[Bug 214992] New: Cannot install to partition > 15 on PATA
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=214992 Summary: Cannot install to partition > 15 on PATA Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Alpha 5 plus Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Blocker Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: mrmazda@ij.net QAContact: jsrain@novell.com I've run into this insanity elsewhere on SATA due to its absurd limit on partitions per physical device. Now in an attempted factory ftp install from mirrors.kernel.org using 20 Oct kernel and initrd I get these messages: Your disk /dev/sdc contains 24 partitions. The maximum number of partitions that the kernel driver of the disk can handle is 15. Partitions numbered above 15 cannot be accessed. Your disk /dev/sda contains 22 partitions. The maximum number of partitions that the kernel driver of the disk can handle is 15. Partitions numbered above 15 cannot be accessed. Attempting to proceed to the partitioning step caused the graphical installer to abort with exit code 139 on tty3, dumping me to the initial text installation menu. The i815/ICH2 system has neither SATA nor SCSI nor RAID nor connected USB devices. The only card devices are Matrox G400 AGP and Intel Pro100 PCI NIC. The installation target is /dev/hdc21, which has a previous factory install as /dev/hda21. -- 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=214992 mhorvath@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |DUPLICATE ------- Comment #1 from mhorvath@novell.com 2006-10-26 06:54 MST ------- *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 58805 *** -- 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=214992 mrmazda@ij.net changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |aj@novell.com ------- Comment #2 from mrmazda@ij.net 2006-10-26 08:03 MST ------- Bug 58805 is private. Why? How does one discover or follow such a bug? Shouldn't this be left open and set to depend on the hidden bug so others won't need to be filing more duplicates? Is there some workaround so that people won't need to switch to Ubuntu? That bug is marked fixed. When was it fixed? -- 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=214992 aj@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|DUPLICATE | ------- Comment #3 from aj@novell.com 2006-10-26 08:34 MST ------- Bug 58805 is an rather old bug, I cannot make it public due to its permissions but I added you to it so that you can read it yourself. Basically: The amount of partitions per block device is hardcoded into the kernel, udev won't help in any way with it. So from a kernel point of view, this is WONTFIX. (CANTFIX to be more exact ...). But let me reopen this one. -- 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=214992 aj@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team- |hare@novell.com |screening@forge.provo.novell| |.com | Status|REOPENED |NEW ------- Comment #4 from aj@novell.com 2006-10-26 08:34 MST ------- Hannes, this is one of the "features" of going to libata. -- 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=214992 ------- Comment #5 from mrmazda@ij.net 2006-10-26 09:09 MST ------- FIXED seems to be an inappropriate resolution for bug 58805. Based on the way it was handled, either it isn't fixed (e.g. cantfix), or it was left assigned to the wrong component. If the kernel people have a public bug database with bug(s) on this subject it would be nice to refer to it here. Interested parties might then be able to discover when they can expect to be able to use their existing systems with new SUSE versions without a complete overhaul of their partitioning philosophies and backup strategies. This will be a recurring problem. Disks have gotten too big for the kernel's artificial partition count limitation. -- 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=214992 hare@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Blocker |Normal Status|NEW |ASSIGNED ------- Comment #6 from hare@novell.com 2006-10-27 01:25 MST ------- You can always install when specifying 'brokenmodules=ata_piix' on the commandline. This will instruct the installer to omit the 'ata_piix' module (and hence the libata support) and installation will continue as normal. Reducing to normal as workaround is available. AJ, we should put this in the release notes / documentation somewhere. -- 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=214992 aj@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |ke@novell.com ------- Comment #8 from aj@novell.com 2006-10-27 01:38 MST ------- Karl, please add something to the release notes. -- 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=214992 hare@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|hare@novell.com |ke@novell.com Status|ASSIGNED |NEW -- 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=214992 ke@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED -- 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=214992 ------- Comment #9 from snwint@novell.com 2006-10-27 04:01 MST ------- 10.2 will default to the 'classical' ide drivers. You can use 'hwprobe=modules.pata' to switch to the libata based variants. The code just didn't cover the piix vs. ata_piix case. I've fixed that now. With beta 2 things should be back to normal. -- 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=214992 aj@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |dmacvicar@novell.com ------- Comment #10 from aj@novell.com 2006-10-27 10:07 MST ------- *** Bug 215766 has been marked as a duplicate of this 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=214992 fehr@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |emoenke@gwdg.de ------- Comment #11 from fehr@novell.com 2006-10-31 05:14 MST ------- *** Bug 216524 has been marked as a duplicate of this 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=214992 ------- Comment #12 from kernel01@hailfinger.org 2006-11-02 10:20 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=103559) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=103559&action=view) patch for util-linux to enable party If you have util-linux with attached patch installed, make sure no partition on sda is in use (swap/suspend/mounted), then # partx -d /dev/sda # kpartx -a /dev/sda Now /dev/sda[1-15] have vanished and /dev/disk/by-name/sda[1-255] appear instead. Mounting these devices works normally. Problem solved. -- 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=214992 kernel01@hailfinger.