On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:08:12 +0200 Stephan Wiesand <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Andras, > > On Jun 17, 2014, at 19:02 , Andras Horvath wrote: > > > On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:52:58 +0200 > > Stephan Wiesand <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2014-06-17, at 11:08, Andras Horvath <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 10:50:17 +0200 > >>> Stephan Wiesand <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>>> I've got the following server: > >>>>> > >>>>> DELL Poweredge T110 II > >>>>> 01:00.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS > >>>>> 2008 [Falcon] (rev 03) > >>>>> System is SL 6.5 64 bit with hw raid 1 setup, so array is seen as sda > >>>> > >>>> is that a Dell card? > >>> > >>> I don't know but it came with the server preinstalled. I can look after > >>> this info if it can help. > >> > >> Looks like an H310. I just booted an R420 with such a card into -431.17.1 > >> and it works just fine. Here's the lspci -nn data: > >> > >> 01:00.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS > >> 2008 [Falcon] [1000:0073] (rev 03) > >> > >>>>> I'm having problem with the latest kernel version for some time now. > >>>>> The previous kernel version boots fine and everything works just well, > >>>>> but the latest kernel (v2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64) cannot boot and > >>>>> Grub says something like "trying to reach blocks outside of partition" > >>>>> and that's all the message there is and boot hangs. > >>>> > >>>> If it's really Grub saying this, the kernel hasn't even started. Is > >>>> /boot a separate partition? Size and fs? Have you fsck'ed it? Checked > >>>> free space and inodes? Tried to reinstall the kernel and the initramfs? > >>> > >>> Since this is a hardver Raid, I can see only a single sda device. I have > >>> also only a single root partition, the boot is not a separate one. The > >>> size is 1.8 TB (2 x 2 TB disks in the array, the raid BIOS of the card > >>> does not show any problem). I've got plenty of free space and should not > >>> be at the limit of the inodes either I believe. Also, I entirely > >>> reinstalled the kernel thinking that something could have gone wrong > >>> during the update, but it gives the same result. > >> > >> It really seems Grub has trouble with your /boot. Maybe due to a > >> filesystem inconsistency. Maybe due to a large inode number it can't deal > >> with (does "ls -i /boot" reveal anything unusual?). > > # ls -i /boot | sort -n > > 140811 grub > > 141909 extlinux > > 177524 System.map-2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 > > 177525 config-2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 > > 177526 symvers-2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64.gz > > 177542 vmlinuz-2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 > > 177582 initramfs-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64.img > > 178327 System.map-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 > > 178348 initramfs-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64.img > > 178452 config-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 > > 178453 symvers-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64.gz > > 178458 initramfs-2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64.img > > 178529 vmlinuz-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 > > 181915 System.map-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 > > 181916 config-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 > > 181917 symvers-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64.gz > > 181918 vmlinuz-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 > > 191634 efi > > 192173 elf-memtest86+-4.10 > > 192174 memtest86+-4.10 > > 262276 boot > > > > > > Does it seem high number? > > No, but then there are no files for -431.17.1 ... can you install it and try > again? > > Stephan > # ls -i /boot | sort -n 140811 grub 141909 extlinux 177524 System.map-2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 177525 config-2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 177526 symvers-2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64.gz 177542 vmlinuz-2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 177582 initramfs-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64.img 178317 System.map-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64 178318 config-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64 178326 symvers-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64.gz 178327 System.map-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 178348 initramfs-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64.img 178452 config-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 178453 symvers-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64.gz 178458 initramfs-2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64.img 178527 vmlinuz-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64 178529 vmlinuz-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 179738 initramfs-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64.img 181915 System.map-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 181916 config-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 181917 symvers-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64.gz 181918 vmlinuz-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 191634 efi 192173 elf-memtest86+-4.10 192174 memtest86+-4.10 262276 boot Andras
