Installation failed with "storage configuration failed: Unable to allocate requested partition scheme." in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Installation failed with storage configuration failed: Unable to allocate requested partition scheme. in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • This is the clearpart kickstart command used for this installation.
clearpart --linux --drives=sda
  • And, when it's changed into the following line, the problem didn't occur.
clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=sda

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • anaconda

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