Bug#579995: Partitioning failure in Squeeze install
Package: installation-reports
Boot method:
netboot
Image version:
http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/\
installer-i386/current/images/\
netboot/debian-installer/i386/\
initrd.gz
linux
Date:
02.05.2010 14:30 CEST
Machine: Processor: Memory: &c
Currently running Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty on ...
AMD Athlon dual-core 4850e CPU
Asus M3A78-EM AM2+ 780G uATX mobo
2x2GB 64-bit DDR2 CL5 SDRAM DIMMs
Samsung SpinPoint P80 SP1614N 160GB PATA HDD
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA HDD
Partitions:
$ sfdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 60801 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 0+ 60 61- 489951 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 * 61 121 61 489982+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 122 60800 60679 487404067+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/sda5 122+ 243 122- 979933+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 244+ 486 243- 1951866 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 487+ 729 243- 1951866 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 730+ 1215 486- 3903763+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 1216+ 1701 486- 3903763+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 1702+ 2674 973- 7815591 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda11 2675+ 3647 973- 7815591 83 Linux
/dev/sda12 3648+ 4620 973- 7815591 83 Linux
/dev/sda13 4621+ 6565 1945- 15623181 83 Linux
/dev/sda14 6566+ 10455 3890- 31246393+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda15 10456+ 18236 7781- 62500851 83 Linux
/dev/sda16 18237+ 60800 42564- 341895298+ 83 Linux
$ sfdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 19457 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 0+ 60 61- 489951 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 * 61 121 61 489982+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 122 243 122 979965 83 Linux
/dev/sdb4 244 19456 19213 154328422+ 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 244+ 547 304- 2441848+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 548+ 912 365- 2931831 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 913+ 1338 426- 3421813+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb8 1339+ 1824 486- 3903763+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb9 1825+ 2432 608- 4883728+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb10 2433+ 3161 729- 5855661 83 Linux
/dev/sdb11 3162+ 4012 851- 6835626 83 Linux
/dev/sdb12 4013+ 4985 973- 7815591 83 Linux
/dev/sdb13 4986+ 6930 1945- 15623181 83 Linux
/dev/sdb14 6931+ 10820 3890- 31246393+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb15 10821+ 19456 8636- 69368638+ 83 Linux
NB! "/dev/sd[ab]" are the "libATA" addresses assigned to my two
HDDs under Ubuntu 9.04; they agree neither with the "/dev/FOO"
addresses I must use in my GRUB 1 "menu.lst" nor with the addresses
assigned by the Squeeze DI.
Ubuntu 9.04 Squeeze DI
/dev/sda /dev/sda
/dev/sdb /dev/hdb
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge [1022:9600]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:9602]
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) [1022:9605]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2) [1022:9606]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [IDE mode] [1002:4390]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:12.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:12.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller [1002:4398]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:12.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller [1002:4398]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 3a)
Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-piix4
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller [1002:439c]
Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller [1002:439d]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384]
00:14.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller [1002:4399]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
Kernel driver in use: k8temp
Kernel modules: k8temp
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3200 Graphics [1002:9610]
01:05.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc RS780 Azalia controller [1002:960f]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
02:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: JMicron Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller [197b:2380]
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
Kernel modules: firewire-ohci, ohci1394
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [0]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [E]
This is as far as I got.
Install base system: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
I prepared to install Squeeze by reformatting several partitions under
my Ubuntu system using "mke2fs", all but the smallest as Ext3 file
systems. Using the DI partitioning tool I arranged for the following
installation layout:
sda GB FS mount
1 0.5 e2 /
2 0.5 e2 /boot
7 2.0 e3 /tmp
8 4.0 e3 /var
10 8.0 sw swap
13 16.0 e3 /usr
14 32.0 e3 /home
On completing the partitioning, I get the following error:
File system has an incompatible feature enabled. Compatible
features are "has_journal", "dir_index", "filetype", "sparse_super"
and "large_file". Use "tune2fs" or "debugfs" to remove features.
I opened a console and mounted every partition in "/dev/sda" on
mountpoints beneath "/mnt" -- all without trouble, all look OK, "df"
reports correct contents, also for the other partitions, which are in
daily use under Ubuntu.
Just to make sure there's no interference, here, from my PATA HDD, I
did the same with every partition on that disk -- again without the
slightest difficulty, except that Squeeze's DI wouldn't mount the
ReiserFS partitions.
Reverting to the DI install console, I hit [Continue]; that got me
this:
The test of the file system with type ext2 in partition #1 of SCSI1
(0,0,0) (sda) found uncorrected errors.
If you do not go back to the partitioning menu and correct these
errors, the partition will be used as is.
Go back?
Since the DI's kernel didn't object to any partition on "sda", I
thought, OK, I'll just forge ahead, and hit [NO]. The next error
message was dire:
File system was not cleanly mounted! You should run "e2fsck".
Modifying an unclean FS could cause severe corruption.
ERROR!!!
So what's all the shouting about? Back at the cmd-line console
$ cat /etc/mtab
shows "/dev/sda1" mounted, all without error, never mind all-caps and
triple bangs, on "/mnt/sda1". After unmounting it, "e2fsck /dev/sda1"
reports nothing amiss, and forcing a check with "-f" just yields
everyday humdrum -- and no triple bangs.
So I reverted to the installation console and ran through the
partitioning cycle once more, this time asking the DI's partition
manager to re-format the partition for itself. Of course that didn't
change the superblock, so I just got the same results.
Since neither the DI's kernel nor my Ubuntu kernel, nor Squeeze's nor
Ubuntu's "e2fsck" finds the slightest fault with "/dev/sda1" -- created,
moreover, using just plain "mke2fs" without any options -- I began to
doubt the wisdom of proceeding with an installer that seemed to be on
the verge of loosing its cool.
I thought it better not to loose mine, either, so I rebooted,
immediately.
Under Ubuntu 9.04
$ tune2fs -l /dev/sda1 | grep features
says
Filesystem features: ext_attr resize_inode dir_index filetype sparse_super
These features were assigned to the partition at creation, using
$ mke2fs /dev/sda1
and most of my partitions, many in daily use, have similar attributes.
Having read the "man" pages for "tune2fs", "mke2fs" & "e2fsck", I'm
unsure what to do next, given that the respective kernels find nothing
wrong with the default attributes assigned, ab ovo, by "mke2fs". The
installer's contrary advice, loudly (and vaguely) proclaiming "change
something!" carries little weight against successful manual mounts and
its tone inspires no confidence.
Please advise.
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