Bug ID: 32230475, 32823840, 32352405
Issue: Installation of Oracle Linux 8 Update 3 or Oracle Linux 8.4 on Oracle 6.4 TB NVMe SSD devices generates errors and stops.
Installation on Oracle 6.4 TB NVMe SSD device fails because mkfs.xfs cannot mount file system. Attempting to perform a fresh installation of Oracle Linux 8.3 or Oracle Linux 8.4 on an Oracle 6.4 TB NVMe SSD device will fail. This issue occurs because the mkfs.xfs command cannot mount the file system. This failure is related to a problem with the xfsprogs package version that is in RHCK, with the root cause of the issue being an NVMe SSD firmware bug.
The following screen shows an incomplete Oracle Linux 8 Update 3 installation for Oracle 6.4 TB NVMe SSD v1.
An unknown error has occurred
Affected Software: Oracle Linux 8 Update 3, Oracle Linux 8 Update 4
Affected Hardware: Oracle 6.4 TB NVMe SSD v1 and v2 storage drives on supported X7 and X8 series servers. See Supported Servers and Operating Systems.
Workaround: Do not use the Oracle 6.4 TB NVMe SSD as a boot disk. Alternatively, you can install Oracle Linux 8.2, and then upgrade to Oracle Linux 8.4. Use the Ext4 file system to install Oracle Linux 8 Update 3 to Oracle 6.4 TB NVMe SSD storage drives. Disable the DSM deallocate bit on X7-2, X7-2L, X8-2, X8-2L servers.
Fix: None