On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, at 5:25 PM, Jason Tubnor wrote: > Hi Matthew, > > There is some underlying bug post 9.1 when it comes to Anaconda and the > presented NVMe storage. I can't reproduce it with newer version of Anaconda > that is present in Fedora. > > Uplifting in place from 9.1 to 9.3, there are no issues once the operating > system is up and running, so it isn't a RHEL thing, just the installer. > > Cheers, > > Jason. > > "Matthew Grooms" mgro...@shrew.net – 12 February 2024 11:32 AM > > Hey All, > > > > Has anyone had experience installing either Rocky or Alma Linux 9.3 > > using virtual NVME disks on a FreeBSD 14R host? I have no problem using > > VirtIO block devices or if I downgrade to an 8.9 variant. However, using > > NVME with a 9.3 variant will cause the installer to consistently fail on > > my system. I'm not sure how to gather more data at this point as the > > installer displays a wall of text that I'm not sure how to extract. I've > > already burned a few hours on this so I thought I'd reach out to the > > list to see if anyone else has already dug into this. If not, I'll see > > what I can do to gather more info. For reference, here are the ISOs I've > > tried installing from so far ...
I have heard that anaconda has a debug mode activated by some kernel boot option. Maybe that could shed some light. >From the NVMe side, there aren’t any errors or “weird” commands. My guess is >the emulation is returning something anaconda doesn’t like, but it’s hard to >tell from the Python exception what that might be. Note the text/rescue installer uses tmux which gives better visibility into the logs.
