[opensuse] Suse 10.3 beta install does not recognize raid drives
When I install 10.3 Beta3, it does not recognize the raid drive setup from the previous beta2 install, same with beta2, it did not recognize the beta1 install on raid. I have to go through and create the raid1 drives each time. Is there any secret to get these permanent? It does recognize a backup raid and wants to install on it. Art -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 16:39 +0800, Art Fore wrote:
When I install 10.3 Beta3, it does not recognize the raid drive setup from the previous beta2 install, same with beta2, it did not recognize the beta1 install on raid. I have to go through and create the raid1 drives each time. Is there any secret to get these permanent? It does recognize a backup raid and wants to install on it.
Art
Well, this went from bad to worse. On initial reboot when it is installing the boot loader, it cannot find md3 which is where it just installed everything. Raid is as follows. md0 raid1 /boot 101 MB md1 raid0 swap 1 GB md3 raid1 / 20 GB md4 raid1 /home 267 GB When booting, it comes up it cannot find /dev/md3 for initrd Has procedures changed for installing on raid or is this a bug. Art -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Art Fore wrote:
On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 16:39 +0800, Art Fore wrote:
When I install 10.3 Beta3, it does not recognize the raid drive setup from the previous beta2 install, same with beta2, it did not recognize the beta1 install on raid. I have to go through and create the raid1 drives each time. Is there any secret to get these permanent? It does recognize a backup raid and wants to install on it.
Art
Well, this went from bad to worse. On initial reboot when it is installing the boot loader, it cannot find md3 which is where it just installed everything. Raid is as follows.
md0 raid1 /boot 101 MB md1 raid0 swap 1 GB md3 raid1 / 20 GB md4 raid1 /home 267 GB
When booting, it comes up it cannot find /dev/md3 for initrd
Has procedures changed for installing on raid or is this a bug.
Let me ask: Does your system have any mixture of IDE or IDE and SATA drives on it? The reason I ask is that as of 10.3 (generally kernels above 2.6.18-20 (not sure exactly which one)) IDE devices were renamed to SDxx from their historical HDxx designations. This has caused a bunch of installation/conversion bugs, one of which sounds just like what you are describing. Check out bug 304657 and others like it on the buglist. It is possible with some manual GRUB editing to get 10.3 entirely onto a MD raid including the boot loader but at the moment due to the IDE/SATA rename bugs, it doesn't happen automatically. (yet). I have a 4 array setup MD0=swap/Raid0 MD1=/boot Raid1, MD2=/ (root) Raid1, MD3=/home Raid5 1TB. The MBR is part of the drive containing MD1which starts at track 0. You will need to edit the partitions but DO NOT FORMATthem if you want to preserve the data (such as home) but you will have to reset the FSTAB mount points which don't get preserved due to the name change bug. Eventually, it does work but the bugs make it frustrating. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 05:57 -0400, Richard C Creighton wrote:
Art Fore wrote:
On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 16:39 +0800, Art Fore wrote:
When I install 10.3 Beta3, it does not recognize the raid drive setup from the previous beta2 install, same with beta2, it did not recognize the beta1 install on raid. I have to go through and create the raid1 drives each time. Is there any secret to get these permanent? It does recognize a backup raid and wants to install on it.
Art
Well, this went from bad to worse. On initial reboot when it is installing the boot loader, it cannot find md3 which is where it just installed everything. Raid is as follows.
md0 raid1 /boot 101 MB md1 raid0 swap 1 GB md3 raid1 / 20 GB md4 raid1 /home 267 GB
When booting, it comes up it cannot find /dev/md3 for initrd
Has procedures changed for installing on raid or is this a bug.
Let me ask: Does your system have any mixture of IDE or IDE and SATA drives on it? The reason I ask is that as of 10.3 (generally kernels above 2.6.18-20 (not sure exactly which one)) IDE devices were renamed to SDxx from their historical HDxx designations. This has caused a bunch of installation/conversion bugs, one of which sounds just like what you are describing. Check out bug 304657 and others like it on the buglist. It is possible with some manual GRUB editing to get 10.3 entirely onto a MD raid including the boot loader but at the moment due to the IDE/SATA rename bugs, it doesn't happen automatically. (yet). I have a 4 array setup MD0=swap/Raid0 MD1=/boot Raid1, MD2=/ (root) Raid1, MD3=/home Raid5 1TB. The MBR is part of the drive containing MD1which starts at track 0. You will need to edit the partitions but DO NOT FORMATthem if you want to preserve the data (such as home) but you will have to reset the FSTAB mount points which don't get preserved due to the name change bug. Eventually, it does work but the bugs make it frustrating.
Thanks for the info. All of the drives are SATA except for the DVD. Art -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Art Fore
On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 16:39 +0800, Art Fore wrote:
When I install 10.3 Beta3, it does not recognize the raid drive setup from the previous beta2 install, same with beta2, it did not recognize the beta1 install on raid. I have to go through and create the raid1 drives each time. Is there any secret to get these permanent? It does recognize a backup raid and wants to install on it.
Art
Well, this went from bad to worse. On initial reboot when it is installing the boot loader, it cannot find md3 which is where it just installed everything. Raid is as follows.
md0 raid1 /boot 101 MB md1 raid0 swap 1 GB md3 raid1 / 20 GB md4 raid1 /home 267 GB
When booting, it comes up it cannot find /dev/md3 for initrd
Has procedures changed for installing on raid or is this a bug.
Please file a critical bug at bugs.opensuse.org, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform / openSUSE, aj@suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-09-16 at 16:39 +0800, Art Fore wrote:
When I install 10.3 Beta3, it does not recognize the raid drive setup
It's probably better to ask about betas in the factory list: you should get more feedback there. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFG7QDltTMYHG2NR9URAq63AJ9ALK5Ux1A2cMBn7tNLykm9gqfe2gCfW5vL iLGpUCfzPYsdnH/iCtnIYBM= =jp8u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 16 September 2007 05:09:40 am Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Sunday 2007-09-16 at 16:39 +0800, Art Fore wrote:
When I install 10.3 Beta3, it does not recognize the raid drive setup
It's probably better to ask about betas in the factory list: you should get more feedback there.
... and it makes easier for developers to find problems that are not yet reported as bugs. ATM guys are very busy cleaning already reported bugs, so we can help them a little by asking beta and factory questions there. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Rajko M. wrote:
On Sunday 16 September 2007 05:09:40 am Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Sunday 2007-09-16 at 16:39 +0800, Art Fore wrote:
When I install 10.3 Beta3, it does not recognize the raid drive setup
It's probably better to ask about betas in the factory list: you should get more feedback there.
... and it makes easier for developers to find problems that are not yet reported as bugs. ATM guys are very busy cleaning already reported bugs, so we can help them a little by asking beta and factory questions there.
...as it turns out, this one is well documented in the buglist, but you are correct, the buglist is the place for questions about problems with beta versions of openSuSE releases. Bugs 304657, 309837 309040 308148 ... and the list goes on, are all serious issues involving 10.3 that seem to have been caused by the IDE/SATA renaming decision. I think we will see a lot more queries like this one unless the guys working these and similar issues in factory get real lucky, real quick....just an opinion. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Andreas Jaeger
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Art Fore
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Carlos E. R.
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Rajko M.
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Richard C Creighton