Re: Raid help needed !
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:31:36 +0200
Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Jack Schneider
> <puck@dp-indexing.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:19:56 +1100
> > Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au> wrote:
> >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 09:16:47PM -0500, Jack Schneider wrote:
> >>> For over two years, I have used /md0 as / and /md1 under lvm2
> >>> with 7 partitions on this amd64 system. I have migrated from
> >>> "etch" to "squeeze" without undue problems. BUT, now I cannot
> >>> boot either kernel 2.6.30-1 or 2.6.30-2 with grub2, it fails by
> >>> not finding or identifying my swap partition. It is one of the
> >>> seven partitions on /md1. I can boot 2.6.26-2 without error. I
> >>> have looked at list archives and googled but nothing helped.
> >>> Since I have had minimal problems to this point, I am not fluent
> >>> in mirroring commands. My reading of mdadm & lvm manpages doesn't
> >>> seem to address swap issues. Can someone point me in the right
> >>> direction???
>
> >> what is the error you are getting ?
> >> what happens when you type mount -a or swapon -a
>
> > Error: "The superblock could not be read or does not describe a
> > correct ext2 file system..fsck died with exit status 8
>
> > # mount -a gives : wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
> > dev/mapper/Speeduke-_swap,missing codepage or helper program, or
> > other error (plus some others that says it's not
> > reading/recognizing /md1 )
>
> > # swapon -a gives:
> > swapon: /dev/mapper/Speeduke-_tmp: read swap header failed: Invalid
> > argument
>
> > #swapon /dev/mapper/Speeduke-_swap (executes with out error)
>
> > Note: see http://pastebin.com/m7cc9da3d for a view of what I've
> > got in this system..
>
> I am confused... Before suggesting anything...
>
> (1) All the output in pastebin is when booted into 2.6.26-2, I assume
> that the above mount and swapon are also when booted into 2.6.26-2.
>
Hi, Tom Thanks for the reply.
(1) No, Those are the responses I get when trying to boot into
2.6.30-X and get to the "type root password for maintenance".
> (2) When you say that you cannot boot into 2.6.30-1 or 2.6.30-2
> because of your swap partition, are you not booting at all into these
> kernels or are you booting but swap is not mounting?
>
(2) When I try to boot into a 2.6.30-X kernel I get the repair promt.
as in (1) what it complains about is fsck.ext3: Bad magic number etc...
> (3) When you say that you have migrated from etch to squeeze "without
> undue problems", what do you actually mean?
>
(3) I built this machine to run Debian as host for VirtualBox.
Started with etch then etch & 1/2, lenny(testing), now squeeze(testing)
using aptitude dist-upgrades.
I had some expected Nvidia driver and gnome desktop glitches and some
NetworkManager instability. I never got Compiz working right...
I have much cruft in /root (/md0) it's over 8 gigs of disk space
and /var-/home-/tmp are on (/md1)...
> (4i) Please post your grub.cfg.
Here's the link.
http://pastebin.com/m243acd1
>
> (4ii) Please post fstab and, while booted into the kernel with the
> mount and swapon output above, the following sequence:
> swapoff -a
> mount -a
> swapon -s
> swapoff -a
> swapon -s
>
>
I'll send (4ii) when I figure out how to get it.... 8-(
TIA, Jack
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