Re: mkfs.ext2 - state D partitioning stops at 33% /boot

[Mike Tremaine <mgt@stellarcore.net>]

> On Jun 21, 2020, at 11:38 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> 
> On 6/21/20 8:33 PM, Mike Tremaine wrote:
>> And the oops was in the log I just couldn’t see because of the local console 640x480 but via ssh I can
>> 
>> Jun 21 18:30:16 partman: Found a sun partition table in /dev/sda1
>> Jun 21 18:30:16 kernel: [ 1184.765065] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference
>> Jun 21 18:30:16 kernel: [ 1184.765110] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->context = 0000000000000e99
>> Jun 21 18:30:16 kernel: [ 1184.765123] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->pgd = fffff8001b64c000
>> Jun 21 18:30:16 kernel: [ 1184.765136]               \|/ ____ \|/
>> Jun 21 18:30:16 kernel: [ 1184.765136]               "@'/ .. \`@"
>> Jun 21 18:30:16 kernel: [ 1184.765136]               /_| \__/ |_\
>> Jun 21 18:30:16 kernel: [ 1184.765136]                  \__U_/
>> Jun 21 18:30:16 kernel: [ 1184.765150] kworker/0:1H(103): Oops [#1]
>> 
> 
> Can you try replacing the IDE cable or try a different disk?
> 
> Adrian
> 

Yes, I’ll try hardware combos. This is basically an attempt to get a PCI ATA card working end to end, from Openboot to OS, without touching the original IDE. I have this card working with openbsd and the Openboot instructions I posted a few years back but I could not get the drives seen by Debian 9 installer, was hoping to get further this time, which I have. I’ll post back if I have more details.

Thanks for the help.

-Mike