Re: Re: RC1 with auto-RAID and graphical preseeding
Sorry for perhaps breaking the thread. I forgot to mention I'm not subscribed to this list. Please keep me Cc:'ed until then. Otavio Salvador: Looks like there's something broken or your image or on the install itself. Have you rebuild the installer? If yes, you could have lose the preseed behaviour change that had some package splitting or like. Would be nice to check it. I didn't it (and don't plan to). I just: - fetched the .iso - extracted the initrd.gz - added the preseed.cfg to it - rebuild the initrd.gz - updated the md5sums - rebuilt the .iso Everything guided by instructions I've found in the wiki :-) About Attilio's message: despite some weirds error values I'm using (that seems null for what I want, anyway), the file syntax is right? -- caio[1982] begotti http://caio.ueberalles.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RC1 with auto-RAID and graphical preseeding
Caio Begotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Looks like there's something broken or your image or on the install itself. Have you rebuild the installer? If yes, you could have lose the preseed behaviour change that had some package splitting or like. Would be nice to check it. I didn't it (and don't plan to). I just: - fetched the .iso - extracted the initrd.gz - added the preseed.cfg to it - rebuild the initrd.gz - updated the md5sums - rebuilt the .iso Which iso? Would be nice if you can include a syslog of both installations on the mail so we can check what's happening. I'm using preseeding almost every day on both g-i and d-i without problems so it can be a hidden bug or a small mistake. Everything guided by instructions I've found in the wiki :-) About Attilio's message: despite some weirds error values I'm using (that seems null for what I want, anyway), the file syntax is right? It looks like. -- O T A V I OS A L V A D O R - E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 5906116 GNU/Linux User: 239058 GPG ID: 49A5F855 Home Page: http://otavio.ossystems.com.br - Microsoft gives you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: RC1 with auto-RAID and graphical preseeding
Otavio, I just noticed that after installing RC1 with partman-auto- raid preseed and then using the installgui option (which didn't work well using preseed), my GRUB menu got the following [rough] structure: Debian GNU/Linux 2.6.17 (the newest entry, using installgui) Debian GNU/Linux 2.6.17 ... (from the old installation that failed to boot GRUB!) Amazing! So I tried to boot the second one (after checking kernel parameters - all of them were ok) It worked, and now I'm investigating what the hell is going on with the my preseed. Somehow, GRUB isn't being installed correctly in both disks, although the same config is being used in both methods (GUI and text) :-( I'll save the logs and post them as soon as I get them. Thanks for helping! -- caio[1982] begotti http://caio.ueberalles.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RC1 with auto-RAID and graphical preseeding
Caio Begotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Otavio, I just noticed that after installing RC1 with partman-auto- raid preseed and then using the installgui option (which didn't work well using preseed), my GRUB menu got the following [rough] structure: Debian GNU/Linux 2.6.17 (the newest entry, using installgui) Debian GNU/Linux 2.6.17 ... (from the old installation that failed to boot GRUB!) what's the difference of resulting menu? -- O T A V I OS A L V A D O R - E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 5906116 GNU/Linux User: 239058 GPG ID: 49A5F855 Home Page: http://otavio.ossystems.com.br - Microsoft gives you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RC1 with auto-RAID and graphical preseeding
On 23/11/2006, at 16:51, Otavio Salvador wrote: what's the difference of resulting menu? The second (to boot the array) works and was right generated, but the MBR recording seems to have failed. -- caio[1982] begotti http://caio.ueberalles.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RC1 with auto-RAID and graphical preseeding
Caio Begotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 23/11/2006, at 16:51, Otavio Salvador wrote: what's the difference of resulting menu? The second (to boot the array) works and was right generated, but the MBR recording seems to have failed. Paste them, please. -- O T A V I OS A L V A D O R - E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 5906116 GNU/Linux User: 239058 GPG ID: 49A5F855 Home Page: http://otavio.ossystems.com.br - Microsoft gives you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RC1 with auto-RAID and graphical preseeding
Caio Begotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 23/11/2006, at 16:51, Otavio Salvador wrote: what's the difference of resulting menu? The second (to boot the array) works and was right generated, but the MBR recording seems to have failed. Paste them please ... -- O T A V I OS A L V A D O R - E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 5906116 GNU/Linux User: 239058 GPG ID: 49A5F855 Home Page: http://otavio.ossystems.com.br - Microsoft gives you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RC1 with auto-RAID and graphical preseeding
On 23/11/2006, at 17:22, Otavio Salvador wrote: The second (to boot the array) works and was right generated, but the MBR recording seems to have failed. Paste them please ... I forgot to save it... here it is now, attached. This menu.lst was generated by installgui without much preseeding, as I said. The other operating systems entry was created 'cause I installed it with partman-auto-raid before that, which failed when recording the MBR. -- caio[1982] begotti http://caio.ueberalles.net menu.lst Description: Binary data
Re: Re: RC1 with auto-RAID and graphical preseeding
Otavio, I've sent the menu.lst to the list but seems that my previous message with both syslog files attached were rejected or something. Anyway, I uploaded them to my website... Using installgui, GRUB got installed right: http://caio.ueberalles.net/wip/syslog_gui.txt Using only install, not a bootable system: http://caio.ueberalles.net/wip/syslog_raid.txt Cheers, -- caio[1982] begotti http://caio.ueberalles.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RC1 with auto-RAID and graphical preseeding
