Bug#339122: Package: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Debian GNU/Linux testing "Etch" - Official
Snaopshot i386 Binay-1 (20051114)
uname -a: Linux P4C800Deluxe 2.6.12-1-386 #1 Tue Sep 27 12:41:08 JST
2005 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 20051113 @ 2200
Method: How did you install? Booted netinst cd
What did you boot off? cdrom
If network install, from where? debian.org. Proxied? no
Machine: ASUS P4C800-Deluxe
Processor: Intel P4-HT 3.0GHz
Memory: 1G
Root Device: <IDE? SCSI? Name of device? root on LVM, boot on
standard linux ext3 partition on /dev/hda>
Root Size/partition table: 20GB LVM /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-Debian--Etch_00
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
P4C800Deluxe:/# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82875P/E7210 Memory
Controller Hub (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82875P Processor to AGP
Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R)
USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R)
USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R)
USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R)
USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R)
USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC
Interface Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R)
IDE Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA
Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus
Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER
(ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280
[Radeon 9200] (rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon
9200] (Secondary) (rev 01)
0000:02:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host
Controller (rev 80)
0000:02:04.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20378
(FastTrak 378/SATA 378) (rev 02)
0000:02:05.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c940
10/100/1000Base-T [Marvell] (rev 12)
P4C800Deluxe:/# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:2578 (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:2579 (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.1 0101: 8086:24db (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)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:5961 (rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 0380: 1002:5941 (rev 01)
0000:02:03.0 0c00: 1106:3044 (rev 80)
0000:02:04.0 0104: 105a:3373 (rev 02)
0000:02:05.0 0200: 10b7:1700 (rev 12)
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: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [E] See notes below
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Kernels and initrds for kernel 2.6.13 were installed automatically, and
unexpectedly, on the boot device but would not boot; they could not see
the LVM volumes. 2.6.12 was also installed and that worked.
This is a multi-boot test machine configured with LVM2 on top of
software raid5. The LVM configuration was created with SuSE 10.0 OSS in
advance of installing any other distros. This was done since,
historically, Debian has shown me that it has problems with raid and LVM.
P4C800Deluxe:~# fdisk -l /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14946 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 63 506016 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 64 318 2048287+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda3 319 638 2570400 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda4 639 3162 20274030 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 639 3071 19543041 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 3072 3084 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 3085 3097 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 3098 3110 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 3111 3123 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda10 3124 3136 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda11 3137 3149 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda12 3150 3162 104391 83 Linux
P4C800Deluxe:~# mdadm --examine /dev/sd*
mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sda (Expected magic a92b4efc, got
00000000)
/dev/sda1:
Magic : a92b4efc
Version : 00.90.02
UUID : 25eb023b:a51c3aea:f9e7d52e:ac70baeb
Creation Time : Sun Nov 13 21:04:12 2005
Raid Level : raid5
Raid Devices : 3
Total Devices : 3
Preferred Minor : 0
Update Time : Mon Nov 14 14:52:50 2005
State : clean
Active Devices : 3
Working Devices : 3
Failed Devices : 0
Spare Devices : 0
Checksum : a87e444b - correct
Events : 0.120831
Layout : left-symmetric
Chunk Size : 128K
Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
this 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1
0 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1
1 1 8 33 1 active sync /dev/sdc1
2 2 8 17 2 active sync /dev/sdb1
/dev/sda2:
Magic : a92b4efc
Version : 00.90.02
UUID : a0563b0d:8222fa45:63d3db1a:927f0a9f
Creation Time : Sun Nov 13 21:04:13 2005
Raid Level : raid5
Raid Devices : 3
Total Devices : 3
Preferred Minor : 1
Update Time : Mon Nov 14 01:41:19 2005
State : clean
Active Devices : 3
Working Devices : 3
Failed Devices : 0
Spare Devices : 0
Checksum : 4fe52aa6 - correct
Events : 0.253
Layout : left-symmetric
Chunk Size : 64K
Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
this 0 8 2 0 active sync /dev/sda2
0 0 8 2 0 active sync /dev/sda2
1 1 8 49 1 active sync /dev/sdd1
2 2 8 18 2 active sync /dev/sdb2
mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdb (Expected magic a92b4efc, got
00000000)
/dev/sdb1:
Magic : a92b4efc
Version : 00.90.02
UUID : 25eb023b:a51c3aea:f9e7d52e:ac70baeb
Creation Time : Sun Nov 13 21:04:12 2005
