Bug#278496: marked as done (Comments on RAID in partman)
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regarding Comments on RAID in partman
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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Daily Build from 2004 Oct 21
uname -a: Has been updated to 2.4.27-1-686-smp (was possibly
2.4.27-1-686)
Date: 2004 Oct 21 through 23
Method: Net-Install using sarge-i386-netinstall.iso
Machine: VA Linux 2230
Processor: Dual PIII 800mhz
Memory: 2 GB
Root Device: SCSI disks in RAID array, more on this below...
Root Size/partition table:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 30 240943+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 31 4466 35632170 fd Linux raid
autodetect
/dev/sdb1 1 30 240943+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/sdb2 31 4466 35632170 fd Linux raid
autodetect
/dev/sdc1 1 30 240943+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/sdc2 31 4466 35632170 fd Linux raid
autodetect
These are configured as a RAID5 array, in the following layout.
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/md0 67G 24G 40G 38% /
tmpfs 885M 0 885M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1 221M 15M 194M 8% /boot
The /boot partition on /dev/sda1 is the important part.
(Yes, I know the allocation is sub-par.)
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
conflict:/home/gray# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440GX - 82443GX Host bridge
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440GX - 82443GX AGP bridge
0000:00:0c.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7896U2/7897U2
0000:00:0c.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7896U2/7897U2
0000:00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro
100] (rev 08)
0000:00:12.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:12.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:12.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev
01)
0000:00:12.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
0000:00:14.0 VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5480 (rev 23)
0000:01:0f.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21150
(rev 06)
conflict:/home/gray# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:71a0
0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:71a1
0000:00:0c.0 0100: 9005:005f
0000:00:0c.1 0100: 9005:005f
0000:00:0e.0 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 08)
0000:00:12.0 0601: 8086:7110 (rev 02)
0000:00:12.1 0101: 8086:7111 (rev 01)
0000:00:12.2 0c03: 8086:7112 (rev 01)
0000:00:12.3 0680: 8086:7113 (rev 02)
0000:00:14.0 0300: 1013:00bc (rev 23)
0000:01:0f.0 0604: 1011:0023 (rev 06)
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]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Overall the installtion of the box using the daily build was not a
problem. I used the daily build to try out the RAID support recently
added to partman. Everything worked absolutely great after I figured
out one small catch with /boot partition. It appears that when using
software RAID it is necessary to have the /boot part on at least one
partition outside of the array so that grub or lilo can be installed.
Without knowing this I went through a number of trial and error
configurations until I had the array set up correctly. Initially I
mistakenly tried to make the RAID array bootable using the interface.
This failed on all partition attempts. It occurred to me that a boot
block on the RAID didn't make sense, so it may be wise to remove the
ability to flag the /dev/md devices as bootable. As a result the /boot
partition was necessary. I would recommend adding a dialog that the
/boot partition is necessary for root raid installations. This will
help other new users of the RAID installation tools to avoid these
mistakes.
Thanks,
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Matthew P. McGuire <gray AT shadowglade.net> 1024D/E21C0E88
CB82 7859 26B2 95E3 1328 5198 D57A D072 E21C 0E88
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We are closing this installation report for one of the following
reasons:
- it was reported with a pre-lenny version of Debian
Installer.
- indications in the installation report give the feeling that
the reported problem waslying in another software, unrelated to
D-I, which we can't easily identify.
- indications in the installation report suggest that it may have been
fixed in a more recent version of a D-I component
- it was successful and we forgot closing it..:-)
- it has no information we consider useful
The D-I team is currently in the process of cleaning out the old spool
of installation reports that haven't bene processed yet.
In case you think that the problem you reported has chances to be
still present, please reiterate your installation test with
a more recent image of D-I, if you're in position of doing this.
You'll find daily builds at
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer. We recommend you choose
the netboot image, in the "daily builds section", then choose to
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