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Bug#293036: marked as done ("testing" install doesn't handle RAID1 root partition)

Your message dated Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:57:53 +0000
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and subject line Closing old installation report #293036
has caused the Debian Bug report #293036,
regarding "testing" install doesn't handle RAID1 root partition
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package: boot-floppies
version: n/a

I just did a new install from the latest "testing" CD.  Everything worked
well except for boot from the hard disk.

For my configuration, I created a RAID1 mirror across two partitions on
two disks, 20GB each.  This seemed to go well and the install happened
with /dev/md0 mounted as /target.

However, when I reboot with Grub, it fails without even finding the kernel.
Interestingly, the install placed two entries under "other operating
systems" of "Debian GNU/Linux 3.1" -- the two raw partitions that make
up the mirror.  Those I can select and boot from and everything works
just fine (/dev/md0 is mounted as /).

The problem seems to be that Grub is set with the root device as "(hd0,0)".
Since the first partition is swap, it's trying to read the kernel from the
wrong partition.  I changed this to "(hd0,1)".

Then it fails to open the root filesystem, apparently because it is set
as "root=/dev/md0".  I changed this to "root=/dev/hda2 ro" and now it
boots just fine.  At some point it remounts / from /dev/md0 and everything
from that point runs normally.  This setting may not be correct, but it
works!

As an aside, the manual partitioning goes okay, but can be somewhat
confusing:

 - any configured RAID systems do not show up until you say "configure
   software raid" and then "finished"

 - a legend indicating what the symbols (various smilie faces) mean would
   be useful

Thanks!

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@precidia.com )

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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
install "squeeze" when prompted.

If some problems are found, please report them with a new bug sent
against installation-reports.

Many thanks for your understanding and your help improving Debian,
past and present.

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