Re: ssh -X authentication with sudo
I really didn't mean to kick this off ;) Original poster: instead of the GUI programm, I recommend you try cfdisk. It's not "graphical", but it has a nice UI, and it can do everything you need. `sudo cfdisk /dev/device` and you're going to be much happier. -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "the question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim." -- edsgar w. dijkstra
Re: ssh -X authentication with sudo
Regarding the following, written by "debian-u...@howorth.org.uk" on 2022-10-04 at 13:52 Uhr +0100: PS as you surmised, I don't really want root ssh access. But you are running GUIs as root?? -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems may the bluebird of happiness twiddle your bits.
Re: Pipewire for multiple users
Regarding the following, written by "Lucio Crusca" on 2021-08-19 at 16:05 Uhr +0200: lucio@t470:~ $ su - u ... u@t470:~ $ pactl info Connection failure: Connection refused pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused Pulse and systemd need a dbus session, and `su` will not get you that. If you want to use either, you need to ensure that you're properly logged in as the user, or configure your system to set up the dbus session accordingly. An easy way to do this is to use `ssh` with X-forwarding: ``` ssh -X u@localhost ``` and then try it again. If that doesn't work, confirm that "u" can use Pulse when logged in with a regular desktop session, i.e. at the graphical login screen. Hope this helps, -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "the problem with america is stupidity. i'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?" -- seen on irc
Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk
Regarding the following, written by "Semih Ozlem" on 2021-02-26 at 08:54 Uhr +0300: lvs is in which package? If it's not installed on your system (the package being `lvm2`), then my suggested fix won't work for you anyway, since your system isn't set up to use Logical Volume Management. -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "cs class at 8:30am. ugly. if you can wake up early enough to get good grades here, you need to develop hacker habits..." -- jeff bailey on #debian-devel digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital GPG signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk
Semih, Maybe I can provide a quick and easy solution, depending on what happens when you type ``` $ sudo lvs ``` into a terminal. Could you let us know what that spits out? Thanks, -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the security, stability and reliability of a computer system is reciprocally proportional to the amount of vacuity between the ears of the admin. digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital GPG signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: [OT] Remote SSH (dynamic IP) without third-party server
This may be of interest to the OP: https://github.com/noffle/airpipe -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems stupidity management for the superuser is a user space issue in unix systems. -- alan cox digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital GPG signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: [OT] Remote SSH (dynamic IP) without third-party server
Regarding the following, written by "riveravaldez" on 2020-08-01 at 23:37 Uhr -0300: Any comment/advice on any of them?, would be most appreciated. All 3 seem to be using TUN, which is what you want at this stage. Now you just have to try which one works best for you. I'd also take into account how active the maintainer is, and how old the code base. -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems an egg has the shortest sex-life of all: if gets laid once; it gets eaten once. it also has to come in a box with 11 others, and the only person who will sit on its face is its mother. digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital GPG signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: [OT] Remote SSH (dynamic IP) without third-party server
Regarding the following, written by "to...@tuxteam.de" on 2020-08-01 at 14:33 Uhr +0200: Both Tox and Jami use a technology called distributed hash tables to map names to numbers, and the technology would be suitable for the OP's needs, but I don't know of any implementation for SSH. DHTs are nice and cool, but they don't solve the problem of "where is that box I want to talk to", i.e. its IP address. What they /do/ is to keep this "resolution table" somewhere out there (think DNS, but not hierarchical, rather "randomly" shuffled). Not entirely sure what your response adds, so let me just suggest a Tor hidden service to the OP instead of continuing this. Multicast is cute but wouldn't actually solve the problem; instead of an entity mapping names to endpoint addresses, you now need an entity to map names to multicast groups, and manage the namespace. -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems now I lay me back to sleep. the speaker's dull; the subject's deep. if he should stop before I wake, give me a nudge for goodness' sake. digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital GPG signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: [OT] Remote SSH (dynamic IP) without third-party server
Regarding the following, written by "to...@tuxteam.de" on 2020-08-01 at 09:39 Uhr +0200: Hm. For Tox I can't say very much (besides that they do have a Client and a Core components, which seems to suggest that you need some well-known instance out there where the cliens do a rendez-vous. Jami uses SIP, and that implies there is some "SIP routing machinery" (i.e. at least one well-known address) out there to coordinate [1]. Both Tox and Jami use a technology called distributed hash tables to map names to numbers, and the technology would be suitable for the OP's needs, but I don't know of any implementation for SSH. -- .''`. martin f. krafft @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "we did rate the microsoft security researcher as less-bad than the people who prepare the carcasses for dissection in biology laboratories." -- michael moyer, executive editor of _popular science_ digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital GPG signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Good keyboard
also sprach rlhar...@oplink.net <rlhar...@oplink.net> [2016-02-14 11:20 +1300]: > For the Dvorak layout, just select the appropriate xkb map > (APPLICATIONS->SETTINGS->KEYBOARD). Apart from there being no "Applications" menu on my Debian system… ;) This won't address the issue of having keys labeled physically. I can touch type, but there are times when I really appreciate to just being able to hit the key as advertised without having to first position, gain my bearing, and then move… -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@d.o> @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "all i know is that i'm being sued for unfair business practices by micro$oft. hello pot? it's kettle on line two." -- michael robertson digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Good keyboard
also sprach jdd <j...@dodin.org> [2016-02-14 07:14 +1300]: > >http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage-for-pc-mac/ > > > >Worth every penny. > > > wow... needs some learning, so Dvorak probably better :-) You used to be able to get these with Dvorak, not sure if that's still the case. I liked the keyboard, but using it for coding, Vim, etc. just wasn't very easy. The F-keys are unusably small, and to use keys like Insert/End/Home etc. always requires you to move your hands as I found it not doable with just the thumbs. Hth, -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@d.o> @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems don't hate yourself in the morning -- sleep till noon. digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
systemd-modules-load inserting modules I didn't ask it to insert
Hello, and happy holidays to all of you. I found several of my systems to report this: systemd-modules-load[136]: Inserted module 'ipmi_devintf' systemd-modules-load[136]: Inserted module 'ipmi_poweroff' systemd-modules-load[136]: Failed to insert 'ipmi_si': No such device systemd-modules-load[136]: Inserted module 'ipmi_watchdog' and consequently, the systems appear degraded, e.g.: root@domine:/home/madduck# systemctl --state=failed UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUBDESCRIPTION ● systemd-modules-load.service loaded failed failed Load Kernel Modules Looking at the manpage(s), the list of (static) modules to load comes from (a) the kernel command line, and (b) the modules-load.d/*.conf files in /lib, /run, and /etc. However, on none of my systems are any of the IPMI modules specified: # grep ipmi /proc/cmdline /*/modules-load.d/*.conf /etc/modules /etc/initramfs-tools/modules || echo none found none found So, where is systemd getting the idea from that it ought to load these modules? Thanks for any insights! -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@d.o> @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: systemd-modules-load inserting modules I didn't ask it to insert
also sprach martin f krafft <madd...@debian.org> [2015-12-26 09:14 +1300]: > systemd-modules-load[136]: Inserted module 'ipmi_devintf' > systemd-modules-load[136]: Inserted module 'ipmi_poweroff' > systemd-modules-load[136]: Failed to insert 'ipmi_si': No such device > systemd-modules-load[136]: Inserted module 'ipmi_watchdog' These are due to /usr/lib/modules-load.d/ipmievd.conf. It's likely a documentation bug in modules-load.d(5) that this source directory isn't listed. http://bugs.debian.org/808997 Thanks Andreas and Felipe for your tireless help on IRC. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@d.o> @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems god is dead. -- nietzsche nietzsche is dead. -- god nietzsche is god. -- dead digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Xorg reconfigure on keyboard/VGA screen connect with systemd?
