RE: [Sisuite-users] Problem with image on SATA drives

Ali Norcott Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:12:39 -0800

Hi Bernard,

Thanks for your assistance so far on this. I’m attaching the output of lsmod on my machine. I now have systemconfigurator 2.2.2-2 on both client and server. I’ve done the si_prepareclient and si_getimage as normal. When I do the si_mkautoinstallcd I get and list of “available flavors” but if I pick anything other than standard I get an error message – “couldn’t copy /usr/share/systemimager/boot/i386/c-ubuntu380good/initrd.img to /tmp/systemimager.autoinstallcd.temp.dir/mnt!” message. If I build the cd using “standard” I get a cd but when I boot on my new machine I get the same /dev/hda situation.

If you have any ideas about what to next next I’d be very grateful.

Regards,

Ali

Module                  Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1           4224 1
vfat                   12288 1
fat                    46492 1 vfat
ipv6                  217408 6
rfcomm                 34972 0
l2cap                  22404 5 rfcomm
bluetooth              43012 4 rfcomm,l2cap
cpufreq_userspace       4444 0
cpufreq_stats           5124 0
freq_table              4484 1 cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave       1920 0
cpufreq_ondemand        5916 0
cpufreq_conservative     6820 0
video                  16004 0
tc1100_wmi              6916 0
sony_acpi               5516 0
pcc_acpi               11392 0
i2c_acpi_ec             5760 0
i2c_core               19728 1 i2c_acpi_ec
hotkey                  9508 0
dev_acpi               11396 0
container               4608 0
button                  6672 0
battery                 9604 0
ac                      4996 0
tsdev                   7616 0
rtc                    11832 0
pcspkr                  3652 0
tpm_nsc                 6528 0
tpm                     9504 1 tpm_nsc
hw_random               5268 0
snd_hda_intel          15872 1
snd_hda_codec          72064 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss            46368 0
snd_mixer_oss          16128 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm               78344 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              21764 1 snd_pcm
snd                    48644 8 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               9184 1 snd
snd_page_alloc         10120 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
pci_hotplug            24628 0
psmouse                26116 0
lp                     11460 0
md                     40656 0
dm_snapshot            16028 1
dm_mod                 50364 4 dm_snapshot
loop                  15752 0
cloop                  13152 1
af_packet              20232 0
tg3                    83716 0
nls_cp437               5888 2
isofs                  32824 1
ide_cd                 36996 1
cdrom                  33952 1 ide_cd
ide_disk               16128 0
ide_floppy             17664 0
ide_generic             1664 0
pdc202xx_new            8192 0
aec62xx                 7168 0
alim15x3               11020 0
amd74xx                12828 0
atiixp                  5648 0
cmd64x                 10652 0
cs5520                  4864 0
cs5530                  5120 0
cy82c693                4740 0
generic                 4224 0
hpt34x                  5120 0
ns87415                 4424 0
opti621                4356 0
pdc202xx_old           10240 0
rz1000                  2944 0
sc1200                  6912 0
serverworks             8840 0
siimage                11392 0
sis5513                14472 0
slc90e66                5248 0
triflex                 3968 0
trm290                  4356 0
via82cxxx              12188 0
floppy                 52692 1
usb_storage            64704 0
parport_pc             31812 1
parport                32072 2 lp,parport_pc
fbcon                  34176 72
tileblit                2560 1 fbcon
font                    8448 1 fbcon
bitblit                 5248 1 fbcon
vga16fb                12232 1
vgastate                8320 1 vga16fb
vesafb                  8088 0
cfbcopyarea             4480 2 vga16fb,vesafb
cfbimgblt               2944 2 vga16fb,vesafb
cfbfillrect             3840 2 vga16fb,vesafb
softcursor              2432 2 vga16fb,vesafb
usbserial              26984 0
usbkbd                  6784 0
thermal                13192 0
processor              23100 1 thermal
fan                     4740 0
mousedev               10912 0
evdev                   9088 0
sd_mod                 17424 2
usbhid                 30688 0
ata_piix                9476 4
libata                 47876 1 ata_piix
scsi_mod              124872 3 usb_storage,sd_mod,libata
piix                    9476 1
ide_core              125268 29 ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_floppy,ide_generic,pdc202xx_new,aec62xx,alim15x3,amd74xx,atiixp,cmd64x,cs5520,cs5530,cy82c693,generic,hpt34x,ns87415,opti621,pdc202xx_old,rz1000,sc1200,serverworks,siimage,sis5513,slc90e66,triflex,trm290,via82cxxx,usb_storage,piix
ehci_hcd               29448 0
uhci_hcd               28048 0
usbcore               104188 7 usb_storage,usbserial,usbkbd,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
unix                   24624 572

