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

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