Hello, Can I use systemd to automatically run scripts as the owner of an X session when a USB keyboard or a VGA screen are connected to the local machine? Or what other mechanism would you use? In the past, doing so automatically would involve some sort of hook in /etc (invoked as root), which would then have to /bin/su to the user (hoping it'd even know to whom), import the Xauthority and then run the command. What a hack. systemd's integrates with everything desktop-ey, so I am led to believe it should be possible to do better nowadays. How? Does anyone have an example? Or if systemd is (still) not the right tool for the task, are there more modern approaches people use? Thanks, -- @martinkrafft | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ (a)bort, (r)etry, (p)retend this never happened spamtraps: madduck.bo...@madduck.net digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
xdg-open pain, how to use run-mailcap
Hey, run-mailcap worked for me for years. For a while already, xdg-open is being pushed, using .desktop files to direct what to do with URIs and files. I really don't want this. I don't want .desktop files and I don't want to have to create underdocumented ini-style configuration just to get my computer to do again what it always did: use run-mailcap, which I can configure with simple text files and which continues to do its job just fine and never needed replacement anyway. Does anyone know of a trick to just tell xdg-open to get out of the way? Sure, dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/xdg-open.orig --local --rename /usr/bin/xdg-open ln -s run-mailcap /usr/bin/xdg-open will work, but that seems a bit intrusive. Any ideas? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems welcome to american airlines, sir. here's your avocado - remember to keep it turned on and with you at all times. please turn your luggage over to the armadillos for rootling. -- http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/armadillos.txt digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: xdg-open pain, how to use run-mailcap
also sprach Nicolas George geo...@nsup.org [2015-07-09 15:10 +0200]: Does anyone know of a trick to just tell xdg-open to get out of the way? Not using it? There is some information missing in your message. I am talking about tools like gscan2pdf and others that hard-code xdg-open to preview files. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems time flies like an arrow. fruit flies like a banana. -- groucho marx digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Enforcing g+rwX permissions on shared files
also sprach martin f krafft madd...@debian.org [2015-04-20 15:32 +0200]: g+s on the directory (as well as the Samba force directory mode setting) do not affect existing files moved into the tree, which is what happens most of the time actually. ACLs also don't work, since they are ultimately governed by the group bits, which get interpreted as mask. Forgot to mention umask too, which is no good. First, it also only applies to new files; And second, it would only work if every user would ensure the setting was locally active. And if you've ever tried to implement e.g. a git-hook-based quality assurance policy, you'll know that expecting all your users to ensure policy compliance just doesn't work reliably. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems if english was good enough for jesus christ, it's good enough for us. -- miriam ferguson, governor of texas digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Enforcing g+rwX permissions on shared files
Hey folks, turning to the larger audience in search for new ideas… since POSIX is based on discretionary access control (meaning that the application/user have the final say), and after Samba 4 dropped the force directory security mode Co. settings, we are finding it really hard to provide a good filesharing means between users of all platforms (shell, some desktop-environments, Windows, MacOSX) without constantly running into problems relating to the group permissions. So far, I have not found any way to ensure that everyone using a CIFS share (or NFS, or Appletalk, or SSHFS, or Git, or whatever) is forced to leave the file repository in a state where all files and directories are owned by a shared group and have the g+rwX bits set. g+s on the directory (as well as the Samba force directory mode setting) do not affect existing files moved into the tree, which is what happens most of the time actually. ACLs also don't work, since they are ultimately governed by the group bits, which get interpreted as mask. Short of the sledgehammer approaches of using either a cronjob to brute-force permissions at regular intervals, or an incronjob to pave over any changes right when they happen, I am at a loss. And I'd like to avoid both those hacks because they are just ugly and spell trouble sooner or later, I am sure. How do solve this? Thanks for any insights, -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. it is an instrument on which one plays, that is all. -- oscar wilde digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Enforcing g+rwX permissions on shared files
also sprach Christian Seiler christ...@iwakd.de [2015-04-20 17:37 +0200]: Well, haven't tried this myself, and don't know about the performance (FUSE can be quite slow at times), but you could try bindfs, a FUSE filesystem for creating bind mounts that alter permissions (it's packaged in Debian). Interesting pointer, but a quick test and http://www.redbottledesign.com/blog/mirroring-files-different-places-links-bind-mounts-and-bindfs don't really instill much confidence in the performance aspect of things… -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems i don't want to get myself into a hot babe situation. -- jonathan mcdowll, #debian-uk, 6 jul 2009 digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Random reboots, maybe related to BMC watchdog?
Hello, we operate a server running wheezy and with a SuperMicro BMC¹ and experience random reboots. ¹) http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C600/X9DRW-iF.cfm I think I traced them back to the BMC watchdog, which we have enabled: ipmitool bmc watchdog get Watchdog Timer Use: SMS/OS (0x44) Watchdog Timer Is: Started/Running Watchdog Timer Actions: Hard Reset (0x01) Pre-timeout interval: 0 seconds Timer Expiration Flags: 0x00 Initial Countdown: 900 sec Present Countdown: 899 sec On the system, freeipmi-bmc-watchdog 1.1.5-3 is running. In debug mode, a successful run looks like this: Oct 09 05:28:04 = Oct 09 05:28:04 Get Watchdog Timer Request Oct 09 05:28:04 = Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 25h] = cmd[ 8b] Oct 09 05:28:04 = Oct 09 05:28:04 Get Watchdog Timer Request Oct 09 05:28:04 = Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 25h] = cmd[ 8b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = comp_code[ 8b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 4h] = timer_use[ 3b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = reserved1[ 3b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 1h] = timer_state[ 1b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = log[ 1b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 1h] = timeout_action[ 3b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = reserved2[ 1b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = pre_timeout_interrupt[ 3b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = reserved3[ 1b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = pre_timeout_interval[ 8b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = reserved4[ 1b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = timer_use_expiration_flag.bios_frb2[ 1b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = timer_use_expiration_flag.bios_post[ 1b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = timer_use_expiration_flag.os_load[ 1b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = timer_use_expiration_flag.sms_os[ 1b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = timer_use_expiration_flag.oem[ 1b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = reserved5[ 1b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = reserved6[ 1b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [2328h] = initial_countdown_value[16b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [20D2h] = present_countdown_value[16b] Oct 09 05:28:04 = Oct 09 05:28:04 Reset Watchdog Timer Request Oct 09 05:28:04 = Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 22h] = cmd[ 8b] Oct 09 05:28:04 = Oct 09 05:28:04 Reset Watchdog Timer Request Oct 09 05:28:04 = Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 22h] = cmd[ 8b] Oct 09 05:28:04 [ 0h] = comp_code[ 8b] Every now and then, the following will happen: Oct 09 05:29:04 = Oct 09 05:29:04 Get Watchdog Timer Request Oct 09 05:29:04 = Oct 09 05:29:04 [ 25h] = cmd[ 8b] Oct 09 05:29:06 = Oct 09 05:29:06 Get Watchdog Timer Request Oct 09 05:29:06 = Oct 09 05:29:06 [ 25h] = cmd[ 8b] Oct 09 05:29:06 [ 0h] = comp_code[ 8b] Oct 09 05:29:06 [ 3h] = timer_use[ 3b] Oct 09 05:29:06 [ 7h] = reserved1[ 3b] Oct 09 05:29:06 [ 0h] = timer_state[ 1b] [Oct 09 05:29:06]: _get_watchdog_timer_cmd: fiid_obj_get: 'present_countdown_value': data not available [Oct 09 05:29:06]: timer stopped by another process [Oct 09 05:29:06]: stopping bmc-watchdog daemon Oct 09 05:29:06 [ 1h] = log[ 1b] And then the machine reboots after the timer expires. We've worked with Supermicro and the vendor, replaced the mainboard and tried all different firmwares and BIOS versions, but the problem persists. However, this is the only case in 533 exactly identical such systems sold in the last 3 years by the vendor. I am the only one using Debian, apparently. Do you have any idea what this could be and — more importantly — how I could address this? I'd like to keep the watchdog functionality, but as it stands I have to turn it off, of course, unless I find a cure. If asking here yields no result, I will take this to the freeipmi people… Any input appreciated! Thanks, -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems in africa some of the native tribes have a custom of beating the ground with clubs and uttering spine chilling cries. anthropologists call this a form of primitive self-expression
No Google bubble? (was: systemd for administrators, printable version.)
also sprach Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com [2014-11-19 10:48 +0200]: Sadly, whoever told you that was misinformed - and misinformed you. Google results may vary according to the constantly updating search index - and search terms - but the search history, either stored in your browser history, or your Google profile (if you login to a Google account) does *not* affect results. Can you please back this up with evidence? I would love to be proven misinformed. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems before he died, rabbi zusya said: in the world to come they will not ask me, 'why were you not moses?' they will ask me, 'why were you not zusya?' digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: No Google bubble?
also sprach Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com [2014-11-19 21:46 +0200]: With the greatest respect Martin - have you tried testing it yourself? No, I have not used Google for over 5 years by choice because I do not like it when profit-driven entities make decisions over what I should see. With all due respect: have you not heard of the search bubble or are you denying it? Ever since switching to duckduckgo.com, I've found the better answers. At first it's hard because DDG shows you the stuff you aren't used to, but when I research, this is the stuff I want to see. I don't want to be reconfirmed in the bias and prejudices I already have. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems perhaps debian is concerned more about technical excellence rather than ease of use by breaking software. in the former we may excel. in the latter we have to concede the field to microsoft. guess where i want to go today? -- manoj srivastava digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: No Google bubble? (was: systemd for administrators, printable version.)
