December 2003 - openSUSE AMD64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

LVM, LVs > 2TB
by John Craig 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Hi, I just installed SuSE 9.0 on a dual Opteron file server. It has a 4 TB SATA raid attached by Fibre through a Qlogic 2312 HBA. I had issues with the hardware RAID set up (not related to SuSE), originally intending to have a single 3.5TB device (RAID5), but ended up with 2 logical raid devices, which appear to SuSE as /dev/sda (2TB) and /dev/sdb (1.5TB). It takes 20 hours for the RAID to build so I don't want to change that now. So, in order to combine the space (and allow for future expansion) I set up LVM. I created a volume group that includes both physical volumes, then attempt to create logical volumes. Actually, when creating the volume group there is already a warning that the logical volume size is limited to 2 TB. I have read conflicting information about this. In some places, it says that this is due to the maximum block device size in 2.4 kernels is 2TB, in some places, I read that there is a 2TB limit imposed by 32 bit hardware (but hey, this is 64 bit hardware!). Isn't LVM supposed to get around block device limits? Also, I am using JFS for the file system, so that should not be limiting. When creating the volume group I used 256 MB physical extents (the default is 32) , so that should allow larger logical volumes. So, I create 2 logical volumes, lvol1 (2TB) and lvol2 (1.5TB), and create a JFS file system on each. In both cases, mkfs.jfs reports the file system created sucessfully. Now, I can mount lvol1, but when I try to mount lvol2, it says "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock, or too many mounted filesystems" Well, the mount parameters are the same for both logical volumes (different mount points), and they are both freshly created filesystems, so the only possibility seems is that there are too many mounted filesystems. But, the only other file system that is mounted is the IDE boot disk, which contains the OS, /home, etc. all in a single partition, plus /dev/shm. Is there a kernel parameter I can tweak to allow me to mount more drive space? 2TB is nothing any more (haha). Any help will be apreciated. John Craig

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RE: [suse-amd64] AMD64 Cool&Quiet
by andy＠epox.org 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

This is strictly a bios only feature supported by all retail Clawhammer and Newcastle cores. Original Message: ----------------- From: wlindenbauer(a)t-online.de (wlindenbauer) Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:19:51 +0100 To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-amd64] AMD64 Cool&Quiet Hello again, do anybody have experience the AMD64 function Cool & Quiet ? Is it allways handled by the BIOS or do I need extra software for it ? Does this Cool&Quiet software depend on the specialities of the motherboards or is it the same for all AMD64-PC or AMD64-notebook ? Thank You, best regards Wigbert -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

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ruptime, rwhod etc
by Yoriaki FUJIMORI 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Dear list, I downloaded SuSE9.0 for AMD64. After a quick look, I noticed this does not contain some of tools, such as rwhod and ruptime. Is this omission intentional? Thank you for your attention. Yoriaki Fujimori

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AMD64 Cool&Quiet
by wlindenbauer＠t-online.de 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Hello again, do anybody have experience the AMD64 function Cool & Quiet ? Is it allways handled by the BIOS or do I need extra software for it ? Does this Cool&Quiet software depend on the specialities of the motherboards or is it the same for all AMD64-PC or AMD64-notebook ? Thank You, best regards Wigbert

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kernel 2.6
by wlindenbauer＠t-online.de 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Hello again, will the kernel 2.6 also be available for SUSE-Linux9.0-AMD64 as an update ? When ? In January 2004 ? Best regards Wigbert

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Adaptec 29320 & 39320 Support
by Alan Gray 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Hi, Looking on Suse's hardware support list, the 29320 & 39320 scsi controllers are not listed. The 29160 is but the 39160 is listed as problematic. Has anyone had experience with these? On adaptec's web site, there appears to be source code for non-HostRAID. The file is aic79xx-2.0.2-source.tar.gz (as well as aic79xx-1.1.0-source.tar.gz). I have a tyan K2885 motherboard which has SATA, but given support for SATA in an offical release is who knows when, I do not want to get caught again with any other non supported devices. Alan

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Re: [suse-amd64] FYI: Tyan S2885 with more than 4GB: New BIOS
by Andreas Jaeger 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Thanks, I'll pass this on... Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SuSE Linux AG, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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Opteron cluster
by Jyh-Shyong Ho 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Hi, We set up a cluster of dual Opteron nodes and installed SLSE8 for AMD64, I like to use the autoinsyall feature of YaST2 and SystemImager for better system maintenance. Has anyone successfully installed SystemImager on AMD64 (x86_64) system yet? Regards Jyh-Shyong Ho, PhD. Research Scientist National Center for High-Performance Computing Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC

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RE: [suse-amd64] Dual AMD 64
by Alan Gray 15 Dec '03

15 Dec '03

Just making sure I was not missing something. > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Pieczynski [mailto:pieczy@web.de] > Sent: Tuesday, 16 December 2003 5:41 AM > To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] Dual AMD 64 > > > On Sunday 14 December 2003 22:38, Alan Gray wrote: > > > > Dumb question. I presume you stll have to boot strap via IDE disks > > when installing 9.0, get a system running then apply the patches, > > recompile, then you'll get the SATA disks available ? > No questions is dump :-) > Yes, I installed at first to an old and small SCSI disk. > Frank > > > -- > Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe > For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com > >

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Strange system process takeover
by Jeremy Sonander 15 Dec '03

15 Dec '03

Hello, I have a Suse Linux 9.0 64 bit Linux installation running on an AMD Athlon 64 3200 processor. I find when I first start a cpu intensive run of one of our software tools, it starts off with over 90 percent of the cpu. However after a few minutes its fraction of the CPU drains away to under 20%. The cpu meter in the task bar shows the user cpu time in blue drain away as the system cpu time in red takes over (see attached jpg image). The GUI reponsiveness of other programs is severly degraded as the system cpu takes over. I have tried 2 software tools now from two separate companies, and both show the same problem. Both are compiled to run on on Linux using a 32 bit Intel cpus. Both tools do relatively small amounts of disk io, and both fit within the available RAM. I also tried compiling this program for the Athlon 64 and running it. int main () { while (1); } This does not show the same problem, and retains over 90% of the cpu continuously. Has anyone else seen anything like this? KPM doesnt show where the extra cpu time is going. I have no idea what to try next. Jeremy.

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