An issue with setup-storage in Ubuntu 11.04 (natty) occurs:
root@faisrv:/srv/fai/config/disk_config# cat ~fai/l00/last/format.log
Starting setup-storage 1.3
Using config file: /var/lib/fai/config/disk_config/SCRATCH
Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit TiB print
Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit B print free
Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit chs print free
Creating directory "/var/lock/lvm"
Finding all volume groups
No volume groups found
Executing: mdadm --examine --scan --verbose -c partitions
/dev/sda3 will be preserved
Executing: vgchange -a n
Executing: parted -s /dev/sda mklabel msdos
Executing: parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary "ext3" 32256B 10479006719B
Executing: parted -s /dev/sda mkpart extended "" 500105249280B 502194470399B
Command had non-zero exit code
Manually on the fai client:
root@l00:~# parted -s /dev/sda mklabel msdos
root@l00:~# parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary "ext3" 32256B 10479006719B
Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance.
root@l00:~# parted -s /dev/sda mkpart extended "" 500105249280B 502194470399B
Error: The location 502194470399B is outside of the device /dev/sda.
root@l00:~# parted -s /dev/sda unit B print free
Model: ATA ST3500514NS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500107862016B
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32256B 10479006719B 10478974464B primary ext3
10479006720B 500107862015B 489628855296B Free Space
So 502194470399B seems to be really outside of the device (swap-partition).
Here the disk_config/SCRATCH file:
root@faisrv:/srv/fai/config/disk_config# cat SCRATCH
# example of new config file for setup-storage
#
# <type> <mountpoint> <size> <fs type> <mount options> <misc options>
disk_config disk1 disklabel:msdos bootable:1 fstabkey:uuid preserve_always:3
primary / 10000 ext3 rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro
logical swap 2000 swap rw
primary /scratch 0- ext3 rw
I.e. if already existing, the /scratch partition is supposed to be
preserved, otherwise it should be created.
Any idea?
And why does parted want to start the first partition at 32256B?
(bad performance?)
Best wishes
Andreas
