Common Drive Issues in the Anaconda Installer ​

1. Missing System Drives During Installation ​

Context ​

The installation interface fails to display available drives for OS installation.

Symptom ​

• The installation wizard shows no available drives.
• Drive partitions remain visible via lsblk in the terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F2)

Possible Causes ​

System logs at /tmp/storage.log indicate drive scanning failures, typically caused by residual partition metadata.

Solution ​

1. Access the terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F2).
2. Use fdisk to remove existing partitions.
3. Reformat the drive.

2. Installation Hangs on Drive Scan ​

Context ​

Installation process freezes during drive scanning.

Symptom ​

The system becomes unresponsive at drive scanning stage.

Possible Causes ​

1. System logs at /tmp/storage.log show frozen drive scanning operation.
2. Manual drive scan commands fail to complete, indicating drive corruption or invalid sector data.

Solution ​

1. Force reboot the system.
2. Reformat affected drive.
3. Restart the installation process.