Bug#606416: installation-report No boot from HighPoint HPT370 controller PATA raid partition on Debian beta1-20101208
Package: installation-reports
Severity: Critical (NOW FIXED.)
Justification: No boot means no system. No boot even with rescue-disk-pc
TITLE: installation-report_No-boot-from-raid-partition-on-beta1
My filename: issue-instalation-report_No-boot-from-raid-partition-on-beta1-20101208.utf
Package: installation-reports (I could not progress the install this far.)
Boot method: DVD install.
Image version: Full URL to image downloaded. Only the first DVD 1 of
the set is required.
Date: 08 December 2010.
Machine: Motherboard: A bit KT7, Raid, 1 Ghz.
Processor: AMD AThlon K7, 850 Mhz, Socket 'A'
Memory: SDRAM 2 x 512Mb = 1Gb.
Chipset: Via KT 133 ATX, USB 1.0 compliant, UDMA 100, Socket 'A',
FSB 200Mhz, AGP 4X.
Updated bios: Award Modular Bios v6.00 PG.
07/11/2002-8363-6A6A-6A6LMA19C-A9 The Latest level.
CMOS Set Up Utility: Advanced BIOS features: First boot device: CDROM,
Second boot device: ATA100RAID,
Third boot device: ATA100RAID, Boot other device: disabled.
Delay for IDE Initial (Secs) 8.
Intergrated Peripherals: ATA100RAID IDE Controller: Enabled.
Two additional IDE channels provide the capability of adding high
performance devie(s) to system.
IDE HDD Block Mode: Enabled.
for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per
sector the drive can support.
DASD chip: On-motherboard HPT370 raid controller 2001
www.highpoint-tech.com (hardware raid)
Not used by me for 'hardware raid'. The HPT370 is used by me, only for
the fast disk control bus.
Linux Debian MDADM Software raid will be used when I can get that far
into the 'squeeze-di-Beta1' install.
Onboard Hipoint HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID controller BIOS v01.11.0402
HPT370 BIOS Setting Utility screen button F1 toggles the view ARRAY
STATUS shows no array or devices. Good!
screen button F1 toggles the view CHANNEL STATUS which shows the devices:
DASD: quantity two: IBM-DTLA-307030 drives, primary master and
secondary master,
Mode UDMA5 size 30Gb each, as HDD0 and HDD1 both attached to the
HPT370 controller. Good!
HPT370 Bios Setting Utility option 7. Set Boot Disk: I have set no
disk as Boot Disk here,
as I believe the 'Linux Software Raid Array' is the place to specify
/dev/md2 /boot as bootable in partition manager, which I have set.
IDE Primary master: none.
IDE Primary slave: Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAP (I do not use this.)
IDE Secondary master: LITE-ON LTR-16102B DVD rewriter (I use this all
the time.)
IDE Secondary slave: none.
Partitions: df -Tl
df: invalid option --'T'
BusyBox v1.17.1 (Debian 1:1.17.1-4) multi call binary.
usage: df [-Pkmh] [FILESYSTEM]...
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 505.4m 92.0k 505.3m 0% /dev
/dev/md1 26.6g 473.6m 24.8g 2% /target
/dev/md2 92.0M 17.5M 69.7M 20% /target/boot
/dev/md1 26.6G 473.6M 24.8G 2% /dev/.static/dev
tmpfs 505.4M 92.0K 505.3M 0% /target/dev
Output of lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host Bridge [0600] Via Technologies ... (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI Bridge [0604] " " ... AGP
07.0 ISA bridge... " " Appollo Super South ... (rev 22)
07.1 IDE ... PIPC Bus Master IDE ... (rev 10)
07.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Via Technologies VT82xxxxx UHCI USB1.1
Controller ... (rev 10)
07.3 " " " " " " USB1.1
Controller ... (rev 10)
07.4 Bridge " " VT82c686 [Appollo
Super ACPI] ... (rev 30)
11.0 Ethernet controller ...
00:13.0 Mass storage controller [0180]: HighPoint Technologies, Inc.
HPT ... /370/ ... [1103:00041] (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage
Pro AGP 1X/2X [1002:47421] (rev 5c)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK. [E] = Error
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [N/A]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O] Configure Package Manager: Scanning DVD
set disk, Binary-1 only. (yes)
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [E] Won't auto boot into new installed system.
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/var/log/syslog excerpt 2010 :-
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486.432151] md: md2 stopped.
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] bind<hdg1>
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] bind<hde1>
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] raid1 personality registered for level 1
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] raid1: raid set md2 active with 2
out of 2 mirrors
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] md2: detected capacity change
from 0 to 99602432
Dec 8 11:39:18 md-devices: mdadm: /dev/md/2 has been started with 2 drives.
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] md2:
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: unknown partition table <<<=== *** Is this
the start of my problems ?? ***
...
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486.432151] md: md0 stopped.
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] bind<hdg2>
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] bind<hde2>
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] raid1 personality registered for level 1
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] raid1: raid set md0 active with 2
out of 2 mirrors
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] md0: detected capacity change
from 0 to 99602432
Dec 8 11:39:18 md-devices: mdadm: /dev/md/0 has been started with 2 drives.