also sprach Curt cu...@free.fr [2014-11-19 17:49 +0200]: I don't have a search history. I had no cookies, either, when I made the search. Nor was I logged in to their services. So I don't see how Google could have tailored my results. Google has more ways to identify you than cookies or a login token, -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems everyone has a little secret he keeps, i like the fires when the city sleeps. -- mc 900 ft jesus digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Preventing the computer from shutting down.
also sprach Karl E. Jorgensen k...@jorgensen.org.uk [2014-10-31 09:21 +0100]: Personally, I would have preferred molly-guard to use dpkg-divert, but it works as it is. It does, since 0.5-1, but that needs to be uploaded still. I am checking… -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon. -- epigrams in programming digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: debian-advocacy?
also sprach David L. Craig dlc@gmail.com [2014-10-14 00:16 +0200]: Jessie may need to be widely considered the Vista of Debian releases before a majority of DDs are willing to revisit the init default. Meanwhile, everyone who thinks this was the wrong decision should work to ensure that sysvinit continues to work, and should try to break dependencies between software and what some people think are essentials for the desktop. Or engage with upstream and help shape systemd so it eventually reaches Debian standards… https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/09/msg01640.html The is currently no means to garner meaningful data about Jessie's approval ratings, which likely means the release team will, as usual, just guess what will fly. They've had an enviable run, to be sure. The benefits of Debian, its policy and this community still far outweigh the problems imposed by systemd. And most alternatives also (will have to) incorporate systemd, so the only thing you can argue is that systemd is currently weighing down the quality of Linux in general. But it's open-source and we can make it ours and better. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the condition of perfection is idleness. the aim of perfection is youth. -- oscar wilde digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: debian-advocacy?
also sprach The Wanderer wande...@fastmail.fm [2014-10-16 15:12 +0200]: The people who voted to make systemd the default init system presumably think that it already does meet Debian standards, at least to within acceptable tolerances. I don't think this is the case. The CTTE's decision was IMHO based largely on the trust that we, as Debian, could help systemd reach our standards. There were/are very strong arguments for some of the technology and innovations around systemd. The main counter-arguments were IIRC the monolithic design, and the unapproachable upstream team. The CTTE ruled that those could be overcome and then the benefits would win. From my own perspective, I don't know about Debian standards in any detailed and specific way, but shaping systemd so that it meets *my* standards in that regard would involve changes which have been explicitly pre-rejected by upstream - and would quite possibly require either major re-architecting or even redesign, and maybe even dropping some of the features and/or functionality which it currently provides. I hear your cries, and we could howl together if you want. And I really wish systemd would exist in Debian experimental and nowhere else for now. But the reality is that progress is driven during the Debian release cycle. And while this might mean that jessie will hurt a lot of people, ultimately, it'll advance us. You can just stay with wheezy for now. I will. There is hope! https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2014/10/msg1.html And even if this GR doesn't get voted, or ultimately won't have much of an effect, I am going to bet you a beer that jessie+1 will be a massive improvement over jessie, especially wrt init systems, or just systemd. The benefits of Debian, its policy and this community still far outweigh the problems imposed by systemd. And most alternatives also (will have to) incorporate systemd, so the only thing you can argue is that systemd is currently weighing down the quality of Linux in general. But it's open-source and we can make it ours and better. Not without forking or reimplementing it, I'm pretty sure. You know, Debian could just do that and it'd mean something to the world. Before doing so, I agree it would be necessary to carefully assess the existing forks first though. However, I would be surprised if the possibility of a fork wasn't part of the consideration of the CTTE when they made this (awefully difficult) decision. We are Free Software (or Open-Source, whatever), we try to avoid duplicate work through the reuse of code. A lot of interesting work is being done based on the systemd innovations. Believe me, I *don't* like systemd and what it forces me to do, but it'd be silly to forego all this derivative work by deciding to split from the herd. Instead, let's make our way to the front and lead the herd. This is what Debian has done in the past, and what we should do again in the future. We haven't been able/motivated to do this with all the *Kit software, while it was mostly optional. Systemd currently isn't optional. I hate that. But maybe this is what's required for us to assume the steering wheel again? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems man kann die menschen nur von ihren eigenen meinungen überzeugen. -- charles tschopp digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: systemd and server use (was: Re: Challenge to you: Voice your concerns regarding systemd upstream)
also sprach Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com [2014-09-26 18:26 +0200]: If systemd was just a PID1 with the features you enumerate above, I'd be dancing in the street, not looking for a way out. Beautiful. I had to: https://twitter.com/martinkrafft/status/515611660128903170 ;) -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the word yellow wandered through his mind in search of something to connect with. -- hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Challenge to you: Voice your concerns regarding systemd upstream
also sprach lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de [2014-09-25 01:45 +0200]: Just one day they might wake up and find out that it was a very bad idea to depend on systemd, and then it'll be difficult to do without. That day was yesterday. I'll let Paul Venezia echo almost all of my thoughts verbatim: http://www.infoworld.com/article/2608864/data-center/choose-your-side-on-the-linux-divide.html But dependency creep is unfortunately nothing new ever since we declared next year the Year of Linux of the Desktop and forgot that the Universal Operating System should also cater to non-desktops. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o @martinkrafft : :' : proud Debian developer `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems aus der kriegsschule des lebens - was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich härter. - friedrich nietzsche digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: boot from raid1 mdadm version 1.2 partition
also sprach Marc Auslander marca...@gmail.com [2012.01.12.2226 +0100]: Earlier posts seem to say this should/might work. I made an mdadm v 1.2 partions, and put a copy of my root file system on it. update-grub doesn't see it at all. Are you using grub-pc aka. grub2? In the future, please always provide version information for the software with which you are having problems. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems tempt not a desperate man. -- william shakespeare digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: grub-pc mdadm root
also sprach Justin Jereza justinjer...@gmail.com [2012.01.10.1523 +0100]: Your /boot must be in a regular partition or in a raid1 volume. It may either have it's own filesystem (I typically use one that's 512mb in size) or in the root filesystem. If it's in the root filesystem, then that means that root should be in a regular partition or in a raid1 volume. With grub2, your /boot can be an LV on a RAID6 if you want it to be. The only thing that does not work is /boot on dmcrypt. Having /boot on a separate RAID1, however, might be easier for recovery, especially if you are not so familiar yet. Later, however, it doesn't matter, i.e. Debian installer rescue mode or grml can easily give you access to a system, and Super Grub Disk can boot such a system too, should you ever need it. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. -- edsgar w. dijkstra digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports
also sprach Camaleón noela...@gmail.com [2011.10.30.1928 +0100]: This script and the BTS aren;t tied in to the box from which you report a script. As long as you have a Debian or Ubuntu or other Debian derivative box with devscripts installed, you should be able to auto-subscribe with this script to all the bugs that you've reported. As I read it, the script is basically a loop that retrieves the bug number for all the bugs that have been sent by the reporter and sends subcription e-mails to the BTS robot... but you still have to manually reply to the incoming confirmation e-mails, right? And this is when the Procmail recipe comes into play, I guess, to close the cycle. Sounds about right: http://madduck.net/blog/2008.06.20:auto-subscribing-to-debian-bugs-i-file/ -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim. -- edsgar w. dijkstra digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: degraded RAID array on squeeze
also sprach Milos Negovanovic milos.negovano...@gmail.com [2011.09.24.1034 +0200]: one of my servers has experienced degradation in one of its RAID arrays: What happened? root@micro ~ # mdadm --add /dev/md2 /dev/sdb3 mdadm: add new device failed for /dev/sdb3 as 2: Invalid argument Does /dev/sdb3 exist? As you can see it fails to re-insert the component! Whats suspicious is that /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2 are just fine in other 2 RAID components, so I don't think that the /dev/sdb drive has failed! Sure, it could have partially failed. You need to know what happened to be able to figure out what to do now. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems i wish this wish not to be granted! -- achilles (hofstadter's geb) digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: degraded RAID array on squeeze
also sprach Andrew McGlashan andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au [2011.09.24.1109 +0200]: root@micro ~ # mdadm --add /dev/md2 /dev/sdb3 Try like this instead: mdadm /dev/md2 --add /dev/sdb3 That's the same to mdadm. -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ i never go without my dinner. no one ever does, except vegetarians and people like that. -- oscar wilde spamtraps: madduck.bo...@madduck.net digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: degraded RAID array on squeeze
