[Bug 333753] New: Installation and upgrade fail on nvidia RAID0+1
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333753 Summary: Installation and upgrade fail on nvidia RAID0+1 Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3 Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: oen@dsl.pipex.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- When installing or upgrading 10.3 on an nvraid RAID0+1 system the mkinitrd script fails. The following messages appear: ------------ An error occurred during initrd creation. Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default Initrd image: /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default Root device: /dev/mapper/nvidia_acdaaaad_part8 (mounted on / as ext3) Device dm-26 not handled. (please note: the number can vary) Script /lib/mkinitrd/setup/72-block.sh failed. Bootloader::Library::SetLoaderType: Initialization for unknown bootloader. Bootloader::Core::ListFiles: Running generic function, it should never be called. Bootloader::Core::ParseLines: Running generic function, it should never be called. ------------ The installation has then to be broken off. When rebooting, GRUB ends up in an Error 15. The old bootloader is still there. The system reverts to a command line version of GRUB from where Windows XP x64 can be booted. Log files are not available, as the 10.3 system is not accesssible at all. In case there is a possibility to boot into 10.3 someone please tell me how; I'll be happy to supply logfiles then. The error can not be caused by faulty installation media as it occurs using the DVD, the KDE CD, and the internet install. All of them fail in exactly the same way - but work fine on another system running on nvidia RAID1. The error is also specifically 10.3 because 10.2 can be re-installed without any problem on the RAID0+1 system. Finally, it turns out I'm not the only one to encounter this problem. David Sauve reports the same error here: http://www.mail-archive.com/opensuse@opensuse.org/msg47438.html David and I have been in contact and established that the systems on which 10.3 fails to install are both running nvraid RAID0+1. The systems are not completely identical: the RAID0+1 arrays are different in size, and my system is dual-boot where DS's system is not. In case any more information is needed, please let me know; good luck :-) -- 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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Hmm. Looks more like a dmraid problem then.
Under 10.2, dmraid has always been somewhat tricky. When using RAID0+1 one might expect the partitioner to specify 1 large drive - but that is not what happens. The partitioner (both during installation and on the installed 10.2 system) always starts with reporting that the partition tables of 2 of the 4 drives can not be read. This doesn't make sense - the drives themselves are not important at all, onlt the RAID0+1 is. The partition table shows not only the RAID0+1 array, but also the 2 underlying striped arrays plus details of the 2 drives reported earlier as having a partition table that can't be read (1 drive in each of the striped arrays). In principle, one could define partitions on these - and that should be impossible, as they are integral parts of the RAID0+1. I got the impression dmraid is hardly being maintained nowadays, but didn't pay too much attention as it DOES work under 10.2. Under 10.3 the situation is different ... it doesn't work.
Please boot into the 10.3 rescue system and provide the output of dmraid -r and dmraid -s
That's a bit of a problem as I've only 1 system running on RAID0+1 - and that, in fact, is my main system. When 10.3 didn't work I re-installed 10.2. Getting the information you request would entail a complete install of 10.3, booting into the rescue system, and then re-installing 10.2 to get my main system running again (I can't free any partitions to make room for a more permanent 10.3 install). This is rather time-consuming, as you can imagine - apart from the risks I take by experimenting on what is basically a production system. However ... if you really need this info let me know and I'll fit it in somehow. -- 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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