Hi folks, I just noticed the new RC1 release yesterday and immediately I went to test the auto-partitioning through a preseed file, as well the automatic assembly of the disks to create a RAID device. These issues are gone and it works like a charm (at least as I noticed until now) despite a weird GRUB behavior that I cannot still understand. 1. If I install the system choosing the installgui option at boot time, everything goes fine and GRUB get installed ok. The system then boots and it's done. Though, the log says to not use /sbin/grub- install directly anymore (and points to /usr/sbin, IIRC). 2. Using the graphical installer my preseed seems to loose effect and 40% of the most common options are ignored and the install prompt me to type something or choose between 2 or 3 selections. Is there some special handler for preseeds in the graphical installer that's different from the console interface? Some screens I can remember so far: user password (I told it to use a MD5 hash), networking, partman, tasksel and others that should have been ignored or automatic. 3. Using the default option in isolinux my preseed file is read perfectly well and the installation goes on. It's all ok but the GRUB part of it. The preseed line which specify how to install GRUB is the same one from above and the system does not complain at all about it. GRUB get installed (or apparently seems to) and my RAID device is created right (automagically, as it should since the beginning). The issue: as the system boots for the first time after the installation process, the machines outputs a pretty nice no bootable device message. Only after using the install option with everything automatic (including the RAID, as told). My preseed.cfg lies inside the initrd (which I didn't touch more, except for this inclusion) and is attached to this e-mail. Please let me know if I am doing something wrong, if this is a weird bug or anything else :-) I've used a old preseeded CD of Sarge to make sure the disks and the machine are okay and it worked. Cheers! -- caio[1982] begotti http://caio.ueberalles.net preseed.cfg Description: Binary data
Re: RC1 with auto-RAID and graphical preseeding
Caio Begotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi folks, I just noticed the new RC1 release yesterday and immediately I went to test the auto-partitioning through a preseed file, as well the automatic assembly of the disks to create a RAID device. These issues are gone and it works like a charm (at least as I noticed until now) despite a weird GRUB behavior that I cannot still understand. 1. If I install the system choosing the installgui option at boot time, everything goes fine and GRUB get installed ok. The system then boots and it's done. Though, the log says to not use /sbin/grub- install directly anymore (and points to /usr/sbin, IIRC). That's ok. I'll fix it. 2. Using the graphical installer my preseed seems to loose effect and 40% of the most common options are ignored and the install prompt me to type something or choose between 2 or 3 selections. Is there some special handler for preseeds in the graphical installer that's different from the console interface? Some screens I can remember so far: user password (I told it to use a MD5 hash), networking, partman, tasksel and others that should have been ignored or automatic. Looks like there's something broken or your image or on the install itself. Have you rebuild the installer? If yes, you could have lose the preseed behaviour change that had some package splitting or like. Would be nice to check it. 3. Using the default option in isolinux my preseed file is read perfectly well and the installation goes on. It's all ok but the GRUB part of it. The preseed line which specify how to install GRUB is the same one from above and the system does not complain at all about it. GRUB get installed (or apparently seems to) and my RAID device is created right (automagically, as it should since the beginning). That's caused by 2 -- O T A V I OS A L V A D O R - E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 5906116 GNU/Linux User: 239058 GPG ID: 49A5F855 Home Page: http://otavio.ossystems.com.br - Microsoft gives you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RC1 with auto-RAID and graphical preseeding
Otavio Salvador wrote: Caio Begotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi folks, I just noticed the new RC1 release yesterday and immediately I went to test the auto-partitioning through a preseed file, as well the automatic assembly of the disks to create a RAID device. These issues are gone and it works like a charm (at least as I noticed until now) despite a weird GRUB behavior that I cannot still understand. 1. If I install the system choosing the installgui option at boot time, everything goes fine and GRUB get installed ok. The system then boots and it's done. Though, the log says to not use /sbin/grub- install directly anymore (and points to /usr/sbin, IIRC). That's ok. I'll fix it. 2. Using the graphical installer my preseed seems to loose effect and 40% of the most common options are ignored and the install prompt me to type something or choose between 2 or 3 selections. Is there some special handler for preseeds in the graphical installer that's different from the console interface? Some screens I can remember so far: user password (I told it to use a MD5 hash), networking, partman, tasksel and others that should have been ignored or automatic. Looks like there's something broken or your image or on the install itself. Have you rebuild the installer? If yes, you could have lose the preseed behaviour change that had some package splitting or like. Would be nice to check it. what caio reported is very strange: i worked a lot on preseeding a graphical installer recently and i noticed no difference between newt and gtk interface behaviour. The preseeding should work the same way no matter what frontend cdebconf is running with. Attilio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