also sprach Milos Negovanovic milos.negovano...@gmail.com [2011.09.24.1130 +0200]: I was in the middle of system update via aptitude last week, and it started giving me strange errors that it cant access /dev/sdb3 ... I suspect these were errors from underlaying RAID array. At about the same time smartd sent me a mail stating that the ATA error count has jumped from 0 to 800 or so. You need to give the exact errors. But it sounds like your disk is about to die. I'd get a new one ASAP. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems in the figure of the president, george w. bush, the incompetence, stupidity, and sheer inhumanity that characterize so much of america's money-mad corporate elite find their quintessentially repulsive expression. -- journalist, aftermath of katrina digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: degraded RAID array on squeeze
also sprach Milos Negovanovic milos.negovano...@gmail.com [2011.09.24.1134 +0200]: For details see host's SYSLOG (default: /var/log/syslog). And? Please try to provide all relevant information up front. It takes a lot of effort of others if we have to pull all information out of your nose. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. -- voltaire digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: degraded RAID array on squeeze
also sprach Milos Negovanovic milos.negovano...@gmail.com [2011.09.24.1143 +0200]: Hmmm this line looks suspicious: /dev/sdb3: LABEL=home UUID=4030e91a-c6fa-4640-81eb-654e2ad8c180 TYPE=ext4 Where is blkid getting its info from? fdisk sees /dev/sdb3 as linux RAID partition. From the partition. Is the partition mounted by any chance? Also, it is a common misunderstanding that fdisk knows anything about RAID. What you are talking about is the partition type setting 0xfd, which has not been a requirement for years (only needed for kernel-level auto-assembly, which is deprecated, not if md is loaded by module). -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ the question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim. -- edsgar w. dijkstra spamtraps: madduck.bo...@madduck.net digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: degraded RAID array on squeeze
also sprach Milos Negovanovic milos.negovano...@gmail.com [2011.09.24.1305 +0200]: If the disk is failing as it appears from the smartctl message ... then I also concur that you should look at replacing the disk ASAP. Ill try to fix the RAID first, Ive seen crappy drives going into temporary spasm and everything being OK after ;). I think my problem is due to mdadm not seeing /dev/sdb3 as valid RAID partition, so Ill try to fix that first. You could try to /dev/zero it with dd and then to re-add it, BUT FIRST MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO DATA ON THERE. Can you mount /dev/sdb3 ? -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen. -- wittgenstein spamtraps: madduck.bo...@madduck.net digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: booting from the other disk of a RAID-1 (was: Needed: a grub2 expert)
also sprach lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de [2011.06.28.1115 +0200]: I'm glad it helped you and Peter. Now the question is how to actually solve the problem that one can boot from only one of the disks in a RAID-1 array. The point is to still be able to run the system when a disk fails. Should the one you boot from fail and you halt the system to replace it, how do you boot? Grub resides on all components of the array (ideally in their MBR). It loads off any one of them and then runs its own RAID-assembly code, which can assemble a degraded RAID-1. Then it loads kernel and initrd from the filesystem on that array and passes control to the kernel… -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems whale feces or working at microsoft? i would probably be the whale feces researcher. salt air and whale flatulence; what could go wrong? -- michael moyer, executive editor of _popular science_ digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: booting from the other disk of a RAID-1
also sprach lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de [2011.06.28.1642 +0200]: How do you make such an USB key? It would be nice to have in case anything fails, yet it shouldn't be needed. search for super grub disk -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems when women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues. -- honoré de balzac digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: booting from the other disk of a RAID-1
also sprach lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de [2011.06.28.1636 +0200]: It doesn't work as it's supposed to. How can I fix it? Reinstall grub to all devices, dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems i worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty. -- groucho marx digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: mdadm and UUIDs for its component drives
also sprach Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com [2011.06.27.0851 +0200]: Partitions do not have UUIDs. What you are seeing are the MD UUIDs stored in the superblock of the sda1 device. I called them mdadm UUIDs rather than MD UUIDs but they definitely exist, are different from the MD Array UUID, and, AFAIK, unused by the user tools. I misunderstood you. Partitions do not have UUIDs, but you were talking about individual array constituents — those do have UUIDs that are separate from the array UUID. # mdadm --examine /dev/sda2 | grep UUID Array UUID : bfb705a9:69bfc685:92b80aa8:ff445936 Device UUID : ed7cb6d2:32f8dda4:bdd22f74:c4ef720b -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems alas, i am dying beyond my means. -- oscar wilde digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Needed: a grub2 expert
also sprach Peter Tenenbaum peter.g.tenenb...@gmail.com [2011.06.26.0227 +0200]: I suppose that is possible. However, the workstation has 2 internal hard drives (both in the RAID-1 array), 1 internal DVD-ROM player, and the external USB hard drive; total of 4. Is there something else in the system which can take a drive slot from the BIOS? If not, then 4 slots should be enough to allow them all to initialize properly. It could be that the external USB drive causes the BIOS to reorder the drives, which might throw off grub2 as well. See if you can somehow stabilise the drive order in the BIOS. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems anyone who is capable of getting themselves made president should on no account be allowed to do the job -- douglas adams digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: mdadm and UUIDs for its component drives
also sprach Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton luke.leigh...@gmail.com [2011.06.26.1241 +0200]: * is there an option to mdadm to make it display UUIDs instead of or as well as the disk name? mdadm -Es * also, how about making mention of how mdadm works, in the man page somewhere reaaasonably prominently? Search manpage for partitions. Please suggest patches if you find the information insufficient. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems this product is under strict quality contril with perfect packing and quality when leving the factory.please keep away from damp.high temperature or sun expose.If found any detectives when purchasing. please return the productby airmail to our administration section and inform the time, place.and store of this purchase for our improvement.We shall give you a satisfactory reply.Thanks for your patronage and welcome your comments. -- http://www.engrish.com digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: mdadm and UUIDs for its component drives
also sprach Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton luke.leigh...@gmail.com [2011.06.26.1634 +0200]: Search manpage for partitions. that's odd. i read around each part (man mdadm^M /partitions^M), paragraph back and forwards: no mention of the UUIDs of drive components of an array was clearly evident. I was not trying to suggest that there was a mention of the UUIDs. mdadm's manpage only mentions /proc/partitions; it scans that file and then looks for UUIDs on each of the listed partitions, building a list indexed by UUID [0]. This is called scanning. And now it has the list of devices (partitions) that constitute individual arrays identified by UUID… 0. not sure this is the actual implementation… Please suggest patches if you find the information insufficient. ok. feeling slightly overwhelmed by the task, my lack of knowledge on the detailed workings of mdadm somewhat getting in the way, but i'll do my best. I'll try my best to provide feedback. Thanks, -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems no, 'eureka' is greek for 'this bath is too hot.' -- dr. who digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: mdadm and UUIDs for its component drives
also sprach Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com [2011.06.26.2328 +0200]: mdadm --examine /dev/sda1 returns mdadm UUIDs of the array and the partition. (I've never seen the mdadm UUID of a partition be used for anything. Can an array be assembled by referring to an mdadm UUID of a partition to add a partition? Would it make any sense?!) Partitions do not have UUIDs. What you are seeing are the MD UUIDs stored in the superblock of the sda1 device. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems a woman is like your shadow; follow her, she flies; fly from her, she follows. -- sébastien-roch-nicolas chamfort digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Needed: a grub2 expert
also sprach Peter Tenenbaum peter.g.tenenb...@gmail.com [2011.06.25.2028 +0200]: Under ordinary circumstances everything works correctly, but when I have my (non-bootable) Seagate FreeAgent USB hard drive connected via the front-panel USB port, booting hangs. Your USB drive probably get initialised and takes one of the x (usually 4) slots of drives provided by the BIOS. When your internal drives initialise, one does not get a slot. Hence grub2 hangs. Not much you can do I think. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems gentoo: the performance placebo. digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Missing device nodes
also sprach titantopp...@gmail.com titantopp...@gmail.com [2011.06.08.0317 +0200]: I don't have access to the file server at this moment, but /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines just the array (via UUID). I was under the impression that md would automatically assemble the array based on the information in the superblocks. Sure: it scans all the devices listed with DEVICE in mdadm.conf, or in /proc/partitions if there are no DEVICEs listed. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems lessing was a heretics' heretic -- walter kaufmann digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Missing device nodes
