Looks like improperly configuration of multipath software-RAID. For example, changed or not properly configured drivers, incorrect device path or something else.
Simplest way for resolving of this problem -- disconnecting all suspicious devices, installing system to something common disk drive (IDE, SCSI or SATA) and then carefully set up your RAID-subsystem for current version of system. Of course, output of sysreport utility may be helpful for such problems resolving. --Oleg Stephen J. Gowdy wrote: > There was nothing there. It did look like something called mpath didn't > find any partitions. It ran after dmraid. I wonder if it is getting > confused due there being a RAID controller on the machine? I just submited > the same question to rhel5-users mailing list. I'll see if there are any > other answers there. > > On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Oleg Sadov wrote: > > > Stephen J. Gowdy wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> Sorry for the off topic question but thought I might get an > >> answer > >> quicker here. I'm trying to install RHEL5 on a machine (currently running > >> RHEL3) it has trouble reading the partition table somehow. I can read it > >> fine with fdisk after pushing ALT-F2 to get the shell up. Is there a limit > >> in the number of partitions anaconda understands? Here is the partition > >> table; > > > > Standard limit for PC-like partition table -- 16 partitions (with > > extended part-n). > > > > May be you can find some useful messages at ALT-F3 or ALT-F4? > > > > --Oleg > > > >> Disk /dev/hde: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes > >> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders > >> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > >> > >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > >> /dev/hde1 * 1 33 265041 83 Linux > >> /dev/hde2 34 4865 38813040 5 Extended > >> /dev/hde5 1107 4865 30194136 83 Linux > >> /dev/hde6 845 1106 2104515 83 Linux > >> /dev/hde7 34 582 4409779+ 83 Linux > >> /dev/hde8 583 713 1052226 83 Linux > >> /dev/hde9 714 844 1052226 82 Linux swap > >> > >> Originally it was out of order but I fixed that and it still has the > >> problem. The message starts "partition table on device hda was unreadable" > >> (this device is hda during the installation), it wants you to create a new > >> partition table. I'd rather not as I want to keep some partitions after > >> the reinstall. > >> Any ideas? > >> > >> regards, > >> > >> Stephen. > >> > >> -- > >> /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ > >> |Stephen J. Gowdy, SLAC | CERN Office: 32-2-A22| > >> |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | CH-1211 Geneva 23 | > >> |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Switzerland | > >> |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +41 22 767 5840 | > >> \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ > > > > -- > /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ > |Stephen J. Gowdy, SLAC | CERN Office: 32-2-A22| > |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | CH-1211 Geneva 23 | > |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Switzerland | > |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +41 22 767 5840 | > \------------------------------------+-------------------------/
