Amahi 5

[Mickerik]

Hi guys,
Just grabbed Fedora 12 to try this out and am having real problems with what the installer is calling a bug. Anyone having a problem with storage device detection that takes ages, then errors out?

Currently, I'm re-installing F10, (which is running problem free) then will attempt an upgrade to 12.
Will I be ok to add the Amahi repository at the F10 installation stage, do the upgrade to 12, then if successful, run the HDA-install routine? Will that work?

Thanks

[Mickerik]

Never mind folks. Seems this was present in F11, so I guess it never got fixed. Something to do with the partition table. I'll clear the disk and see what gives.

[cpg]

that is a hard one.

i did experience an issue of not being able to detect the sata devices in f12, but it was with extremely new hardware (no drivers).

maybe install fedora 12 first and then later once it works add amahi?

[cpg]

ah ok, nvm

[Mickerik]

Nope. 3 different systems give the same result. I can't get past the partitioning stage, cpg. The DVD drive clicks continuously, as though the installer thinks it's a HDD and keeps scanning it. Even after that the partition options aren't all there, probably because the installer is confused or something, and a bomb-out follows shortly after. Pretty poor show from Fedora to not sort a known problem out, tbh.

Amahi 5 is out of reach for me then, it seems.

[lou1z]

try:
1. burn a new dvd from another download. it may be that if you have tried it on 3 x different systems.
2. if only on the one system, try and manually configure your interupt requests in your mobo bios. i've had an issue on 1 pc that would do as you described and this cured it. you can always switch it back afterwards.

[Mickerik]

Thanks, lou1z.

Will try, but from what I've seen, "rawhide" is broken.

[marcel]

Mickerik,

Has it nothing to do with some bios setting? Like AHCI... Maybe you must try it to enable or disable it and then install...

[Mickerik]

It's a dual P3 mainboard, Marcel. There are no settings for that. In fact, I think IDE could be the problem.

Anyway, I finally got to where the partitioning seemed to work. I used the custom layout defined in the Amahi manual. This completed, selected the boot volume, but Fedora then couldn't find the repository, *sigh*. I assume it's because the DVD drive is locked out, and selecting the source as "CD/DVD" tells me there's no disk in the drive, plus it won't eject.
This goes back to the storage devices detection stage. My optical is not being detected correctly.

Not one to give up too easy, I tried install from a USB hard drive. Great, I thought. It's reading the image.......
It stops, with: failed to read directory /mnt/runtime/etc: no such file or directory. Click ok, and same for /var.
Click Ok again, selinux can't find policy.24.
Lucky, or what.

So, I'm out of options.

[lou1z]

did you try the irq change. the issue i had was with ide and mirrors exactly what you describe.
i changed the irq's for the ide controller etc and it then went pass the stage where it got stuck.