On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:28:14 +0200 Stephan Wiesand <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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? See a tree node here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/7659501/ This is a standard install though from a customized Live system of mine (only added some extra packages to the official ISO and created mine with livecd-creator). Andras
