedora OSes rig.

I will have to try and see if I have a Fedora 10 Live CD available. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Sabba Hillel]

Can you boot from a Live CD and try lvscan or lvdisplay?

Thought this is a multi Fedora OSes rig.

What we have is an internal company development LAN with different platforms attached. The initial build of a platform is done from a Fedora DVD individually. I am currently investigating how to set up kickstart and try to get the installation from a central server, but I have not yet gotten that set up. Each platform is built as an individual Fedora installation that uses the entire (local) disk. Thus, I cannot run the lvscan until after the full installation of the PowerEdge is complete and it reboots for the first time (to allow root access).

We have other PowerEdge platforms that have been built with Fedora 7 and Fedora 9, and I was able to build this one successfully with Fedora 7.