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Bug#285263: marked as done (Debian-Installer rc2 - problem with RAID+XFS+LILO)

Your message dated Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:57:50 +0000
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and subject line Closing old installation report #285263
has caused the Debian Bug report #285263,
regarding Debian-Installer rc2 - problem with RAID+XFS+LILO
to be marked as done.

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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: netinst CD i386 12-12-2004 from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ 
uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt>
Date: 12-12-2004
Method: netinst CD, downloads from ftp.freenet.de

Machine: 1U server with Gigabyte Dual-P3 mainboard
Processor: Dual P3 1.2 GHz
Memory: 2 GB
Root Device: /dev/md0 (RAID-1 hda+hdc Maxtor 120 GB)
Root Size/partition table: md0 115 GB xfs /, md1 2 GB swap
Output of lspci and lspci -n:

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:  [O]
Create file systems:    [O]
Mount partitions:       [O]
Install base system:    [O]
Install boot loader:    [E]
Reboot:                 [O]

Comments/Problems:

I had difficulty installing the boot loader.

1st attempt:
3 partitions, 64 MB md0 ext3 /boot, 2 GB md1 swap, 115 GB md2 xfs /
GRUB appeared to install a boot loader, but system did not boot, "unable to load operating system" or words to that effect, I didn't pursue the matter. 

2nd attempt:
As above, but with LILO instead of GRUB. Failed to boot, LILO printed "9A 9A 9A" etc. error message. 

3rd attempt:
2 partitions, 115 GB md0 xfs /, 2 GB md1 swap
The installer offered two options for installing LILO, but it wasn't clear to me what the difference was, both involved /dev/md0. One failed immediately, the other gave an error 
"LILO exited with error code (1)"
Running LILO manually on a separate console, I got an error message to the effect that LILO refused to install an MBR on /dev/md0 because this would destroy the file system. 

Solution (to the last error, no idea about the others):
This is a documented issue with LILO vs. XFS, apparently the XFS superblock would be overwritten if an MBR were installed on an XFS partition. I was able to install LILO and boot successfully after adding the line "raid-extra-boot=mbr-only" to /target/etc/lilo.conf. This instructs LILO to install the MBR on /dev/hda and /dev/hdc, but not on /dev/md0. 

Synopsis:
If booting from an XFS partition on software RAID, the installer should probably automatically select LILO, install the MBR on /dev/mdX and add the line "raid-extra-boot=mbr-only" to lilo.conf. AFAIK GRUB does not currently support booting from XFS. 

Sincerely,
Chris Ferebee

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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
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the netboot image, in the "daily builds section", then choose to
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