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment #103559|patch for util-linux to |patch for util-linux to enable partx description|enable party | -- 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=214992 kernel01@hailfinger.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version|Alpha 5 plus |Beta 1 plus ------- Comment #13 from kernel01@hailfinger.org 2006-11-02 10:29 MST ------- The partx/kpartx command sequence has to be included in the initrd to work reliably. But then you can even boot from such a disk. One bug in kpartx would need to be fixed for full compatibility: kpartx does not create mappings for extended partitions, but the in-kernel partitioning code does. -- 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=214992 kernel01@hailfinger.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |cthiel@novell.com ------- Comment #14 from kernel01@hailfinger.org 2006-11-02 20:06 MST ------- cthiel: Can you take a look at this feature while aj is away? -- 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=214992 cthiel@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |hare@novell.com AssignedTo|ke@novell.com |schwab@novell.com Status|ASSIGNED |NEW ------- Comment #15 from cthiel@novell.com 2006-11-03 07:41 MST ------- Andreas, can you please take care of the util-linux part? (enable partx)? Hannes, would it be possible to add this as an option to mkinitrd, so users who really need this, can enable it? -- 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=214992 ------- Comment #16 from cthiel@novell.com 2006-11-03 07:55 MST ------- After talking to Hannes, we won't add this option to mkinitrd. Karl, let's put this into the release notes, as proposed in comment #8. Thanks! -- 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=214992 schwab@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|schwab@novell.com |mkoenig@novell.com -- 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=214992 kernel01@hailfinger.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BugsThisDependsOn| |218122 ------- Comment #17 from kernel01@hailfinger.org 2006-11-06 09:56 MST ------- Bug 218122 has my mkinitrd patch for this. -- 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=214992 ------- Comment #18 from ke@novell.com 2006-11-07 01:05 MST ------- Comments are still too confusing to me. Please, provide a short text proposal and assign the bug to 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=214992 ------- Comment #19 from mkoenig@novell.com 2006-11-07 06:01 MST ------- Patch for util-linux submitted. -- 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=214992 cthiel@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|mkoenig@novell.com |ke@novell.com ------- Comment #20 from cthiel@novell.com 2006-11-07 07:38 MST ------- Thanks Matthias! Let's push this bug over to Karl now. -- 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=214992 cthiel@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|ke@novell.com |hare@novell.com ------- Comment #21 from cthiel@novell.com 2006-11-07 07:39 MST ------- Hannes, could you please brief Karl on what needs to be put into the release notes? -- 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=214992 Bug 214992 depends on bug 218122, which changed state. Bug 218122 Summary: Support more than 15 partitions on SCSI (libata) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=218122 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX -- 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=214992 hare@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|hare@novell.com |ke@novell.com ------- Comment #22 from hare@novell.com 2006-11-24 06:09 MST ------- Well, actually nothing. The default installation works as before. Only those who'd like to try the new PATA drivers can use the flag during installation. And then they should be aware that sda supports only 15 partitions. Not that you can create more than 15 partitions via YaST, but one should document it. -- 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=214992 ke@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WORKSFORME ------- Comment #23 from ke@novell.com 2006-11-27 08:35 MST ------- Because the problem obviously is fixed, it is not needed to add it to the RNs (see #22). Documenting the new PATA drivers is a documentation issue (FATE?). -- 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=214992 Bug 214992 depends on bug 218122, which changed state. Bug 218122 Summary: Support more than 15 partitions on libata https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=218122 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|WONTFIX | -- 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=214992 Bug 214992 depends on bug 218122, which changed state. Bug 218122 Summary: Support more than 15 partitions on libata https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=218122 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |NEW Status|NEW |ASSIGNED Status|ASSIGNED |NEW Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Status|NEW |ASSIGNED Status|ASSIGNED |NEW Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=214992 Bug 214992 depends on bug 218122, which changed state. Bug 218122 Summary: Support more than 15 partitions on libata https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=218122 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|FIXED | -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=214992 Bug 214992 depends on bug 218122, which changed state. Bug 218122 Summary: Support more than 15 partitions on libata https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=218122 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED -- 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.
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