Bug#302359: debian-installer: linux26 can't boot with root=/dev/ida/c0d0p1 or root=/dev/rd/c0d0p1
On Thursday 16 of June 2005 21:55, you wrote: On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 10:00:00PM +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: The problem is shown with Compaq Array and Mylex DAC960 and probably with other controllers which use root=/dev/subdirectory/file path schema. This syntax is correct for Linux 2.4 but it is wrong for Linux 2.6. The Linux 2.6 has changed syntax for root kernel parameter and it is now root=/dev/subdirectory!file path. I think /dev/subdirectory/file is backward compatible, check http://lxr.linux.no/source/init/do_mounts.c#L176 however I didn't investigated this much nor I know if mylex/compaq array driver do special argument parsing, but that doesn't seem the case No, it isn't. At least in the Debian installer. The only way to boot from Mylex or CPQ was to change '/' to '!' in GRUB's menu.lst. -- .''`.Piotr Roszatycki, Netia SA : :' :mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] `. `' mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#302359: debian-installer: linux26 can't boot with root=/dev/ida/c0d0p1 or root=/dev/rd/c0d0p1
On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 10:00:00PM +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: The problem is shown with Compaq Array and Mylex DAC960 and probably with other controllers which use root=/dev/subdirectory/file path schema. This syntax is correct for Linux 2.4 but it is wrong for Linux 2.6. The Linux 2.6 has changed syntax for root kernel parameter and it is now root=/dev/subdirectory!file path. I think /dev/subdirectory/file is backward compatible, check http://lxr.linux.no/source/init/do_mounts.c#L176 however I didn't investigated this much nor I know if mylex/compaq array driver do special argument parsing, but that doesn't seem the case filippo signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#302359: debian-installer: linux26 can't boot with root=/dev/ida/c0d0p1 or root=/dev/rd/c0d0p1
tags 302359 patch
thanks
This is the patch which fixes this error only at installation time. The
kopt_2_6 line is generated only for fresh menu.lst. It should allow to boot
kernel 2.6 with Compaq or Mylex RAID controllers.
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--- update-grub 2005-04-19 01:38:00 +0200
+++ update-grub.kernel26 2005-05-23 11:54:45 +0200
@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@
echo $device
}
+# Usage: convert_kernel26 os_device
+# Convert system path to the kernel26 notation
+# I.e. /dev/ida/c0d0p2 - /dev/ida!c0d0p2
+convert_kernel26 ()
+{
+echo $1 | sed 's%^\(/dev/[^/]*\)/\(.*\)%\1!\2%'
+}
+
# Usage: convert_raid1 os_device
# Checks if os_device is a software raid1.
# If so, converts to first physical device in array.
@@ -262,6 +270,7 @@
# the device for the / filesystem
root_device=$(find_root_device)
+root_device_2_6=$(convert_kernel26 $root_device)
# the device for the /boot filesystem
boot_device=$(find_device /boot)
@@ -597,6 +606,9 @@
# Extract the kernel options to use
kopt=$(GetMenuOpt kopt $kopt)
+# Set the kernel 2.6 option only for fresh install
+test -z $(GetMenuOpt kopt ) kopt_2_6=root=$root_device_2_6 ro
+
# Extract options for specific kernels
eval $(ExtractMenuOpts \(kopt_[a-zA-Z0-9_]\+\))
CustomKopts=$(GetMenuOpts \(kopt_[a-zA-Z0-9_]\+\))
@@ -637,6 +649,8 @@
echo # kopt=$kopt $buffer
if [ -n $CustomKopts ] ; then
echo $CustomKopts $buffer
+elif [ -n $kopt_2_6 ] [ $kopt != $kopt_2_6 ]; then
+echo # kopt_2_6=$kopt_2_6 $buffer
fi
echo $buffer
Bug#302359: debian-installer: linux26 can't boot with root=/dev/ida/c0d0p1 or root=/dev/rd/c0d0p1
Package: debian-installer Severity: important The GRUB entry for linux26 have to be kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-686 root=/dev/rd!c0d0p2 ro Please note the exclamation sign! This is required by Kernel 2.6. It is serious bug and makes the system not bootable. The solution might be: # kopt_2_4=root=/dev/rd/c0d0p1 ro # kopt=root=/dev/rd!c0d0p1 ro -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-686 Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL (charmap=ISO-8859-2) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#302359: debian-installer: linux26 can't boot with root=/dev/ida/c0d0p1 or root=/dev/rd/c0d0p1
Quoting Piotr Roszatycki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Package: debian-installer Severity: important The GRUB entry for linux26 have to be kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-686 root=/dev/rd!c0d0p2 ro Please note the exclamation sign! This is required by Kernel 2.6. It is serious bug and makes the system not bootable. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't give any detail about the installation conditions, hardware flavour, architecture and so on The above seems to suggest that you're installing on some kind of unusual hardware, or rare achitecture. Could you please give more details about this installation by using the report template and instructions you will find from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer ?
Bug#302359: debian-installer: linux26 can't boot with root=/dev/ida/c0d0p1 or root=/dev/rd/c0d0p1
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Christian Perrier wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't give any detail about the installation conditions, hardware flavour, architecture and so on The above seems to suggest that you're installing on some kind of unusual hardware, or rare achitecture. Could you please give more details about this installation by using the report template and instructions you will find from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer;? The problem is shown with Compaq Array and Mylex DAC960 and probably with other controllers which use root=/dev/subdirectory/file path schema. This syntax is correct for Linux 2.4 but it is wrong for Linux 2.6. The Linux 2.6 has changed syntax for root kernel parameter and it is now root=/dev/subdirectory!file path. I can't belive I'm the only person who found this bug. The hardware RAID controller is an usual device for standard server configuration. -- .''`.Piotr Roszatycki, Netia SA : :' :mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] `. `' mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] `-