also sprach Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net [2011.06.07.1747 +0200]: So it's md that can't find them? What's in /proc/partitions? What happens if you list the DEVICES specifically in mdadm.conf (and rebuild the initramfs)? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems sailing is, after all, a kind of grace, a kind of magic. -- phil berman digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Software RAID on external USB disk: boot problems after upgrade to squeeze
also sprach Panayiotis Karabassis pan...@gmail.com [2011.02.23.1029 +0100]: I had solved this in lenny by using the following /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/mdadm script: Set rootdelay=30 on the kernel command line. My solution is broken after the upgrade to squeeze and the problem has regressed. Any insight appreciated! You will need to provide a lot more information. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems however jewel-like the good will may be in its own right, there is a morally significant difference between rescuing someone from a burning building and dropping him from a twelfth-storey window while trying to rescue him. -- thomas nagel digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: RAID start at boot
also sprach Gregory Seidman gsslist+deb...@anthropohedron.net [2011.02.21.1608 +0100]: Is there a way to make sure my RAID (level 1) won't be started degraded? On boot, one disk is found before the others, and the RAID is started before the others are seen. Add rootdelay=10 to the kernel command line in lilo.conf, provided you are using a recent initramfs. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the uncertainty principle: you can never be sure how many beers you had last night. digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: RAID start at boot
also sprach Gregory Seidman gsslist+deb...@anthropohedron.net [2011.02.21.1651 +0100]: Add rootdelay=10 to the kernel command line in lilo.conf, provided you are using a recent initramfs. I don't think that will do what I want. The RAID in question is not my root filesystem. That does not matter; it gives the initramfs 10 additional seconds to initialise hardware, which should solve your problem. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems every day is long. 86400 doesn't fit in a short. digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably
also sprach lrhorer lrho...@satx.rr.com [2011.02.02.2057 +0100]: [4.228353] ata4.04: hard resetting link [4.564319] ata4.04: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 320) [4.564375] ata4.05: hard resetting link [4.900300] ata4.05: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 320) […] [4.965365] ata4: EH complete This does not look like a happy SATA controller or disk. Similarly: [ 23.324019] ata7: softreset failed (timeout) [ 33.340017] ata7: softreset failed (timeout) [ 68.364019] ata7: softreset failed (timeout) [ 68.364053] ata7: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps [ 73.388016] ata7: softreset failed (timeout) [ 73.388049] ata7: reset failed, giving up But this might not be a problem. [ 74.143154] md: array md3 already has disks! I really need to see initramfs debug output, i.e. the shell traces when you pass the debug option on the kernel boot line and then obtain the file from /dev/.initramfs or whatever the location was according to the wiki; I am offline right now and cannot check. Also, what version of mdadm are you using? Which package? Debian Squeeze. Both the mdadm binary in the 2.6.32-5 and in the /sbin/ directory of the root array report 3.1.2, which is the version supported in the distro. Squeeze has had 3.1.4-something for several months. I suggest you upgrade. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems uʍop ǝpısdn sı ɹoʇıuoɯ ɹnoʎ digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Squeeze installation fdisk bug
also sprach Siju George sgeorge...@gmail.com [2011.02.02.0521 +0100]: to create identical partitions on sdb and then added it to the RAID device by #mdadm -a /dev/md0 /dev/sdb1 #mdadm -a /dev/md1 /dev/sdb2 #mdadm -a /dev/md2 /dev/sdb3 #mdadm -a /dev/md3 /dev/sdb4 Why not just create one device and partition it? Or better: one device, LVM on top, and then use LVs. Keep in mind that you still ought to create a partition table (and use /dev/sdb1 instead of /dev/sdb for the RAID) if you want to boot off the device using Grub2. -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ during the voyage of life, remember to keep an eye out for a fair wind; batten down during a storm; hail all passing ships; and fly your colours proudly! spamtraps: madduck.bo...@madduck.net digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably
also sprach lrhorer lrho...@satx.rr.com [2011.02.02.1044 +0100]: How could I assemble the arrays manually when the system won't boot? At the busybox command line. The command output you provided is from the 2.6.32-3-amd64 kernel. I need you to provide me with this output after trying to boot the 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel. Since it fails to assemble the arrays, it will not be able to mount the root filesystem. Hence it will drop you into a shell. The message /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off just says that there is no real tty. But busybox should still start and let you type commands. At this stage you can gather all the information, store them to media (see Saving debug information on http://wiki.debian.org/InitramfsDebug), and then either assemble the arrays by hand and let the boot continue, or reboot and publish the gathered data from 2.6.32-3-amd64. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from. -- grace hopper digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably
also sprach lrhorer lrho...@satx.rr.com [2011.02.02.1748 +0100]: No, that's the whole point. It locks up. It doesn't just launch the BusyBox shell, awaiting a command. It doesn't respond to the keyboard. So you likely do not have the required USB modules for the keyboard in the initramfs. I suggest that you recreate the initramfs after changing MODULES=most in /etc/initramfs/mkinitramfs.conf I thought I made that clear when I said, ...hangs completely. If that weren't the case, I could have investigated further myself. Without a responding system, though, and no way to save logs, I'm stuck. Fair enough, although I doubt that it actually hangs. It just doesn't know how to deal with your keyboard. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems without music, life would be a mistake. - friedrich nietzsche digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably
also sprach lrhorer lrho...@satx.rr.com [2011.02.02.1923 +0100]: I rather suspected that might be the case. Taking a quick look at the /dev directory, the drive targets have changed from /hdX to /sdX, and are now way at the end of the list, rather than a and b. Now that really shouldn't give mdadm any grief, but I think it is. Should not. Show me your mdadm.conf! Mdstat and dmadm -D both show all the arrays inactive, but if I try to assemble them, it says they are all in use. How do you assemble them? And what does /proc/mdstat contain at this point. Also, show ls -l /dev/md* /dev/sd* Thanks, -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems there are two groups of people in the world: those who believe that the world can be divided into two groups of people, and those who don't. digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably
also sprach lrhorer lrho...@satx.rr.com [2011.02.02.2047 +0100]: ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid6 num-devices=10 metadata=01.2 name=Backup:0 UUID=431244d6:45d9635a:e88b3de5:92f30255 What's metadata=01.2. I suggest you remove the 0, except for this one line: ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2 metadata=0.90 UUID=4cde286c:0687556a:4d9996dd:dd23e701 And what does /proc/mdstat contain at this point. Before I stop and re-start the arrays, all four show inactive. Are they degraded? Also, judging from your dmesg output, you *do* have hardware problems. Also, what version of mdadm are you using? Which package? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems ... (ethik und ästhetik sind eins.) -- wittgenstein digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably
also sprach lrhorer lrho...@satx.rr.com [2011.02.01.2123 +0100]: far too quickly to be seen, but then an error pops up concerning an address space collision of some PCI device. Then it shows three errors for RAID devices md1. md2, and md3, saying they are already in use. This looks like a hardware problem, causing mdadm to fail to assemble. Immediately thereafter the system shows errors concerning the RAID targets being already in use, after which point the system complains it can't mount / (md2), /dev, /sys, or /proc (in that order) because the sources do not exist (if /dev/md2 does not exist, how can it be busy?). Thereafter, of course, it fails to find init, since / is not mounted. It then tries to run BusyBox, but Busybox complains: /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off This is normal. Don't worry about that. Instead, try to assemble the arrays manually. And provide me with a lot more information, e.g. ls -l /dev/md* /dev/[sh]d* cat /proc/mdstat mdadm -Es dmesg It would really help if you could also enable initramfs debugging (http://wiki.debian.org/InitramfsDebug) and provide us with the output file. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. it is like a bric-à-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value. -- oscar wilde digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Re: mdadm without initramfs
also sprach Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com [2010.08.16.1514 +0200]: This has always been one of my hangups regarding using linux mdraid (or any soft OS raid) vs hardware raid--proper and seamless handling of a raid protected boot device, including issues beyond the topic of this thread. I hate admitting it, but Microsoft's implementation of a mirrored boot/system disk is supremely simply compared to getting the same thing from Linux. Why don't you use it then? ;) I prefer LSI and Intel raid cards. I should have said merely LSI as the Intel cards are licensed LSI cards. Hardware raid isn't as flexible as softraid as it works at the entire disk level, but boy is it so much easier to work with, … until your controller dies and you find out that the manufacturer does not support the firmware anymore and your data are lost. as much faster. Do you have research backing that up? The single biggest advantage to hardware raid is that you don't have to disk with changing bios boot order or anything like that if you have to reboot while drive in your boot array is offline/down/dead. It's all automatic. Why would you have to reboot before replacing a dead drive?? That sounds like you got your priorities wrong. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems sailing is, after all, a kind of grace, a kind of magic. -- phil berman digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: mdadm without initramfs
