Bug#330560: Partitioning fails when setting up software RAID during Sarge install
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Frans Pop wrote: > On Wednesday 28 September 2005 19:48, you wrote: > > The servers have a pair of SATA drives which I am setting up in a level > > 1 RAID array. Once I have created the md devices and assigned a > > filesystem and mount point to the array I select the option to complete > > paritioning and proceed. The installer then attempts to format each > > partition but fails for the RAID array devices as it expects an device > > name (/dev/md/0p1) that is inconsistent with the device node created by > > devfs (/dev/md/0). > > Do you mean /dev/emd/0p1 for "Enhanced Metadisk RAID" by any chance? > Otherwise this does not make sense. No, it's definitely /dev/md/0p1. It's a straight forward level 1 RAID array created from 2 partitions on the sda and sdb devices using the installer. I actually created 6 arrays from partitions on sda an sdb and had the same problem for each of them. I used mknod to create the necessary device files to allow the installer to complete like so: mknod /dev/md/0p1 b 9 0 mknod /dev/md/1p1 b 9 1 ... Then I could proceed to allow the installer to format the partitions and carry out the first stage install. I agree that it doesn't make any sense. > Could you give some more information on your system? Please send a full > installation report [1] to this bug ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). I'll do that separately. > Could you also give some basic info on what EMD is and how it is setup? I've no idea as I've never used it. Jason Clifford -- UKFSN.ORG Finance Free Software while you surf the 'net http://www.ukfsn.org/2Mb ADSL Broadband from just £14.98 / month
Bug#330560: Partitioning fails when setting up software RAID during Sarge install
On Wednesday 28 September 2005 19:48, you wrote: > The servers have a pair of SATA drives which I am setting up in a level > 1 RAID array. Once I have created the md devices and assigned a > filesystem and mount point to the array I select the option to complete > paritioning and proceed. The installer then attempts to format each > partition but fails for the RAID array devices as it expects an device > name (/dev/md/0p1) that is inconsistent with the device node created by > devfs (/dev/md/0). Do you mean /dev/emd/0p1 for "Enhanced Metadisk RAID" by any chance? Otherwise this does not make sense. I have asked around a bit and these devices are currently not supported in Debian (especially by the makedev package that is responsible for creating static devices). Could you give some more information on your system? Please send a full installation report [1] to this bug ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Could you also give some basic info on what EMD is and how it is setup? Cheers, FJP [1] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/report-template -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#330560: Partitioning fails when setting up software RAID during Sarge install
Package: Debian Installer Version: 3.1 I have been installing Debian Stable 3.1 (Sarge) onto some Dell SC1425 servers and have run into a problem with the partitioning in the installer. The servers have a pair of SATA drives which I am setting up in a level 1 RAID array. Once I have created the md devices and assigned a filesystem and mount point to the array I select the option to complete paritioning and proceed. The installer then attempts to format each partition but fails for the RAID array devices as it expects an device name (/dev/md/0p1) that is inconsistent with the device node created by devfs (/dev/md/0). I worked around the problem by using the console on tty2 to manually mknod the necessary device to suite the incorrect naming expected in the installer however I would not expect anyone not familiar with Linux sysadmin to know how to do this or even that it is necessary. Jason Clifford -- UKFSN.ORG Finance Free Software while you surf the 'net http://www.ukfsn.org/2Mb ADSL Broadband from just £14.98 / month Bonded ADSL now available
