F12 Alpha Anaconda will not install on my computer

[gstool]

I have downloaded and tried to install F12 Alpha using
x86_64 Live CD
x86_64 Install DVD
x86_64 netinst.iso
i386 netinst.iso

They all fail during the "Finding Storage Devices" stage shortly after clicking "Install Anyway." Bug #519427 was posted by Bob Agel and added to by me, with no feedback yet.

Bob Agel posted the contents of the error message in that bug report - will not repeat here due to length.

I would really like to get this resolved, as I will not be able to use F12 if this persists. I have previously installed all versions of Fedora on this computer and am sending this from F11.

Any hints would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks. Gerry

[chepioq]

I have same problem and I solve it with "install with basic driver" and adding "nouveau.modeset=0' in the option... (I have an nvidia card)
See the current bug, here http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F12_bugs#Installation_issues

[gstool]

Thanks a million for the reply. I will give that a try.

Tried it now. No joy. I scrolled to the line "start with basic video driver", pressed Tab, and added "nouveau.modeset=0" to the Options before pressing Enter.

Same error messages as previous tries. I do have an nvidia card.

[chepioq]

If you have not an nvidia card, you would add another option:
radeon.modeset=0 for ATI card
i915.modeset=0 for Intel i915 adapter

[lasj]

I also had this type of problem -- it was related to the empty usb card-reader/storage devices.
After removing the card-reader the installation went on.
I used "nouveau.nodeset=0 raid=noautodetect" in basic video for the installation.

[AdamW]

right, unplug any card readers (internal or external) connected to the machine. Correct bug report is https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517603

[gstool]

I can verify that unplugging the card reader allows F12 Alpha to install. I didn't even need to use the basic graphics driver options. F12 Alpha boots fine after the card reader is reattached.

[bob]

Fixed it for me as well. Of course, since card readers are so common, I'd expect that there's still work to be done here.

[lasj]

Hi, I had 3 issues on the installation of F12 Alpha:
1) nvidia modeset
Workaround: add "nouveau.nodeset=0 video=vesa" to the kernel boot parameter
2) Finding Storage Devices error
Workaround: removed the usb card-reader
3) Raid5 partitions (not used for the installation): after reboot mdadm trigger kernel oops
Workaround: removed the /etc/mdadm.conf after the packer installation(reboot) and got a newer kernel that fixed the issue: "yum --skip-broken update" (I also needed to disable the install medium in yum)
And now F12 Alpha works:-)
Lars

[Levis]

After removing the card-reader the installation went on.
I used "nouveau.nodeset=0 raid=noautodetect" in basic video for the installation