[Novalug] ARRG!! Strange SSD Revisited

William Warren hescominsoon@emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com
Sun Dec 26 12:35:45 EST 2010


On 12/23/2010 11:20 AM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> A few days ago I started a short thread (Strange SSD)
> describing my problems trying to install Fedora 14
> on a Solid State Disk (MicroCenter house brand, 64GB).
> Feeling that drive may have been defective I returned
> it and purchased a similar drive from a different
> manufacturer (OCZ Agility 2).
>
> The new drive is acting the same way as first; after
> seeming to work it shifts from looking to the system
> as a SATA II interface to a SATA I.  The system thinks
> it has no partitions, 0 capacity and all I/O fails.
>
> One major difference this time.  I booted my Fedora 9
> image (same machine, different disk) and worked with
> the SSD for 2 days before attempting to install to it.
> The new SSD was partitioned as follows (MBR style):
>
>   1.   4GB	Swap formatted and used under Fedora 9
>   2.   1GB	Ext4 formatted, planned for /boot
>   3.  52GB	Remainder as an LVM2 Physical Volume
>
> A Virtual Group of 30GB was created on the PV and
> formatted as Ext4 to be used as Fedora 14's root.
> This was then mounted under the running Fedora 9.
>
> Over about 30 hrs I random data into several (5)
> 5GB files mixed in a couple of reboots.  Never
> a hiccup.
>
> Next, I tried to install Fedora 14 from an Installation
> DVD.  First time it reached the "scanning storage"
> pop-up and hung.  I restarted the install and got to
> the same pop-up.  After a minute an error screen
> came up.  A third attempt got an error screen with
> the option of "reinitializing the devices".  I selected
> reinitialize and it found the partitions.  However
> I got the error screen when I tried to redo the
> partitions.
>
> Next I tried the Fedora 14 Live CD, booted and clicked
> "Install to Disk" desktop icon.  Again it errored
> while scanning storage.
>
> So, might it be an Anaconda bug?  I did not see
> anything by googling for it.  Suggestions?
>
> Jon
fedora is a testing distro.  Try an unbuntu live cd as a test.



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