Bug#497110: boot loader installation failed when dmraid=true
On Saturday 30 August 2008, Giuseppe Iuculano wrote:
> - First test
>
> Partition disk:
> http://sd6.iuculano.it/dmraid-testing/partman1-1.png
>
> Choose free space and create a new partition:
> http://sd6.iuculano.it/dmraid-testing/partman1-2.png
> http://sd6.iuculano.it/dmraid-testing/partman1-3.png
>
> Unfortunately I got an out of memory.
OK. This is very bad.
> You can find partman and sylog log here:
> http://sd6.iuculano.it/dmraid-testing/log1.tar.gz
Unfortunately these don't help very much. What I think we need here is a
full debug log for partman to see what was running at the time of the
OOM. I suspect you somehow get into a loop.
Please make sure you have started your ssh sessions _before_ starting
partman (so we know that they do not cause the OOM). Add a line 'set -x'
in /lib/partman/lib/base.sh before you start partman and send the syslog
after you get the OOM.
Please follow the wiki page. Starting with a "new" pseudo-RAID device is
fine.
> - Second test
>
> Partition disk:
> This time I choose "Automatically partition the free space", "all files
> in one partition" and I got:
Automatic/guided partitioning is not supported for dmraid.
> - Third test (as wiki procedure but with "Automatically partition the
> free space")
As I say, not supported.
> As the second, but this time I selected "Write changes in SATA RAID
> partitioning to disk", and I got:
> http://sd6.iuculano.it/dmraid-testing/partman3-1.png
This is already so fucked up (combination of <device><part> and
<device>p<part> devices) that it's really not any use to continue.
> Now I got:
> http://sd6.iuculano.it/dmraid-testing/partman3-5.png
>
> I selected Free space and create a new partition, set it as swap area:
Selecting FREE SPACE on a partition is not conform the documented
procedure. Basically you should never get in that situation.
> In conclusion, If I try to follow wiki procedure I can't create new
> partition, but only "Automatically partition the free space", otherwise
> I got an out of memory
Right, so we need to concentrate on that first OOM. All the rest is
effectively useless I'm afraid.
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