Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0

2009-05-22 Thread Andrew Robert Nicols
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 09:04:38AM -0700, Tony Godshall wrote: Reboot with USB stick plugged in: now I get a long pause immediately after md: raid1 personality registered for level 1 I look in dmesg for a usb-storage device: nothing. I look for /dev/sd[a-z]*: nothing So I can't mount the

Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0

2009-05-22 Thread Andrew Robert Nicols
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 09:10:01AM -0700, Tony Godshall wrote: On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 3:43 AM, Andrew Robert Nicols andrew.nic...@luns.net.uk wrote: For the record, I'm seeing exactly the same thing too here. I'm booting off a pendrive with the debian installer on it so the pen-drive is

Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0

2009-05-22 Thread Tony Godshall
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 3:43 AM, Andrew Robert Nicols andrew.nic...@luns.net.uk wrote: On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 09:04:38AM -0700, Tony Godshall wrote: Reboot with USB stick plugged in: now I get a long pause immediately after md: raid1 personality registered for level 1 I look in dmesg for a

Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0

2009-05-20 Thread Tony Godshall
[me] ... Perhaps if I could figure out how to grab the dmesg output from initramfs environment, I could then compare the amd64 kernel output to the 686-bigmem kernel output... :-/ [martin f krafft] Append 'break=bottom debug' to the kernel line and at the shell do something like  mount -o

Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0

2009-05-20 Thread Tony Godshall
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Tony Godshall t...@of.net wrote: [me] ... Perhaps if I could figure out how to grab the dmesg output from initramfs environment, I could then compare the amd64 kernel output to the 686-bigmem kernel output... :-/ [martin f krafft] Append 'break=bottom

Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0

2009-05-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tony Godshall t...@of.net [2009.05.12.2003 +0200]: Yes, I see that it's optional, and actually rather pointless in my case since I'm booting off the RAID partition, unless grub reads mdadm.conf . But grub only reads /boot, not /etc, right? /etc would not be available until

Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0

2009-05-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tony Godshall t...@of.net [2009.05.11.2058 +0200]: They are *not*. That would seem to be the nub of the problem. No base partitions, thus no RAID. Good, thanks, that's progress. Might be good for md to report that that a little better (see screenshot). Oh, duh, I moved

Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0

2009-05-12 Thread Tony Godshall
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:11 AM, martin f krafft madd...@debian.org wrote: also sprach Tony Godshall t...@of.net [2009.05.11.2058 +0200]: They are *not*.  That would seem to be the nub of the problem.  No base partitions, thus no RAID.  Good, thanks, that's progress.  Might be good for md to

Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0

2009-05-11 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tony Godshall t...@of.net [2009.05.11.1819 +0200]: retitle 526525 amd64 kernel cannot find bnx2 PCI device base address Um. BNX2 is the network card? WTF does it have to do with being able to mount and boot off RAID in 64-bit mode only? I don't know, but your attitude does not

Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0

2009-05-11 Thread Tony Godshall
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 12:35 AM, martin f krafft madd...@debian.org wrote: retitle 526525 amd64 kernel cannot find bnx2 PCI device base address Um. BNX2 is the network card? WTF does it have to do with being able to mount and boot off RAID in 64-bit mode only? also sprach Tony Godshall

Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0

2009-05-11 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tony Godshall t...@of.net [2009.05.11.1843 +0200]: I filed the report because I want to see Debian work great on all configurations, with all CPUs, with all RAID configurations, off the bat, without tweaking. And I'm trying to do what small part I can. With the limited access to

Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0

2009-05-11 Thread Tony Godshall
Did I say I was looking for help? As I said before, I am fine running with a 32 bit kernel. I filed the report because I want to see Debian work great on all configurations, with all CPUs, with all RAID configurations, off the bat, without tweaking. And I'm trying to do what small part I can.

Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0

2009-05-11 Thread Tony Godshall
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:55 AM, martin f krafft madd...@debian.org wrote: also sprach Tony Godshall t...@of.net [2009.05.11.1843 +0200]: I filed the report because I want to see Debian work great on all configurations, with all CPUs, with all RAID configurations, off the bat, without

Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0

2009-05-11 Thread Tony Godshall
... Sorry. We got off on a bad start. I'll review your stuff tomorrow and then let's start afresh. OK By the time you get dumped into the busybox prompt during initramfs time, are /dev/sd[abcd] present? They are *not*. That would seem to be the nub of the problem. No base partitions, thus

Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0

2009-05-09 Thread martin f krafft
retitle 526525 amd64 kernel cannot find bnx2 PCI device base address thanks also sprach Tony Godshall t...@of.net [2009.05.09.0117 +0200]: If you cannot boot, append break=mount to the kernel line, and at the initramfs prompt, type rm /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf /scripts/local-top/mdadm