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] md0:
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: unknown partition table
...
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486.432151] md: md1 stopped.
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] bind<hdg5>
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] bind<hde5>
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] raid1 personality registered for level 1
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] raid1: raid set md1 active with 2
out of 2 mirrors
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 486... ] md1: detected capacity change
from 0 to 99602432
Dec 8 11:39:18 md-devices: mdadm: /dev/md/1 has been started with 2 drives.
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: [ 487... ] md1:
Dec 8 11:39:18 kernel: unknown partition table
...
Dec 8 11:39:19 kernel: [ 487... ] device-mapper: uevent version 1.0.3
Dec 8 11:39:19 kernel: [ 487... ] device-mapper: ioctl:
4.15.0-ioctl (2009-04-01) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
Dec 8 11:39:19 kernel: partman: No physical volumes found
Dec 8 11:39:19 kernel: partman: Reading all physical volumes. This
may take a while...
Dec 8 11:39:19 kernel: partman-lvm: No volume groups found
Dec 8 11:50:17 kernel: [ 1145... ] Adding 1560556k swap on /dev/md0.
Priority:-1 across:1560556k
...
Dec 8 11:50:56 kernel: [ 1184... ] kjournald starting. Commit
interval 5 seconds
Dec 8 11:50:56 kernel: [ 1184... ] EXT3 FS on md1, internal journal
Dec 8 11:50:56 kernel: [ 1184... ] EXT3-fs: mounted file system with
ordered data mode.
...
Dec 8 11:50:56 kernel: [ 1184... ] kjournald starting. Commit
interval 5 seconds
Dec 8 11:50:56 kernel: [ 1184... ] EXT3 FS on md2, internal journal
Dec 8 11:50:56 kernel: [ 1184... ] EXT3-fs: mounted file system with
ordered data mode.
...
Dec 8 11:51:59 debootstrap: dpkg: regarding
.../base-files_5.9_i386.deb containing base-files, pre-dependancy
problem:
Dec 8 11:51:59 debootstrap: base-files pre-depends om awk
Dec 8 11:51:59 debootstrap: awk is not installed.
Dec 8 11:51:59 debootstrap: dpkg: warning: ignoring pre-dependancy problem!
Dec 8 11:51:59 debootstrap: Unpacking base-files (from
.../base-files_5.9_i386.deb) ...
...
Dec 8 11:52:01 debootstrap: Selecting previously deselected package
base-passwd.
Dec 8 11:52:01 debootstrap: Unpacking base-passwd (from
.../base-passwd_3.5.22_i386.deb) ...
Dec 8 11:52:01 debootstrap: dpkg: base-passwd: dependancy problems.
but configuring anyway as you requested:
Dec 8 11:52:01 debootstrap: base-passwd depends on libc6 (>= 2.1); however:
Dec 8 11:52:01 debootstrap: Package libc6 is not installed.
Dec 8 11:52:01 debootstrap: Setting up base-passwd (3.5.22) ...
...
Dec 8 12:49:59 os-prober: No volume groups found
Dec 8 12:49:59 os-prober:
Dec 8 12:49:59 os-prober: debug: running
/user/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/hde1
/hde2
/hde3
Dec 8 12:49:59 50mounted-tests: debug: /dev/hde3 type not recognised;
skipping (Note:This should be my /boot raid md2 )
Dec 8 12:49:59 os-prober: debug: os detected by
/usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests
Dec 8 12:49:59 os-prober: debug: running
/user/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/hdg5
Dec 8 12:49:59 os-prober: debug: running
/user/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/hdg1
Dec 8 12:49:59 os-prober: debug: running
/user/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/hdg2
Dec 8 12:49:59 os-prober: debug: running
/user/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/hdg3
Dec 8 12:49:59 50mounted-tests: debug: /dev/hdg3 type not recognised; skipping
Dec 8 12:49:59 os-prober: debug: os detected by
/usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests
Dec 8 12:49:59 os-prober: debug: running
/user/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/hdg5
Dec 8 12:55:21 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/hde'
(This should be my raid set md master boot record)
Dec 8 12:55:21 grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
Dec 8 12:55:21 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target
grub-install --no-floppy --force "/dev/hde"
Dec 8 12:55:24 grub-installer: Installation finished. No error reported.
Dec 8 12:55:24 grub-installer: info: grub-install ran succesfully
...
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Comments/Problems:
Using graphical installer:
The CD or DVD with the following label has been scanned:
Debian GNU/Linux squeeze-di-beta1_Squeeze_-Official Beta i386 DVD
Binary-1 20101027-01:46
If you wish to scan another CD or DVD, please insert it now.
Scan another CD or DVD? (No)
Trying to boot from a raid 1 (mirror) set.
I installed the GRUB boot loader to the master boot record.
Finish the installation : Installation complete, so it is time to boot
into your new system...
The hardware post and bios progress ok, but when bios hands over to
continue the ipl from a disk it just waits.
*** This is where the install fails. It does not boot up into the
newly installed system. ***
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