INSALLATION REPORT (CD-ROM, RAID and LVM Issues)
Debian-installer-version: sarge-i386-netinst.iso build 20041116
uname -a: Linux saturn 2.4.27-1-386 #1 Fri Sep 3 06:24:46 UTC 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Wed Nov 17 18:42:02 EST 2004
Method: CD
Machine: x86
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Memory: 905408 kB
Root Device: 2 x WD1200JD-00GBB0, ATA DISK drive (Serial ATA)
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hdc: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 63 64259 32098+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hdc2 64260 78188354 39062047+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hdc3 78188355 156312449 39062047+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hdc4 156312450 234436544 39062047+ fd Linux raid autodetect
Disk /dev/hdd: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdd1 63 64259 32098+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hdd2 64260 78188354 39062047+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hdd3 78188355 156312449 39062047+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/hdd4 156312450 234436544 39062047+ fd Linux raid autodetect
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82865G Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB (ICH5) Serial ATA 150 Storage Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:2570 (rev 02)
0000:00:02.0 0300: 8086:2572 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:24d2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:24d4 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:24d7 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:24de (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:24dd (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev c2)
0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:24d0 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 0101: 8086:24d1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:24d3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:24d5 (rev 02)
0000:01:04.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
0000:01:07.0 0200: 14e4:4401 (rev 01)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [E]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [E]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [E]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
I have a few issues to report, this is my report to debian-boot so go
easy on me!
1. I get a red screen at boot with the 2.6 kernel as per the pre-rc2 errata
(actually this is fixed in 20041116 on my system, just checked it again).
2. My CD-ROM (Sony) is not detected during the install at the step
"Detect and mount CD-ROM" if I use the 2.6 kernel, here's it's dmesg
output from the 2.4 kernel:
hda: CDU5211, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hda: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM drive, 120kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
3. I've been messing with RAID and LVM on pre-rc2 all day and tearing
my hair out, possibly because I've got the added difficulty of SATA.
It's working now with build 20041116, it may also work with pre-rc2,
haven't checked with my latest install method. My experience is as
follows: I wanted to install a system with everything on LVM on top of
RAID. I eventually realised it's not yet possible without GRUB patches
to boot off LVM, so then I went for the partition setup as above, RAID
as follows:
Personalities : [raid1]
read_ahead 1024 sectors
md0 : active raid1 ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1[0] ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part1[1]
32000 blocks [2/2] [UU]
md3 : active raid1 ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part4[0] ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part4[1]
39061952 blocks [2/2] [UU]
md2 : active raid1 ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part3[0] ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part3[1]
39061952 blocks [2/2] [UU]
md1 : active raid1 ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part2[0] ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part2[1]
39061952 blocks [2/2] [UU]
unused devices: <none>
A small md0 holds /boot, md1 and md2 are combined into volume group vg0
(80GB) and md3 is volume group vg1 (40GB). Volume group vg0 holds all
my other filesystems (mostly Reiserfs), while vg1 is left as a spare
that I can use later.
Anyway, after the first reboot I have two problems, firstly, md0 cannot
be mounted because it's superblock can't be read. Inspection of the
volume groups shows that they are made up of sda1 and sda2 rather than
md1 and md2. I suspect this happens because I booted the netinst CD
with a 2.4 kernel which sees the hard drives as hdc and hdd, but chose
to install my system with a 2.6 kernel, which sees them as sda and sdb.
This means the RAID doesn't come up properly, but the system manages to
boot ok anyway, probably because the logical volumes are detected
automagically (OK, that's a guess). Does this have to do with devfs?
Can anyone explain to me why sometimes the new long device names
(/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/disc) are available and why sometimes
the old short ones (/dev/hdc) are? And finally, will I be able to
migrate to 2.6 without breaking the RAID?
To summarise, if I boot up with the 2.4 kernel, but install the 2.6
kernel, RAID doesn't work. I hope this helps!
Regards,
--
Lucas
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