Exception installing Amahi 7.1 via Express CD

[leefl]

Hi,
New to Amahi (but a software dev myself), and hitting an exception when continuing the install after setting up partitions etc. (regardless of whether I choose the default partition sizes, or customize them)

The first line of the exception: -
map(self._selectYumPackage, _self._requiredPackages)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/packaging/yumpayload.py", line 1374, self.selectRequiredPackages()

The error report mentions "NoSuchPackage: dmraid - anaconda" - though I can't get the error report to upload


My basic setup: -
AMD A8-5500 PC with 6GB RAM
250GB WD drive - for install
RAID 1 - pair of 3TB WD Red drives (tho' these don't seem to be visible to the installer) - which I want to use for all user data


Seems like (tho' this is mostly supposition) that the express install CD doesn't contain the necessary package for firmware raid support. Could someone confirm this ? (and suggest a solution ?)

Many thanks in advance

[bigfoot65]

Hard to say if the driver is present or not. Recommend you try Amahi 7 full DVD install.

[leefl]

Thanks for the link. I'll give it a try and reply here with progress/results.
Was hoping I could use the express install to avoid the separate fedora install, but I guess that's not to be

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[bigfoot65]

Sorry, unfortunately the Express CD does not work with all systems. There are sometimes drivers needed that are only on the full DVD.

[leefl]

I ended up using the express install after-all, but not setting up my RAID pair during the install. (installing onto my other smaller drive)
After install I then installed mdadm from the full Fedora DVD (really need to include mdadm and dmraid installs in the express install ISO).
I then used mdadm (and parted) to setup my 3TB raid-1 pair (using software raid, rather than using my BIOS's "fake" RAID)

I can provide a tutorial for setting up a RAID pair with >2TB disks, after installing to another disk, if anyone is interested.

[bigfoot65]

Good to hear you have a plan. Please submit a bug report for adding mdadm and dmraid to the Express CD. We can try to include them.

If you would like to contribute a tutorial to the Amahi wiki, that would be great. I am sure there are some users who would like to use RAID. Most I believe do not though as it can be quite complicated.