Bug#275216: [i36][pre-rc2][netinst] I2O Intel RAID controller not supported
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: downloaded sarge-i386-netinst.iso pre-rc2 from
http://cdimage.debian.org on 20041004.
uname -a: Linux godzilla 2.6.8-1-686 #1 SMP Tue Oct 5 18:01:38 CST 2004
i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Oct 5 10:00:00 CST 2004
Method: Installed using a custom built cdimage since the installer
dindn't have the drivers for my RAID controller. Completed the
install from the network.
Machine: Intel pentiumIII Xeon with an Intel I2O RAID controller.
Processor: Intel pentiumIII Xeon 1GHz x 2
Memory: 1GB
Root Device: SCSI discs on raid1 on an Intel I2O RAID controller. Root
device is /dev/i2o/hda1.
Root Size/partition table:
godzilla:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/i2o/hda: 18.2 GB, 18299748352 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2224 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/i2o/hda1 1 33 265041 83 Linux
/dev/i2o/hda2 34 155 979965 82 Linux swap
/dev/i2o/hda3 156 2224 16619242+ 5 Extended
/dev/i2o/hda5 156 204 393561 83 Linux
/dev/i2o/hda6 205 690 3903763+ 83 Linux
/dev/i2o/hda7 691 1298 4883728+ 83 Linux
/dev/i2o/hda8 1299 2224 7438063+ 83 Linux
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
godzilla:~# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20LE Host Bridge (rev 06)
0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20LE Host Bridge (rev 06)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC
215IIC [Mach64 GT IIC] (rev 7a)
0000:00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro
100] (rev 08)
0000:00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 9620 (rev 02)
0000:00:06.1 I2O: Intel Corp. Integrated RAID (rev 02)
0000:00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks OSB4 South Bridge (rev 50)
0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks OSB4 IDE Controller
godzilla:~# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1166:0009 (rev 06)
0000:00:00.1 0600: 1166:0009 (rev 06)
0000:00:02.0 0300: 1002:4756 (rev 7a)
0000:00:03.0 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 08)
0000:00:06.0 0604: 8086:9620 (rev 02)
0000:00:06.1 0e00: 8086:9621 (rev 02)
0000:00:0f.0 0601: 1166:0200 (rev 50)
0000:00:0f.1 0101: 1166:0211
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [E]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [E]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
. The debian-installer cdimage I downloaded didn't have the modules for
I2O hardware, so I had to built a custom boot disc using
linux-kernel-di-i386-2.6-0.66 and debian-installer-20040801 to add the
I2O modules to a mini.iso cdimage.
. debian-installer didn't load the modules for the RAID controller, so I
had to manually load them:
modprobe i2o_block
modprobe i2o_config
modprobe i2o_proc
Once the modules where loaded the installer recognized the discs and
offered me the option to partition them. Devices /dev/i2o/hda/disc,
/dev/i2o/hda/part1, /dev/i2o/hda/part2... got created automatically.
. when installing the base system kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 installation
failed with the message:
Setting up kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 (2.6.8-3) ...
/usr/sbin/mkinitrd: /dev/i2o/hda/part1: Unknown root device
Please refer to the manual page.
Failed to create initrd image.
and base system installation failed. I fixed this by making my own
kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686_2.6.8-3 that didn't use an initrd and
installing it before debian-installer got to installing the kernel.
. when I tried to install the grub boot loader it failed since it did
not recognise /dev/i2o/hda/disc as a BIOS boot drive. Then I tried to
install the LILO boot loader but that step just returned without doing
anything.
. after installing grub manually I booted and completed the debian
installation. But when I rebooted to test everything I couldn't boot
since the device names where changed from /dev/i2o/hda/part1 to
/dev/i2o/hda1.
--
Alberto Brealey Guzmán
beto@ranchonotorious.org
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