[Bug 217807] New: Yast fails to make a valid partition proposal with a Intel On-Board RAID Controller
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 Summary: Yast fails to make a valid partition proposal with a Intel On-Board RAID Controller Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Beta 1 plus Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: aosthof@novell.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com I've tried to install a openSUSE 10.2 Beta1 Plus on a (Fake-)RAID1, built by a On-Board Intel RAID Controller. Thus, I've first enabled its functionality in BIOS, then configured it during the boot procedure. Until this point, eveything looks fine. But when the installation finally comes to the partition proposal, one gets the following message: "ERROR: No Proposal". Both harddisks (/dev/sda and /dev/sdb) and the former created RAID1 device are shown, but one can't create partitions on it. So, there is no possibility to install. The used On-Board RAID Controller (together with its configuration) is: Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v6.0.0.1017 ICH8R wRAID5 RAID Volumes: ID Name Level Strip Size Status Bootable 0 TestRAID RAID1(Mirror) N/A 74.6GB Normal Yes Physical Disks: Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID) 0 HDT722516DLA380 VDK91BTC024GGR 153.4GB Member Disk(0) 1 SAMSUNG SP0812C 0693J1FWC08152 74.6GB Member Disk(0) I'll attach the YaST2-Logs. If additional info are needed, just tell me. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 ------- Comment #1 from aosthof@novell.com 2006-11-03 09:19 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=103704) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=103704&action=view) YaST2-Logs -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 ------- Comment #4 from sh@novell.com 2006-11-06 08:43 MST ------- I am not a storage specialist, but can that really work: A RAID 1 (disk mirroring) with a 153 GB disk and a 74 GB disk?
From irc.suse.de #suse 2006-11-06:
[16:38:52] <HuHa> any storage / RAID experts here? [16:38:56] <HuHa> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 [16:39:01] <buggy> bug #217807: Yast fails to make a valid partition proposal with a Intel On-Board RAID Controller Product: openSUSE 10.2, Component: Installation, Severity: Critical, Assigned to: yast2-maintainers@suse.de, Status: NEW [16:39:13] <HuHa> can that really work: RAID 1 with one 153 GB disk and one 74 GB disk? [16:39:29] <HuHa> aren't the disks supposed to have the same size? [16:40:31] <cgardner> HuHa: software RAID can make that work, but only as 74 GB, with the rest of the 153 GB disk not being RAID'd. [16:40:48] <cgardner> HuHa: But I don't think hw RAID would like trying to make that work. [16:40:55] <HuHa> cgardner: OK, thx, that's a beginning [16:41:07] <HuHa> but enabling that in the BIOS would make it a HW RAID, wouldn't it? [16:41:21] <darix> HuHa: ask kernel folks if this controller should work at all [16:41:43] <cgardner> HuHa: *shrug* I don't know about that board. Yeah, darix is right. [16:42:01] <HuHa> any kernel people care to have a look? -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 sh@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |hare@novell.com AssignedTo|yast2-maintainers@suse.de |mkoenig@novell.com ------- Comment #5 from sh@novell.com 2006-11-06 08:50 MST ------- IRC log continues: [16:42:44] <lmb> Is that an ICH-7? [16:42:46] * lmb goes to look [16:42:59] <HuHa> lmb: ICH8R [16:43:16] <lmb> HuHa: Oh, even worse, I think those are not supported yet, but I may be wrong [16:43:43] <HuHa> lmb: so in any case, this is not a bug of yast2-storage, right? the other has X-Spam: Not detected... I've already deleted the older ones [16:44:13] <jbl> HuHa: isnt the bug talking about partition proposal? [16:44:20] <HuHa> jbl: yes [16:44:23] <lmb> HuHa: Hm, well, he _does_ see the drives though, so ... [16:44:48] <HuHa> lmb: yast2-storage sees the disks as individual disks [16:44:52] <jbl> HuHa: so yast2-storage should do a proposal for 74GB in this case [16:45:15] <lmb> HuHa: any kernel boot logs available? [16:45:16] <HuHa> and recognizes incompatible partitioning [16:45:19] <skh> pasky: I just trust the nuremberg int-it magic, no idea about the .cz mail setup [16:45:24] <HuHa> lmb: doesn't look like it [16:45:46] <HuHa> lmb: but since it's internal, it should be easy enough to reproduce and provide kernel logs [16:46:06] <jbl> HuHa: it always sees them as individual disks but it should recognize all this dmraid stuff [16:46:11] <lmb> HuHa: Maybe dmraid could help, but I don't know who maintains this [16:46:36] <jbl> HuHa: since thomas isn't here for the next weeks ... ask hare [16:46:46] <HuHa> jbl: good hint, thx [16:46:49] <jbl> HuHa: afair he the the dmraid kernel stuff [16:47:21] <lmb> dmraid isn't in kernel, the discovery is all user-space [16:47:46] <lmb> HuHa: mkoenig@suse.de is your victim^Wman ;-) [16:49:07] <darix> HuHa: ask him to test with fdisk/gpart [16:49:12] <darix> if they can create partitions Matthias, Hannes, any clue? Alexander, could you try fdisk/gpart as mentioned above? -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 ------- Comment #6 from aosthof@novell.com 2006-11-06 10:12 MST ------- At the moment I have no access to this machine because someone else uses it for testing, but I'll provide the info ASAP. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 aosthof@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jplack@novell.com, aj@novell.com, | |aosthof@novell.com OtherBugsDependingO| |198104 nThis| | AssignedTo|mkoenig@novell.com |emap@novell.com Severity|Critical |Blocker ------- Comment #7 from aosthof@novell.com 2006-11-13 06:36 MST ------- To comment #5: Yes, one can create partitions with fdisk in the instsys, but the corresponding proposal will be still wrong. That is, partitions will be showed under /dev/sda and /dev/sdb instead of under /dev/mapper/isw_dafbhcdjdg_TestRAID for instance. The RAID partitions won't be showed until a reboot. Nevertheless, even if the RAID partitions are available, one can't create valid filesystems and mountpoints for installing. I'm raising this bug to severity BLOCKER, because it prevents an installation in general. If additional information is needed, feel free to contact me. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 ------- Comment #8 from fehr@novell.com 2006-11-13 10:13 MST ------- Had a (really short) look into y2log file. Do not try further with this controller in YaST2 it cannot work. Since the names for the raid returned by dmraid is once "isw_bgbdheafhf" and at another command the name is "isw_bgbdheafhf_TestRAID" libstorage is not able to match names and cannot handle that dmraid. So far I never had such a controller for testing therefore I was not aware of such a possibility. Certainly this can be fixed but not easily. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 ------- Comment #9 from aj@novell.com 2006-11-14 06:46 MST ------- So, what shall we do here? One option is: * for 10.2: Blacklist controller and do not allow dmraid on it. * fix it properly for 10.3 -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 michl@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|emap@novell.com |fehr@novell.com Severity|Blocker |Major ------- Comment #11 from michl@novell.com 2006-11-15 08:15 MST ------- This is hardware support enhancment but not a blocker 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 ------- Comment #12 from hare@novell.com 2006-11-16 03:23 MST ------- Ah, so that's the new innovative culture at Novell? Workaround known problems? -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 ------- Comment #13 from hare@novell.com 2006-11-16 03:27 MST ------- Problem appears to be that the output of 'dmraid -r -c -c -c' and 'dmraid -s -c -c -c' is different: dmraid -r -c -c /dev/sda:isw:isw_bgbdheafhf:GROUP:ok:321672958:0 /dev/sdb:isw:isw_bgbdheafhf:GROUP:ok:156368014:0 dmraid -s -c -c -c isw_bgbdheafhf isw_bgbdheafhf_TestRAID:156362752:128:mirror:ok:0:2:0 /dev/sda:isw:isw_bgbdheafhf_TestRAID:mirror:ok:156362752:0 /dev/sdb:isw:isw_bgbdheafhf_TestRAID:mirror:ok:156362752:0 libstorage uses to '-r' invocation to detect the raid name, but fails miserably here as the output of '-r' contains only the raid set name. And only the raid name (as printed out by '-s') are represented as device-mapper tables. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 ------- Comment #14 from hare@novell.com 2006-11-16 03:28 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=105607) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=105607&action=view) yast2-storage-intel-dmraid-fix Proposed patch to use the correct raid name instead of the raid set name. Not tested in any way. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 aj@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|fehr@novell.com |schubi@novell.com Severity|Major |Critical ------- Comment #15 from aj@novell.com 2006-11-16 03:50 MST ------- Thanks a lot Hannes and Schubi! -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 ------- Comment #16 from schubi@novell.com 2006-11-16 10:11 MST ------- It does not work. We will try another solution. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217807 schubi@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- Comment #17 from schubi@novell.com 2006-11-17 04:22 MST ------- Fixed with Hannes competent support ;-) -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
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