[Bug 861952] New: Installation with / on raid1 creates unbootable environment

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c0 Summary: Installation with / on raid1 creates unbootable environment Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 13.1 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: yast2-maintainers@suse.de ReportedBy: msvec@suse.com QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- First stage installed just fine, but the reboot to the second stage failed, it cannot boot at all (BIOS does not find any disks to boot). -- 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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3 Feb 3 Feb

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New subject: [Bug 861952] Installation with / on raid1 creates unbootable environment

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c2 --- Comment #2 from Michal Svec 2014-02-03 22:50:18 CET --- Created an attachment (id=576995) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=576995) hwinfo -- 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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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c Josef Reidinger changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|yast2-maintainers@suse.de |snwint@suse.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.

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New subject: [Bug 861952] Installation with / on raid1 creates unbootable environment

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c Steffen Winterfeldt changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|snwint@suse.com |mchang@suse.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.

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5 Feb 5 Feb

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New subject: [Bug 861952] Installation with / on raid1 creates unbootable environment

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c Michael Chang 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.

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10 Feb 10 Feb

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New subject: [Bug 861952] Installation with / on raid1 creates unbootable environment

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c4 --- Comment #4 from Michal Svec 2014-02-10 10:41:03 CET --- Update: I did a complete new and clean installation and made sure the "highly available checkbox" (multiple MBRs) was checked this time and it failed again. This was the message: /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding. /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged . /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: error: diskfilter writes are not supported. I can't recall seeing this one the first time, so maybe it's a different bug. The system does not boot, though. -- 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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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c7 --- Comment #7 from Michal Svec 2014-02-10 10:44:05 CET --- NOTE: switching the installation to GRUB1 didn't help, the message was exactly the same. The BL switch probably doesn't work... -- 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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20:39

New subject: [Bug 861952] Installation with / on raid1 creates unbootable environment

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c8 --- Comment #8 from Michal Svec 2014-02-10 21:39:25 CET --- Using GRUB1 right from the start didn't help either. See bug 863150. -- 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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11 Feb 11 Feb

07:33

New subject: [Bug 861952] Installation with / on raid1 creates unbootable environment

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c9 Michael Chang changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |msvec@suse.com --- Comment #9 from Michael Chang 2014-02-11 07:33:46 UTC --- Hi Michal, It seems that you enabled boot from root partition in md raid1. 2013-11-13 20:35:34 <1> linux(2712) [Ruby] clients/inst_proposal.rb:162 Proposal - UserInput: 'enable_boot_root' And that result in "/dev/md/0" in your /etc/default/grub_installdevice /dev/disk/by-id/ata-MB0500GCEHF_Z1M1W3GN /dev/disk/by-id/ata-MB0500GCEHF_Z1M1W456 /dev/md/0 activate generic_mbr And grub2-install failed in installing it 2013-11-13 20:39:57 <1> linux(20738) [pbl] yast-2776.1 Core::RunCommand.1641: run /usr/sbin/grub2-install --target=i386-pc --force --skip-fs-probe "/dev/md/0" >/var/log/YaST2/y2log_bootloader 2>&1 - ret 256 + output: /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding. You cannot embed bootloader stage1 to a partition that is not physical (raid or lvm) as you cannot write it's raw blocks and also cannot be chainloaded by mbr (cant dont the translation in less than 512 byte of codes) You should not check the root partition as bootloader location and try again (OTOH yast2 bootloader should do a better job on hiding those unusable option to avoid such hassle.) Please try again? Thank you very much (and sorry for the bothering many times) -- 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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07:35

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c10 --- Comment #10 from Michael Chang 2014-02-11 07:35:48 UTC --- Meanwhile, your bios reporting "disk not found" is really clueless. :( -- 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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12 Feb 12 Feb

08:46

New subject: [Bug 861952] Installation with / on raid1 creates unbootable environment

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c11 Michal Svec changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED InfoProvider|msvec@suse.com | Severity|Critical |Normal --- Comment #11 from Michal Svec 2014-02-12 09:46:39 CET --- I changed some BIOS setting to "Legacy SATA" (from some obsure HP-specific controller, this is Proliant) and it boots fine. I wonder how the system could get installed just fine, but then didn't boot. It didn't boot even without raid1, so this bug probably could be closed. Though I have no idea what needs to be done to have the system boot with the original setting. -- 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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10:27

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c12 --- Comment #12 from Michael Chang 2014-02-12 10:27:18 UTC --- Did you boot from cdrom or pxe for installation? Probably only disk booting is problematic. -- 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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10:33

New subject: [Bug 861952] Installation with / on raid1 creates unbootable environment

