Listmates,
I can't get grub to boot a fresh 10.3 install from my promise SATA raid
controller with two new 320G drives in RAID 1. I thought I knew GRUB,
but RAID is completely new to me. I really, really need HELP! I have
included as much information as I can including the screen messages
display during boot below. If I can send anything else, please just let
me know.
Hardware: MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR motherboard (RAID O or 1 is supported on
ATA133+SATA H/D or 2 SATA H/D); AthlonXP2800+; 1G ram; 1 Maxtor 80G ATA
drive (sda); 2 Seagate 320G drives in raid 1 (sdb, sdc)
Partitions:
sda: sda1 56G NTFS, sda5 1G linux swap, sda6 NTFS
sdb: sdb1 79M ext3 /boot, sdb2 20G ext3 /, sdb3 270G /home
sdc: sdc1 79M ext3 /boot, sdc2 20G ext3 /, sdc3 270G /home
sdb and sdc were blank unformatted disks prior to install. Yast Install
Partitioner saw sdb and sdc and created sdb and sdc 1-3 when yast
selected the following partition scheme during install:
79M ext3 /dev/mapper/bfefdifda_part1
20G ext3 /dev/mapper/bfefdifda_part2
270G ext3 /dev/mapper/bfefdifda_part3
Yast correctly saw the raid during install and the install worked
perfectly through partitioning and software installation. The first
required reboot is where everything fell apart. Upon reboot the
following error is received
Booting from local disk...
GRUB Loading stage 1.5.
GRUB loading, please wait...
Error 17
The system then freezes. Booting from the install DVD crashes out of
the graphic install due to the hosed repair install on the DVD, but at
least gets back to the basic screen that allows you to boot an existing
installation. Here you can NOT select /dev/mapper/. Yast
sees sdb1, sdb2, sdb3, sdc1, sdc2, sdc3. The system will boot if you
select either sdb2 or sdc2, but the boot fails after it tries to mount
/boot and /home. You are then left with the "press enter to login" that
gets you to the repair mode prompt. The screen messages shown are:
mount mtab /dev/mapper/bfefdifda_part2 already mounted on /
activating device mapper
waiting for /dev/mapper/bfefdifda_part1: No such file or directory
fsck.ext3: No such file of directory while trying to open
/dev/mapper/bfefdifda_part1
/dev/mapper/bfefdifda_part1: The superblock could not be read of does
not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it
really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something
else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck
with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
error on stat() /dev/mapper/bfefdifda_part1: no such file or directory
error on stat() /dev/mapper/bfefdifda_part3: no such file or directory
fsck.ext3: No such file of directory while trying to open
/dev/mapper/bfefdifda_part3
/dev/mapper/bfefdifda_part3: The superblock could not be read of does
not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it
really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something
else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck
with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
error on stat() /dev/mapper/bfefdifda_part3: no such file or directory
fsck.ext3 /dev/mapper/bfefdifda_part3 failed (status 0x8). Run Manually!
/dev/disc/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_6QIS96D-Part1 has gone 49710 days
without being checked, check forced.
(..the check stuff here)
/dev/disc/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_6QIS96D-Part3 has gone 49710 days
without being checked, check forced.
(..the check stuff here)
blogd: No message logging because /var is not accessible
fsck failed for at least 1 filesystem (not /)
Press enter for login:
I then go into repair mode and run yast2. The partitioner lists the
following:
Partition Type Mount
/dev/sda IC35L080AVVA07-0
/dev/sda1 HPFS/NTFS /windows/C
/dev/sda2 Extended
/dev/sda5 Linux Swap swap
/dev/sda6 HPFS/NTFS /windows/D
/dev/sdb ST3320620AS
/dev/sdb1 Linux Native
/dev/sdb2 Linux Native
/dev/sdb3 Linux Native
/dev/sdc ST3320620AS
/dev/sdc1 Linux Native
/dev/sdc2 Linux Native /
/dev/sdc3 Linux Native
I can set the Mount Point for /boot (sdb1 or sdc1) and /home (sdb3 or
sdc3) but there is no way to tell the system that it is in raid here.
You obviously can't set both sdb1 and sdc1 as /boot. You can select
"Linux RAID" as the fs type, but I have no clue what this would do and
it give a very stern warning about setting it here.
Running the yast bootloader module yields a "blank" bootloader scheme.
I can go to "other" and select Propose a new scheme, but that results in
it trying to boot from an image on /sdc2 but there is no way to get it
to boot from a /boot partition because none are mounted at the time.
I am in a holy mess here and I need help! I'll continue to google for a
solution, but if anyone knows how to fix this mess please post any help
you can. Thanks!
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David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Telephone: (936) 715-9333
Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
www.rankinlawfirm.com
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