Raid Level : raid5
Raid Devices : 3
Total Devices : 3
Preferred Minor : 0
Update Time : Mon Nov 14 14:52:50 2005
State : clean
Active Devices : 3
Working Devices : 3
Failed Devices : 0
Spare Devices : 0
Checksum : a87e445f - correct
Events : 0.120831
Layout : left-symmetric
Chunk Size : 128K
Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
this 2 8 17 2 active sync /dev/sdb1
0 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1
1 1 8 33 1 active sync /dev/sdc1
2 2 8 17 2 active sync /dev/sdb1
/dev/sdb2:
Magic : a92b4efc
Version : 00.90.02
UUID : a0563b0d:8222fa45:63d3db1a:927f0a9f
Creation Time : Sun Nov 13 21:04:13 2005
Raid Level : raid5
Raid Devices : 3
Total Devices : 3
Preferred Minor : 1
Update Time : Mon Nov 14 01:41:19 2005
State : clean
Active Devices : 3
Working Devices : 3
Failed Devices : 0
Spare Devices : 0
Checksum : 4fe52aba - correct
Events : 0.253
Layout : left-symmetric
Chunk Size : 64K
Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
this 2 8 18 2 active sync /dev/sdb2
0 0 8 2 0 active sync /dev/sda2
1 1 8 49 1 active sync /dev/sdd1
2 2 8 18 2 active sync /dev/sdb2
mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdc (Expected magic a92b4efc, got
00000000)
/dev/sdc1:
Magic : a92b4efc
Version : 00.90.02
UUID : 25eb023b:a51c3aea:f9e7d52e:ac70baeb
Creation Time : Sun Nov 13 21:04:12 2005
Raid Level : raid5
Raid Devices : 3
Total Devices : 3
Preferred Minor : 0
Update Time : Mon Nov 14 14:52:50 2005
State : clean
Active Devices : 3
Working Devices : 3
Failed Devices : 0
Spare Devices : 0
Checksum : a87e446d - correct
Events : 0.120831
Layout : left-symmetric
Chunk Size : 128K
Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
this 1 8 33 1 active sync /dev/sdc1
0 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1
1 1 8 33 1 active sync /dev/sdc1
2 2 8 17 2 active sync /dev/sdb1
mdadm: No super block found on /dev/sdd (Expected magic a92b4efc, got
00000000)
/dev/sdd1:
Magic : a92b4efc
Version : 00.90.02
UUID : a0563b0d:8222fa45:63d3db1a:927f0a9f
Creation Time : Sun Nov 13 21:04:13 2005
Raid Level : raid5
Raid Devices : 3
Total Devices : 3
Preferred Minor : 1
Update Time : Mon Nov 14 01:41:19 2005
State : clean
Active Devices : 3
Working Devices : 3
Failed Devices : 0
Spare Devices : 0
Checksum : 4fe52ad7 - correct
Events : 0.253
Layout : left-symmetric
Chunk Size : 64K
Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
this 1 8 49 1 active sync /dev/sdd1
0 0 8 2 0 active sync /dev/sda2
1 1 8 49 1 active sync /dev/sdd1
2 2 8 18 2 active sync /dev/sdb2
P4C800Deluxe:~# cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-Debian--Etch_00 / ext3
defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda6 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
P4C800Deluxe:~#
Tho bootable and X and Gnome installed fine, the raid disks were not
seen by the Etch system until I installed mdadm and then the raid
devices were configured with the already existing md1 being called mdo
and existing md0 being called md1. I have seen this same behavior on
non-LVM installtions when Debian Sarge or testing is installed on a
machine with existing software raid configurations. FCx, SuSE,
Mandriva, RHEL, etc do not show this type of behavior. I don't know
which is correct.
In addition this install would not detect VolGroup01 until after mdadm
was installed. This install detects all of the logical volumes, but
will not mount any except the Debian-Etch_00 volume. I suspect the raid
device mapping swap may be part of the problem.
P4C800Deluxe:/# lvscan
ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup00/Debian-Etch_00' [20.00 GB] inherit
ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup00/FedoraCore5' [20.00 GB] inherit
ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup00/SuSE100_00' [20.00 GB] inherit
ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup00/Ubuntu52' [20.00 GB] inherit
ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup00/XOSLinux4_00' [20.00 GB] inherit
ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup01/FedoraHomes' [20.00 GB] inherit
ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup01/Gentoo' [20.00 GB] inherit
ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup01/Mandriva100' [20.00 GB] inherit
ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup01/Slack' [20.00 GB] inherit
P4C800Deluxe:/# mount /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-SuSE100_00 /mnt/SuSE10.0
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
P4C800Deluxe:/# mount -t ext3 /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-SuSE100_00
/mnt/SuSE10.0
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-SuSE100_00,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
P4C800Deluxe:/# dmesg | tail
[drm] Initialized radeon 1.16.0 20050311 on minor 0: ATI Technologies
Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200]
agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 4x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 4x mode
[drm] Loading R200 Microcode
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hda5, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev dm-2.
On the other hand, I can mount the Debian logvol when SuSE10.0 is booted.
I will continue installing addition distros on this system and record
the behavior of LVM with each.
Is there any other information that will be helpful?
Comment: The partitioner would be more useful if it detected and showed
the existing partitions and layouts of raid and LVM with the initial
screen. Instead, you have to go in to LVM and leave for the LVM vols to
be seen. I have also seen this behavior with raid. It is confusing.
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