also sprach Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com [2010.08.16.1923 +0200]: … until your controller dies and you find out that the manufacturer does not support the firmware anymore and your data are lost. Ever heard of spares? If not you've not been in this game long. I've had cases where the spares simply didn't want to work anymore, after lying around all this time, or where the surrounding hardware failed and no other hardware could actually address the spares anymore. Do you have research backing that up? You're kidding right? If not, Google is your friend here. Google has never been my friend, and likely won't ever be. So far, I have yet to meet a statistic that credibly backs up this claim, given that performance is generally bound by spindles these days. Your expensive hardware RAID card might well out-perform mdadm on a Pentium with 15000 RPM drives, but with a modern processor, I have yet to witness the kernel to be the bottleneck. DIMM failure, extended power outage, kernel panic, colo personnel reboot the wrong box in a rack, etc, etc, etc. Sounds like you are new. The chance of these happening after a degradation of an array is proportional to the admin slack in replacing the drive; and, as you said, there are spares (with a different meaning, in this case). Before you reply, consider there is a chance of two drives dying at once, or the controller going belly-up. But of course, I don't have to explain this to such a seasoned person as you. I wonder why you even bother to write in about mdadm. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems menschen, welche rasch feuer fangen, werden schnell kalt und sind daher im ganzen unzuverlässig. - friedrich nietzsche digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: mdadm without initramfs
also sprach Cameron Hutchison li...@xdna.net [2010.08.17.0207 +0200]: My /dev/sd[bc]1 partitions are of type 0xFD. /dev/md0 has a version 00.90 superblock. If I upgrade this kernel, or upgrade to the new stable when it's released, is this box going to stop booting? Not for now, as long as the md drivers aren't built as modules. But it might stop one day. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems i don't think so, said rene descartes. just then, he vanished. digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: mdadm without initramfs
also sprach Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net [2010.08.16.0034 +0200]: Last I checked, it is possible to have the kernel itself start the root array, via a (series of) kernel command-line arguments. However, this doesn't use mdadm or any of its configuration files. That only works for the deprecated v0.9 superblocks and requires the partitions to be marked with type 0xFD. The whole method is deprecated. Use an initramfs. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems welcome to american airlines, sir. here's your avocado - remember to keep it turned on and with you at all times. please turn your luggage over to the armadillos for rootling. -- http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/armadillos.txt digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Status of RAID (md)
also sprach Daniel Bareiro daniel-lis...@gmx.net [2010.08.02.1510 +0200]: When I tried to add sdb3 was because the disk for some reason did not appear with cat /proc/mdstat (not even like it was failed), although when using mdadm --detail /dev/md2 appear as both sdd3 and sdb3 as removed. To what it can be due that sdb3 does not appear when doing cat /proc/mdstat? It is somewhat confusing to see a disk labeled like spare when it is not. Is this normal? If this is the case, the only thing I can think of is that after the first disk failure, the system was in interim recovery mode, and during it, the second disk would have failed. I cannot analyse this further from remote. If you are still experiencing problems, I'd be prepared to have a look, but I'd need root or sudo access to the host. Contact me off-list if you want that. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems with sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. however, this is not necessarily a good idea. it is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. -- rfc 1925 digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Status of RAID (md)
also sprach Daniel Bareiro daniel-lis...@gmx.net [2010.08.02.0420 +0200]: md2 : active raid5 sda3[0] sdd3[4](F) sdc3[2] 2136170880 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/2] [U_U_] […] That is to say, the RAID has four disks and failed both the spare disk and other disk from array. What is unclear to me is why if there are two active disks, There is no spare disk. The reason why sdd is listed as faulty spare is because it's out of sync. Remove and re-add it: mdadm --remove /dev/md2 /dev/sdd3 mdadm --add/dev/md2 /dev/sdd3 md2 : active raid5 sdb3[4](S) sda3[0] sdd3[5](F) sdc3[2] 2136170880 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/2] [U_U_] This is indeed a bit strange, but the array might start syncing in the new disk (called a spare) as soon as you remove sdd3 (see above). -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems if there's anything more important than my ego, i want it caught and shot now. -- zaphod beeblebrox digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Rebuilding RAID 1 Array in Linux with a new hard disk after a disk fault - Howto with screen shots
also sprach Michal mic...@ionic.co.uk [2010.06.17.1017 +0200]: This is a better way then disconnecting the drive and checking which drive was disconnected like I did, but I would still put a very easy to read label on the drive to say /dev/sdX. It would be far easier then checking a long serial number, especially if it's hard to read and you'd need to take each HDD out to check :) Instead, I suggest you stop using /dev/sdX everywhere and only use /dev/disk/by-id/*. And/or file a bug against the kernel to request that /proc/mdstat should list the ID. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems logik ist analsadismus: gedanken werden gewaltsam durch einen engen gang gepreßt. -- frei nach lacan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100617115801.gd25...@fishbowl.rw.madduck.net
Re: LVM
also sprach Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net [2010.06.15.2108 +0200]: Use mdadm for a RAID5 or RAID6 and LVM on top for the remaining cases when you need space and care less about performance. Use RAID 1/0 in mdadm when you need redundancy, space, and performance. (Although, IME, RAID 5 is not badly performing.) Sure it is, on writes. If you have the right hardware, you won't notice, but every write takes twice as much work. http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-mdadm/mdadm.git;a=blob;f=docs/RAID5_versus_RAID10.txt;hb=refs/heads/contrib/docs/raid5-vs-raid10 This is particularly useful when you have 3 disks, but only need one disk redundancy. mdadm can layout data like this: | disk1 | disk2 | disk3 | +---+---+---+ | dataA | dataA | dataB | | dataB | dataC | dataC | LVM cannot, easily. RAID 1/0 through mdadm with 4 disks is also better than strictly layering the RAID levels. Do you have any data to back this up? Fundamentally, the data will traverse one layer less, but does it actually make a difference? mdadm 0/1 4 disk, 1 redundant copy of data: | disk1 | disk2 | disk3 | disk4 | +---+---+---+---+ | dataA | dataA | dataB | dataB | | dataC | dataD | dataC | dataD | | dataE | dataF | dataF | dataE | (same redundancy level as RAID 5, no parity calculations needed.) mdadm 0/1 4 disk, 2 redundant copy of data: | disk1 | disk2 | disk3 | disk4 | +---+---+---+---+ | dataA | dataA | dataA | dataB | | dataB | dataB | dataC | dataC | | dataC | dataD | dataD | dataD | (same redundancy level as RAID 6, although some capacity may be lost near the end, no parity calculations needed.) More info (and patches welcome): http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-mdadm/mdadm.git;a=blob;f=docs/RAID5_versus_RAID10.txt;hb=refs/heads/contrib/docs/raid5-vs-raid10 http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-mdadm/mdadm.git;a=blob;f=debian/FAQ;hb=HEAD#l106 -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems you don't sew with a fork, so I see no reason to eat with knitting needles. -- miss piggy, on eating chinese food digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Rebuilding RAID 1 Array in Linux with a new hard disk after a disk fault - Howto with screen shots
also sprach Siju George sgeorge...@gmail.com [2010.06.16.1313 +0200]: 2) Create identical partitions on the new disk using 'fdisk'. sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sfdisk /dev/sdb -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems i always choose my friends for their good looks and my enemies for their good intellects. man cannot be too careful in his choice of enemies. -- oscar wilde -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100616111821.gb5...@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net
Re: Rebuilding RAID 1 Array in Linux with a new hard disk after a disk fault - Howto with screen shots
also sprach Siju George sgeorge...@gmail.com [2010.06.16.1322 +0200]: sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sfdisk /dev/sdb oh thanks :-) I did it manually using fdisk Manually is for Mac users. ;) -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems work like you don't need the money love like you have never been hurt dance like there's nobody watching digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Rebuilding RAID 1 Array in Linux with a new hard disk after a disk fault - Howto with screen shots
also sprach Siju George sgeorge...@gmail.com [2010.06.16.1402 +0200]: Manually is for Mac users. ;) these days every one has left windows and are picking on Mac ? :-) Reinstalling is for Windows users. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the reason the mainstream is thought of as a stream is because it is so shallow. digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: LVM
also sprach Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net [2010.06.15.1744 +0200]: mirroring them with mdadm. I also recommend using mdadm to manage your RAID. I've had it handle 0, 1, 0 is not a RAID level. Don't do it. Use LVM for that. http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-mdadm/mdadm.git;a=blob;f=debian/FAQ;hb=HEAD#l272 -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. -- verbal kint (the usual suspects) digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: LVM
