Re: 14R bhyve RHEL9+NVME

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" mgrooms@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.