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26 Nov 2008 26 Nov '08

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494 Summary: Bootloader routines fail to recreate initrd for dmraid setups Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@novell.com ReportedBy: heibslic@mailbox.tu-berlin.de QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- I was told to open up a new bug for openSuSE. So here we go: The bootloader code (at least I presume thats the portion) fails during the initrd phase as its probably missing the correct mkinitrd options (mkinitrd -f "dmraid dm kpartx md") during the kernel post-upgrade to create the initrd suited for booting from a dmraid setup. I didn't find any way of specifying mkinitrd "features" (-f) but just mkinitrd "modules" (-m) via /etc/sysconfig/ .. thus, every time a kernel update recreates the initrd the next bootup fails horribly no matter what chipset or dm-raid configuration you have with the initrd not being able to find the root partition (since neither dmraid -ya is run nor is there device-mapper support built into the initrd). I had to repair three of those systems by recreating the initrd in a rescue environment using the above options. I'm going to try to post the output of running the following commands: bash -x /sbin/mkinitrd bash -x /sbin/mkinitrd -f "dmraid dm kpartx md" I cannot promise to do it however, since the customer's data center is way off the grid and the tech detail on guard isn't qualified to run those tests. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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28 Nov 28 Nov

08:43

New subject: [Bug 449494] Bootloader routines fail to recreate initrd for dmraid setups

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494 User heibslic@mailbox.tu-berlin.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494#c3 Moritz Heiber changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |heibslic@mailbox.tu-berlin.de --- Comment #3 from Moritz Heiber 2008-11-28 01:43:44 MST --- Also, the bootloader code does not add the necessary kernel option to the GRUB menu.lst (root_dm=1 root_dmraid=1) in order for the kernel to actually make use of the initrd's dmraid capabilities. http://en.opensuse.org/P35_With_SATA_Raid might be helpful as well. It saved _my_ day at least. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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4 Dec 4 Dec

15:42

New subject: [Bug 449494] Bootloader routines fail to recreate initrd for dmraid setups

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494 User agraf@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494#c4 Alexander Graf changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |heibslic@mailbox.tu-berlin.de --- Comment #4 from Alexander Graf 2008-12-04 08:42:43 MST --- Mkinitrd is meant to bring you back to the state you were in when you started it. Were you using dmraid when you ran mkinitrd? Did you set up dmraid in the installation? I'm having trouble understanding the problem you're facing. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 449494] Bootloader routines fail to recreate initrd for dmraid setups

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494 User heibslic@mailbox.tu-berlin.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494#c5 --- Comment #5 from Moritz Heiber 2008-12-04 09:14:58 MST --- Alex, absolutely, I installed OpenSuSE onto the dmraid. So there's no tempering with the setup afterwards. It did succeed on installing the system using the dmraid .. but it failed to regenerate the appropriate mkinitrd/grub options upon the next kernel upgrade (which happened two days later since I installed that server for the first time when the lights went out in Nurnberg a couple of weeks ago). See above about what I did to contain the situation. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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6 Dec 6 Dec

10:05

New subject: [Bug 449494] Bootloader routines fail to recreate initrd for dmraid setups

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494 User agraf@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494#c6 Alexander Graf changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|heibslic@mailbox.tu-berlin.de | --- Comment #6 from Alexander Graf 2008-12-06 03:05:14 MST --- Oh - that sounds bad. You really shouldn't need any -f flags to make dmraid work. We're not wearing hats here ;-). I'll look into it. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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10:37

New subject: [Bug 449494] Bootloader routines fail to recreate initrd for dmraid setups

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494 User heibslic@mailbox.tu-berlin.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494#c7 --- Comment #7 from Moritz Heiber 2008-12-06 03:37:49 MST --- Should I open a separate bug for the grub problem or can we, preferably, solve these two issues at once? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 449494] Bootloader routines fail to recreate initrd for dmraid setups

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494 User agraf@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494#c8 --- Comment #8 from Alexander Graf 2008-12-06 04:01:44 MST --- I don't see any grub problem. If mkinitrd detects everything without -f, you don't need to specify root_dm=1 or anything of the like on the command line. Mkinitrd does this automatically, if it knows that the root device is dm. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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11:25

New subject: [Bug 449494] Bootloader routines fail to recreate initrd for dmraid setups

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494 User heibslic@mailbox.tu-berlin.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494#c9 --- Comment #9 from Moritz Heiber 2008-12-06 04:25:22 MST --- well, I can only speak from experience: I had to add the two options I mentioned above manually in order for the initrd to actually make use of the added dmraid utilities during boot. Without them you do get the dm-raid utility and the other requires programs yet they do not get used. This did not work automatically .. thats why I added it to this bugreport. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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11:37

New subject: [Bug 449494] Bootloader routines fail to recreate initrd for dmraid setups

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494 User agraf@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494#c10 --- Comment #10 from Alexander Graf 2008-12-06 04:37:13 MST --- Yes, behavior changed in the "new" mkinitrd (as of 10.3). Specifying -f something doesn't activate it on boot-time, it only includes the necessary scripts in the initrd. The activation needs to happen using variables then (root_dm=1 or root_dmraid=1 and the like). This was necessary in order to make the "monster initrd" approach possible. Now, if mkinitrd detects dmraid, it does more than just -f dmraid. It also sets the root_dm=1 and root_dmraid=1 variables internally, so that on bootup the system comes up without intervention. So if the detection had worked, there wouldn't be a need to specify -f dmraid or root_dmraid=1 at all. Things would just automatically work. And exactly that failing detection is the root cause of this bug. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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11 Dec 11 Dec

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New subject: [Bug 449494] Bootloader routines fail to recreate initrd for dmraid setups

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494 User agraf@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494#c11 Alexander Graf changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |heibslic@mailbox.tu-berlin.de --- Comment #11 from Alexander Graf 2008-12-11 08:25:02 MST --- I'm writing this comment from an 11.1 dmraid installation and things work just fine. I can just call "mkinitrd" and it creates an initrd with dmraid included. Can you please check if 11.1 breaks for you? Please use one of these isos as long as 11.1 is not released: http://download.opensuse.org/factory/iso/ -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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18 Dec 18 Dec

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494 Alexander Graf changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|agraf@novell.com |bwalle@novell.com Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|heibslic@mailbox.tu-berlin.de | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494 User agraf@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494#c12 Alexander Graf changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |agraf@novell.com Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |heibslic@mailbox.tu-berlin.de --- Comment #12 from Alexander Graf 2008-12-18 01:09:32 MST --- still NEEDINFO. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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21 Jan 21 Jan

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449494 Bernhard Walle changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED Info Provider|heibslic@mailbox.tu-berlin. | |de | Resolution| |NORESPONSE -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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