qlso sprach Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net [2010.06.15.1840 +0200]: 0 is not a RAID level. Don't do it. Use LVM for that. It is a RAID level, now. It wasn't in the original paper since it lacks the *R* in RAID--Redundancy. Details… but it is *still* not redundant, so I fail to see how it has suddenly become a RAID level. ;) On the other hand, LVM striping is per-LV. Doing something like that with mdadm is... complex. Use mdadm for a RAID1 and LVM on top by default. Use mdadm for a RAID5 or RAID6 and LVM on top for the remaining cases when you need space and care less about performance. Use LVM without RAID if you need space (and/or performance) and have the data mirrored elsewhere. I fail to see the advantage of RAID0 in this scenario, as LVM is more flexible. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems we should have a volleyballocracy. we elect a six-pack of presidents. each one serves until they screw up, at which point they rotate. -- dennis miller digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: MD subsystem is not loaded
also sprach Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com [2010.05.14.1603 +0200]: How does one load the MD subsystem? You use it. Unless you use it, you don't need mdadm installed. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems we did rate the microsoft security researcher as less-bad than the people who prepare the carcasses for dissection in biology laboratories. -- michael moyer, executive editor of _popular science_ digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: usb raid1 pendrive boot
also sprach Jozsi Vadkan jozsi.avad...@gmail.com [2010.05.07.1440 +0200]: But i thought that, I can boot from RAID1 under Lenny. So i can't? You should be able to, using grub-pc. Try passing rootdelay=15 to the kernel boot command line. If this doesn't work, you'll need to provide a lot more information about what you are trying to do, what you did, what you are expecting, and what exactly you are seeing. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems during the voyage of life, remember to keep an eye out for a fair wind; batten down during a storm; hail all passing ships; and fly your colours proudly! digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: usb raid1 pendrive boot
also sprach Jozsi Vadkan jozsi.avad...@gmail.com [2010.05.07.1538 +0200]: rootdelay=15 worked!!! http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-mdadm/mdadm.git;a=blob;f=debian/FAQ;hb=HEAD#l560 -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems everyone has a little secret he keeps, i like the fires when the city sleeps. -- mc 900 ft jesus digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: usb raid1 pendrive boot
also sprach Andrew Reid rei...@bellatlantic.net [2010.05.07.1903 +0200]: Just for the record, it actually *is* possible to boot off a partition that's in RAID1, but you might have to use grub. The reason it works is because grub can read past the md-raid1 metadata without getting confused Correction: the md metadata comes after the filesystem. That's why Grub1 doesn't see it. Grub2 (grub-pc) can interpret md arrays and is the preferred method. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems zum christentum wird man nicht geboren, man muß dazu nur krank genug sein. - friedrich nietzsche digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: md does a monthly resync?? (was Re: Questions about RAID 6)
also sprach Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com [2010.05.04.1808 +0200]: I forget your specifics, but you do RAID *and* backup regularly to an external lvm2? RAID is not a backup solution, it's an availability measure. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers. -- douglas adams, the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: md does a monthly resync?? (was Re: Questions about RAID 6)
also sprach Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net [2010.05.02.2300 +0200]: My system used to become close to unusable on the 1st sunday of the month when mdadm did it resync, That sounds... wrong, on a jillion levels. It sounds (and is) wrong in exactly two ways: 1. The operation is not a resync, check the FAQ. 2. You were asked upon mdadm installation whether you wanted it, and you chose to accept yes. dpkg-reconfigure mdadm if you don't believe in this feature. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems it takes more keystrokes to enter a windows license key than it takes to do a complete debian desktop install! -- joey hess digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: md does a monthly resync?? (was Re: Questions about RAID 6)
also sprach Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net [2010.05.03.1039 +0200]: Is that Q21? http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-mdadm/mdadm.git;a=blob_plain;f=debian/FAQ;hb=HEAD Yes. 2. You were asked upon mdadm installation whether you wanted it, and you chose to accept yes. dpkg-reconfigure mdadm if you don't believe in this feature. Well, not me, since I don't have a soft array... Then you probably have much more annoying problems, or will have. ;) Good luck, -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems #define emacs eighty megabytes and constantly swapping. digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Why are there no latest books written for Debian systems?
also sprach Charles Kroeger ckro...@frankensteinface.com [2010.04.24.0045 +0200]: Mr. Krafft, I have your Debian System, concepts and techniques a first editon from 2005. I think it's a good choice for a new Debian user. Thank you. Why does a cow ride a surfboard on the cover, Is this widely understood? The image came to me as I was dozing off to sleep. The history of the Super-Cow in Debian is long and secret. I am afraid I cannot spill the details. ;) But given that Debian has Super-Cow Powers, I figured my book might let you surf properly. That's why. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems we did rate the microsoft security researcher as less-bad than the people who prepare the carcasses for dissection in biology laboratories. -- michael moyer, executive editor of _popular science_ digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Why are there no latest books written for Debian systems?
also sprach Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com [2010.04.21.1534 +0200]: This is hardly a new book. In fact, it was written in the days of Woody. (Woody - Sarge - Etch - Lenny - Squeeze) It was written in the days of the sarge freeze and is entirely focused on sarge. And parts of it are obsolete. But the author focuses on the core stuff of Unix/Linux, and so most of it is still current. It's an excellent guide for how to accomplish common computing tasks in Linux, Interesting analysis. ;) I /wanted/ to focus on Debian and leave out the core stuff of Unix/Linux and common computing tasks, because that's documented elsewhere. It is true that in the last 5 years, some parts have been obsoleted, but I'd say most of it still applies. Regardless, there's a need for a new edition. I am working on it. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems echo Prpv a\'rfg cnf har cvcr | tr Pacfghnrvp Cnpstuaeic digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Why are there no latest books written for Debian systems?
also sprach Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com [2010.04.26.1617 +0200]: I think there may be some confusion here, Mr. Krafft. The comments I made above were not in reference to anything _you_ wrote. They were in reference to the original edition of The Linux Cookbook, by Michael Stutz, which was copyrighted in 2001. Ha! But you did quote a sentence on my book and then started with This. I didn't actually read much further. ;) No harm done. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the scientific paper in its orthodox form does embody a totally mistaken conception, even a travesty, of the nature of scientific thought. -- sir peter medawar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100426152640.ge1...@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net
Re: Why are there no latest books written for Debian systems?
also sprach surreal firewal...@gmail.com [2010.04.21.0715 +0200]: I wanted to buy a book about Debian, I found that the last book written was way back in 2005 by Martin F. Kraffthttp://www.amazon.com/Martin-F.-Krafft/e/B001K892PK/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?_encoding=UTF8qid=1271826559sr=8-1 After 2005, Etch and Lenny were released. In 5 years its surprising no one thought to write a book specially for debian lenny or etch ?? Why? Because writing non-fiction books is not a way to make enough money for a living, and real life moves on. I am still working on a new edition, hopefully to be released with or shortly after Squeeze. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems when in doubt, parenthesize. at the very least it will let some poor schmuck bounce on the % key in vi. -- larry wall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100421075052.gd17...@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net
Re: xorg problem--dual-head, Debian vs. Ubuntu
also sprach Jesse Sheidlower jes...@panix.com [2010.03.16.1356 +0100]: xrandr --output VGA --mode 1280x1024 --left-of LVDS No, that just gives me: $ xrandr --output VGA --mode 1280x1024 --left-of LVDS warning: output VGA not found; ignoring Which is odd, because when I ran xrandr --query it certainly did think it was there. Are you sure it's not VGA0, VGA-0 or VGA1/VGA-1? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems man sagt nicht 'nichts!', man sagt dafür 'jenseits' oder 'gott'. - friedrich nietzsche digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: xorg problem--dual-head, Debian vs. Ubuntu
also sprach Jesse Sheidlower jes...@panix.com [2010.03.15.1453 +0100]: The T60 has a Radeon X1300 card; the built-in monitor runs at 1400 x 1050. I'm trying to attach a 1280 x 1024 external monitor through the VGA port. I'm running Xorg 1.7.5, and I do not have an xorg.conf at all, I'm letting Xorg generate the configuration. When I plug in the external monitor, and run Display Preferences to try to set up the two displays, I get a popup message reading The selected configuration for displays could not be applied[:] required virtual size does not fit available size: requested=(2680,1050), minimum=(320, 200), maximum=(1400, 1400). Does the following work? xrandr --output VGA --mode 1280x1024 --left-of LVDS What is the output of xrandr --query ? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems someday we'll find it the rainbow connection the lovers, the dreamers, and me! -- kermit digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Use RAID1 mirror as backup during dist-upgrade?
