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.