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Bernard Li
Sent: 11 January 2006 20:21
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Sisuite-users] Problem with image on SATA drives

Since SystemConfigurator is responsible for setting up grub, I would say yes, upgrade SystemConfigurator.

Other folks may have encountered the same thing, there may be some manual steps you can perform to get around the problem. Try digging through the archives.

I'm still a bit troubled that SystemImager is seeing your HD as /dev/hda as opposed to /dev/sda, this will throw SystemConfigurator off.

To find out what module the SATA adapter uses, boot Linux into rescue mode, then provide the output of "lsmod".

Cheers,

Bernard

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ali Norcott
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:02
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Sisuite-users] Problem with image on SATA drives

I’m running systemconfigurator 2.0.10-1 on both machines. Both machines are running Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger with Linux version 2.6.12-8-386 although I would ideally like to use one of our debian servers as the systemimager server. At the moment I’m just testing the software and when I ran into problems with SystemImager 3.4.0 it was suggested I upgrade to a new version which is why I’m now using an Ubuntu machine as the server.

I’m not sure what module the SATA adapter users. How would I find this out?

Should I upgrade the systemconfigurator?

Let me know if you need more information. Many thanks for your help.

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Bernard Li
Sent: 11 January 2006 19:32
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Sisuite-users] Problem with image on SATA drives

What's the version of SystemConfigurator you're using? You still haven't told me what Linux distribution you are imaging.

It would help also if you tell us what module your SATA adapter uses.

Cheers,

Bernard

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ali Norcott
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 11:23
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Sisuite-users] Problem with image on SATA drives

Hi Bernard,

I’m running version 3.5.3-1 on both client and server and the kernel is 2.6.

Regards,

Ali

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Bernard Li
Sent: 11 January 2006 18:18
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Sisuite-users] Problem with image on SATA drives

Please provide:

SystemImager version

Linux distribution version

Chances are, SystemImager kernel (2.4 based I'm guessing) recognizes your HD as /dev/hda, but your actual OS detects it as /dev/sda. This is not uncommon with SATA devices.

Cheers,

Bernard

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ali Norcott
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:25
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Sisuite-users] Problem with image on SATA drives

Hi,

I’m installing onto a Precision 380 with 1x SATA HDD. I boot from CD and the image downloads from my server. I notice some messages at the start about partitioning /dev/hda1 etc which I wouldn’t expect to see as my machine is a SATA drive so I’d expect /dev/sda. The files install but when the install completes I am unable to boot the machine. If I boot from a grub floppy (to try to install grub) and do root (hd0,0) I get a message saying the partition doesn’t exist. I’ve checked and amended the /etc/fstab entries as per a solution in a previous posting so my entries are:

Proc

/dev/sda3          -           /

/dev/sda2          -           /boot

/dev/sda1          -           none     (swap)

I’ve rerun the si_prepareclient and si_getimage but to no avail. If I boot from a floppy with fdisk on it there are no partitions showing. Some of the messages just before I get the “I have been done…” message are as follows:

Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.

df: Warning: cannot read table of mounted filesystems

df: Warning: cannot read table of mounted filesystems

Could not find device for /boot. Nor found or not a block device.

Use of uninitialized value in concatenation or string at /usr/lib/systemconfig/Boot/Grub.pm line 160

Does anyone know what I need to do to get this working?

Any help would be very much appreciated. I feel I’m very close to getting this working.

Regards,

Ali

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