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c13 --- Comment #13 from Michal Svec 2014-02-12 11:33:22 CET --- The installation was run from DVD. -- 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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10:47

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c14 Michael Chang changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #14 from Michael Chang 2014-02-12 10:47:03 UTC --- Well. I have no idea about what bios are doing here . But the disk booting could be broken from the beginning and the installation happens to work because of it uses cdrom not hard disk. Anyway let's close this as it seems like bios problem. -- 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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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c15 --- Comment #15 from Michal Svec 2014-02-12 13:42:55 CET --- I guess this might be the culprit: http://nozell.com/blog/2004/05/08/some-tips-to-reinstall-grub-on-an-hp-proli... Shouldn't this be detected automatically? -- 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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13 Feb 13 Feb

03:08

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c16 --- Comment #16 from Michael Chang 2014-02-13 03:08:33 UTC --- (In reply to comment #15)

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Shouldn't this be detected automatically?

No. I don't think YaST has that data base for those quirk machines (device.map is created by YaST or human). And it is 2004 server ... -- 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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18 Feb 18 Feb

09:08

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c17 --- Comment #17 from Michal Svec 2014-02-18 10:08:58 CET --- (In reply to comment #16)

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And it is 2004 server ...

That's nonsense, I bought the server a couple of months ago. -- 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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09:15

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c18 --- Comment #18 from Lukas Ocilka 2014-02-18 09:15:02 UTC --- That article comes from 2004, maybe that's why Michael thought your HW is also from the 19th century... -- 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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10:35

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c19 Scott Bahling changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |sbahling@suse.com --- Comment #19 from Scott Bahling 2014-02-18 10:35:30 UTC --- (In reply to comment #15)

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I guess this might be the culprit: http://nozell.com/blog/2004/05/08/some-tips-to-reinstall-grub-on-an-hp-proli...

Shouldn't this be detected automatically?

That only applies to HP Smart Array controllers managed by the legacy 'cciss' driver which generated these special /dev/cciss devices. Your system is using the integrated Intel SATA controller in "RAID" mode so it's not related. -- 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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19 Feb 19 Feb

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c20 --- Comment #20 from Michael Chang 2014-02-19 04:11:06 UTC --- I really don't know what the target device should the bootloader be installed to in your server while raid mode enabled. It's obviously not /dev/sda in your case. I had a firmware raid 1 (Adaptec AIC-9405W SAS) server booted fine with openSUSE 13.1 out of box (YaST did a good job here ..) It's managed by dmraid(!mdadm) and linux device mapper driver with DDF external metadat format. The hexdump -C /dev/sda and hexdump -C /dev/dm-0 reveals same mbr information. The install device is /dev/disk/by-id/raid-ddf1_MIXEDLAB in /etc/default/grub_installdevice which's a symlink to /dev/dm-0. Probably we should use device mapper device or md device in this case for installation. But maybe we should first know what's managing your raid configuration.. (mdadm or dmraid ). $ dmraid -r $ mdadm --detail --scan -- 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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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c21 --- Comment #21 from Michal Svec 2014-02-19 09:56:07 CET --- Well, I created the RAID setup with YaST so all this should be clear from y2logs I would hope. Here is the info anyways: bash# dmraid -r no raid disks bash# mdadm --detail --scan ARRAY /dev/md/0 metadata=1.0 name=linux:0 UUID=e7105106:9b30fdd3:b35ea558:4fd4f521 ARRAY /dev/md/3 metadata=1.0 name=linux:3 UUID=78c18626:e28670ae:e488f0be:485bca68 ARRAY /dev/md/1 metadata=1.0 name=linux:1 UUID=759b89d1:bf31421f:c1a67a38:f016f793 ARRAY /dev/md/2 metadata=1.0 name=linux:2 UUID=ecb4418d:bb69e4d2:00d98f6d:69274843 -- 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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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c22 --- Comment #22 from Michael Chang 2014-02-19 09:12:06 UTC --- I know that you have "software RAID" created via YaST, I'm actually replying to comment#19 that it looks like your server's onboard "firmware" RAID would have things to do with the mystery "no disk found" boot error even though we've verified bootloader (grub2) stage1 has been installed in sda1 but firmware still refuses to boot. -- 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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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c23 --- Comment #23 from Michael Chang 2014-02-19 09:13:07 UTC --- (In reply to comment #22)

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verified bootloader (grub2) stage1 has been installed in sda1 but firmware s/sda1/sda/

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861952#c24 --- Comment #24 from Michal Svec 2014-02-19 10:25:14 CET --- For the record, the installation didn't boot even without any SW raid, with / on a regular partition. So it might make sense to follow up in a separate bug report. -- 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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