Re: lenny regression initrd/lvm/ rootfs detection timeout
On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 03:05:47PM +0200, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 03:02:05PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> > Subject: Re: lenny regression initrd/lvm/ rootfs detection timeout
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 02:20:13PM +0200, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > after upgrading an FSI RX/300 from etch to lenny the machine would not
> > > boot anymore. It got stuck in the initrd not beeing able to find the
> > > root filesystem. The cause was that the aacraid took too long to make
> > > the root filesystem available. Thus the boot timed out and the initrd
> > > waited for the root filesystem to get available. After some seconds >45
> > > the root disks (sda on an aacraid) got available but the boot failed
> > > anyway dropping into the initrd. The cause was that the root is an lvm
> > > which is on that disk and the lvm does not get retried after more disks
> > > get available.
> > >
> > > I got the machine to boot by running /scripts/top-local/lvm2 which made
> > > the root filesystem in the lvm available and ctrl-d to continue booting.
> > >
> > > I think after more disks get available the initrd should retry running
> > > the lvm detection otherwise a lot of lvm based systems might die/get
> > > stuck on upgrade.
> > >
> > > I'd consider this a RC bug - no clue whose fault this is though ...
> >
> > standard answer boot with
> > rootdelay=X
>
> It worked with etch without that parameter and the upgraded did not add
> it so its a lenny regression - isnt it?
no it was just luck that it didn't hit you previously.
kernel gives no guarantee on timing.
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