Partitioning issues with pSeries
Hi, I'm trying to install SLES10 on an IBM pSeries p655. I use the same partitioning scheme that I used successfully for SLES10 in i586, just that I need a special prep-type partition as /dev/sda1. However, partitioning fails. Looking at y2log, it seems that AY creates an additional primary partition with ext2 or sth. The log file is here: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/y2log.ppc.gz And I used the following profile (derived from SLES9 and the working SLES10 i586 profiles). Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? cu, Frank <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE profile SYSTEM "/usr/share/autoinstall/dtd/profile.dtd"> <profile xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns"> <bootloader> <global> </global> <loader_device>/dev/sda</loader_device> <loader_type>lilo</loader_type> <location>custom</location> </bootloader> <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/sda</device> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">prep</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <fstopt>defaults</fstopt> <mount>prep</mount> <partition_nr config:type="integer">1</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>1</size> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <fstopt>defaults</fstopt> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_nr config:type="integer">2</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>2gb</size> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <fstopt>defaults</fstopt> <mount>/</mount> <partition_nr config:type="integer">3</partition_nr> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>15gb</size> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <fstopt>defaults</fstopt> <mount>/local</mount> <partition_nr config:type="integer">5</partition_nr> <size>8gb</size> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <fstopt>defaults</fstopt> <mount>/var</mount> <partition_nr config:type="integer">6</partition_nr> <size>5gb</size> </partition> <partition> <create config:type="boolean">true</create> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <fstopt>defaults</fstopt> <mount>/usr/local/storage</mount> <partition_nr config:type="integer">7</partition_nr> <size>max</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> </partitioning> </profile> -- Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner Web: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/ Lehrstuhl f. Bioinformatik Mail: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/m/ LMU, Amalienstr. 17 Phone: +49 89 2180-4049 80333 Muenchen, Germany Fax: +49 89 2180-99-4049 * Rekursion kann man erst verstehen, wenn man Rekursion verstanden hat. *
On Tuesday 10 October 2006 13:04, Frank Steiner wrote:
I'm trying to install SLES10 on an IBM pSeries p655. I use the same partitioning scheme that I used successfully for SLES10 in i586, just that I need a special prep-type partition as /dev/sda1. However,
actually autoyast should create such a partition on it's own if it's needed. Something like "boot added automagically pb...." should appear in the log then. Can you try to remove your prep-partition from the profile?
The log file is here:
is that really the correct log? It looks a lot different than the partitioning section you have posted -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany Business: http://www.suse.de/~ug now playing - Imperative Reaction - Syntax
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On Tuesday 10 October 2006 13:04, Frank Steiner wrote:
I'm trying to install SLES10 on an IBM pSeries p655. I use the same partitioning scheme that I used successfully for SLES10 in i586, just that I need a special prep-type partition as /dev/sda1. However,
actually autoyast should create such a partition on it's own if it's needed. Something like "boot added automagically pb...." should appear in the log then.
Yes: 2006-10-10 14:54:10 <1> 141.84.1.7(3110) [YCP] autoinstall/autopart.ycp:562 parts [$["create":true, "filesystem":`prep, "format":true, "fsid":131, "fstopt":"defaults", "mount":"prep", "partition_nr":1, "partition_type":"primary", "size":1], $["create":true, "filesystem":`swap, "format":true, "fsid":131, "fstopt":"defaults", "mount":"swap", "partition_nr":2, "partition_type":"primary", "size":2147483648], $["create":true, "filesystem":`ext3, "format":true, "fsid":131, "fstopt":"defaults", "mount":"/", "partition_nr":3, "partition_type":"primary", "size":16106127360], $["create":true, "filesystem":`reiser, "format":true, "fsid":131, "fstopt":"defaults", "mount":"/local", "partition_nr":5, "size":8589934592], $["create":true, "filesystem":`ext3, "format":true, "fsid":131, "fstopt":"defaults", "mount":"/var", "partition_nr":6, "size":5368709120], $["create":true, "filesystem":`reiser, "format":true, "fsid":131, "fstopt":"defaults", "mount":"/usr/local/storage", "partition_nr":7, "size":0]] 2006-10-10 14:54:10 <1> 141.84.1.7(3110) [YCP] Partitions.ycp:216 PrepBoot ret:true 2006-10-10 14:54:10 <1> 141.84.1.7(3110) [YCP] autoinstall/autopart.ycp:367 boot added automagically pb $["auto_added":true, "filesystem":`ext2, "filesystem_id":65, "fsid":65, "id":65, "nr":1, "partition_type":"primary", "size":16777216, "type":`primary] I guess that's what's wrong here. Ay should not create this partition when I specify it... Looks like it doesn't recognize my partition as prep partition.
Can you try to remove your prep-partition from the profile?
I will try that. However, then I wonder how it would work with keeping partitions... That was my first try, because the hard disk already contains all the partitions with the settings specified in the profile. After that didn't work, I tried with creating because I thought that this should always work. I will try without the prep partition.
The log file is here:
is that really the correct log? It looks a lot different than the partitioning section you have posted
Aeh, no :-(( Sth. went wrong when moving the file. Now it's the correct one: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/y2log.ppc.gz cu, Frank -- Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner Web: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/ Lehrstuhl f. Bioinformatik Mail: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/m/ LMU, Amalienstr. 17 Phone: +49 89 2180-4049 80333 Muenchen, Germany Fax: +49 89 2180-99-4049 * Rekursion kann man erst verstehen, wenn man Rekursion verstanden hat. *
On Tuesday 10 October 2006 17:01, Frank Steiner wrote:
I guess that's what's wrong here. Ay should not create this partition when I specify it...
it does not
Looks like it doesn't recognize my partition as prep partition.
right. It's looking for partition_id=65 on PPC and you have not specified that in your profile. -- ciao, Uwe Gansert Uwe Gansert, Server Technologies Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany Business: http://www.suse.de/~ug now playing Assemblage 23 - Anthem
Uwe Gansert wrote
Looks like it doesn't recognize my partition as prep partition.
right. It's looking for partition_id=65 on PPC and you have not specified that in your profile.
Ah, ok! In SLES9 the "prep" entry for mount was enough, so I didn't think about this entry a lot :-) It works now. Thanks a lot! cu, Frank -- Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner Web: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/ Lehrstuhl f. Bioinformatik Mail: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/m/ LMU, Amalienstr. 17 Phone: +49 89 2180-4049 80333 Muenchen, Germany Fax: +49 89 2180-99-4049 * Rekursion kann man erst verstehen, wenn man Rekursion verstanden hat. *
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