On Jun 17, 2014, at 19:20 , Andras Horvath wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:08:12 +0200 > Stephan Wiesand <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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? > # 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
Inode numbers look innocious. I do wonder why you have a /boot/boot though, and about the extlinux. Are you sure you're using Grub to boot the server? -- Stephan Wiesand DESY -DV- Platanenenallee 6 15738 Zeuthen, Germany