also sprach Reiner Buehl rei...@buehl.net [2010.01.06.0227 +1300]: Does anybody have a more detailed description on how to do this? If you come across one, please submit it as a bug report against the mdadm package. I know I can fail a drive with mdadm, but my understanding is that the data on this this drive can't then be used again after that. You just can't write to both copies, but you can use this method to create clones. Is that correct or can the bad upgrade disk be failed and then the old disk un-failed? How would I tell the system which disk to use? What preparation steps are necessary other than making both/all mirrors bootable? Use grub-pc. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the college students who are using lsd and marijuana today do not comprise a criminal class. they are not drug addicts seeking to escape. they're your best educated, your most creative, and your most couragious, young people. and like it or not, they might build you a new civilisation. -- porcupine tree, voyage 34 digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: raid on mixed ide/sata drives (/dev/hda /dev/sda) not assembled at boot with initramfs
also sprach Dr. KERÉKGYÁRTÓ István ugy...@kerekgyarto.hu [2010.02.07.0759 +1300]: Is there a way to tell the initramfs in which order to detect the drives it needs (so that both sda and hda would be detected, with the appropriate modules loaded, and only after that would the raid array be assembled)? Try passing rootdelay=10 to the kernel via Grub. Or give the 3.1.1-1+incremental+4 package in experimental a shot! -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems no, 'eureka' is greek for 'this bath is too hot.' -- dr. who -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: raid on mixed ide/sata drives (/dev/hda /dev/sda) not assembled at boot with initramfs
also sprach Alex Samad a...@samad.com.au [2010.02.07.0952 +1300]: strange, trying changing your kernel options to init=/bin/bash this will give you a command prompt when the initrd is loaded, but before anything is done. check to see what can be seen by the system, can it see hda + sda ? Appending 'break=mount' to the kernel command line has the same effect, but the benefit of having the initramfs available, and the ability to continue by exiting the shell. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems first get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure. -- mark twain digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Problems with insserv during upgrade
also sprach Todd A. Jacobs nos...@codegnome.org [2009.11.20.0623 +0100]: insserv: There is a loop between service mountall and hibernate-cleanup if started #554905 -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems if there's anything more important than my ego, i want it caught and shot now. -- zaphod beeblebrox digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Raid disk delimma
Let's keep this on the list... also sprach Jack Schneider p...@dp-indexing.com [2009.09.21.1857 +0200]: Results from :mdadm -Asayes Just returns a prompt: # vgchange -a (gives argument needed message) vgchange -a y :gives 7 logical volume(s) in volume group Speeduke now active 'first seems to complete without error and the second (with my change) seems to indicate that all volume groups are found...hmmm! I'll take a shot into the dark: does it work if you add rootdelay=30 to the linux kernel boot line? E.g. kernel /boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/md0 rootdelay=30 This will incur a 30 second delay during boot. If that makes it work, you can experiment with lowering this value, but you will need to have some sort of sleep in there like that, because apparently your controllers need more time to make the disks available, and they do not properly convey to the kernel when they're ready. Cheers, -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems geld ist das brecheisen der macht. - friedrich nietzsche digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Raid disk delimma
also sprach Jack Schneider p...@dp-indexing.com [2009.09.20.0044 +0200]: I get to the Give root password for maintenance etc. place and when I do it will not allow me to find any logs. I can run dmesg which looks normal. Anything that that tries to use /var -locks. etc. fails, so it's unable to find /dev/md1 and contents..it seems to me... df -h finds /md0 but not /md1 Have a look at the output of mdadm -Es and compare that to the ARRAY lines /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf. Anything different? What do you see when you run mdadm -Asayes vgchange -a ? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people. -- oscar wilde digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: how to set up iceweasel 3.5 to use mutt as mailer for link sendto
also sprach Elimar Riesebieter riese...@lxtec.de [2009.09.09.1918 +0200]: This is somewhat overscripted from madduck ;-) The faxt is, that my mutt (hg version from Mutt 1.5.20+lxtecppc (2009-08-04) doesn't interpret neither $@ nor $[0-9]. I'll get over to mutt-dev with this. I don't understand. mutt has no business with $@ or $[0-9], but I think you are probably hit by #545876. Does the patch fix it for you? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems emacs sucks, literally, not an insult, just a comment that it's large enough to have a noticeable gravitational pull... -- mercury on #debian-devel digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: how to set up iceweasel 3.5 to use mutt as mailer for link sendto
also sprach Elimar Riesebieter riese...@lxtec.de [2009.09.09.2249 +0200]: I don't understand. mutt has no business with $@ or $[0-9], but I think you are probably hit by #545876. Does the patch fix it for you? No. I'll need more information then. Maybe you can isolate the entire argument line passed to mailto-mutt (e.g. mailto:f...@bar.com?cc=a@b.comsubject=bla…) and let me know? The best way to get that is probably by substituting a script that just calls echo $@ /tmp/file -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems no, 'eureka' is greek for 'this bath is too hot.' -- dr. who digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: raid1 / mdadm issues on reboot - /dev/md* not showing up
also sprach Derek Bosch smi...@gmail.com [2009.08.26.2020 +0200]: md3 : active (auto-read-only) raid1 sda4[0] sdb4[1] 280631360 blocks [2/2] [UU] this device DOESN'T appear in /dev/md3 however: md2 : active raid1 sda3[0] sdb3[1] 9767424 blocks [2/2] [UU] isn't auto-read-only, and does appear as /dev/md2... I'd like to reset the auto-read-only on /dev/md3, but /dev/md3 doesn't exist. Sometimes I've seen it show up as /dev/.tmp.md3, File a bug, please. I doubt this has to do with auto-read-only, which is just a symptom because the filesystem probably doesn't get mounted, hence the array is not written and thus stays auto-read-only. The real issue is why the node doesn't get renamed like it should. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems all software projects are done by iterative prototyping. some companies call their prototypes releases, that's all. digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: RAID probs
also sprach Glenn English g...@slsware.com [2009.07.23.1943 +0200]: I created md0, 1, and 2 RAID1 arrays with mdadm, containing partitions from missing and sdb. Then I changed my mind, but mdadm seems to be trying to put them together anyway, and I can't figure out where it's getting the info. From superblocks, which are scanned by the default auto-assembly code. I purged mdadm, deleted /etc/mdadm, grep -r'ed /etc and /boot for md0 (didn't fine any), find'ed /etc for *md* (nothing), zeroed the first 1 bytes of sdb, and rebooted. fdisk -l says there's no md*. The superblocks are stored at the end of the disk. Sorry. ;) I'm sure it's going to be obvious in retrospect, but what's the --nuke_from_orbit switch for mdadm? mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdbX -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. -- oscar wilde digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: RAID probs
also sprach Glenn English g...@slsware.com [2009.07.23.2023 +0200]: From superblocks, which are scanned by the default auto-assembly code. Thanks, Martin, but I *hate* helpful software :-) I am not 100% happy with the way mdadm does things right now. It's auto-magic and I *hate* that too. Or rather: I love Debian for not being auto-magic all over. If you agree: http://bugs.debian.org/537993 ;) mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdbX Fixed. I was thinking it all had to do with setting the partition types to Linux RAID... That would do the trick iff RAIDs were assembled by the kernel, which only happens if md is compiled into the kernel (rather than loaded from initrd as a module), which is not the case in vanilla Debian, so feel free to set your partition types to /anything/ else. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems have you drugged your kids today? digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Debian+LVM+RAID
also sprach lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de [2009.07.12.0057 +0200]: Well, I gave the RAID a name, but that name got lost ... and it still has p designation, with kernel 2.6.30. If you're asking a question, you should include all relevant details. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim. -- edsgar w. dijkstra digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Debian+LVM+RAID
also sprach Roger Leigh rle...@codelibre.net [2009.07.10.0131 +0200]: grub2 can boot LVM just as well as it can boot RAID1 or RAID5. Is this stable for production use, or still in the experimental stage? It's non-default in lenny still, but it works. That's all I can tell you, sorry. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems geld ist das brecheisen der macht. - friedrich nietzsche digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Debian+LVM+RAID
also sprach lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de [2009.07.09.0707 +0200]: Why do you need LVM? LVM offers features that RAID does not. If you want those features, you need LVM. The RAID array must be partitionable, which is an option you eventually need to specify when creating it. I don't know what the [...] To clarify: There are partitionable RAID arrays and non-partitionable RAID arrays. When creating a RAID array, you need to specify which kind --- partitionable or non-partitionable --- you want to create. Since 2.6.29, all RAIDs are partitionable. Not in lenny though. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems driving with a destination is like having sex to have children -- backwater wayne miller digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: Debian+LVM+RAID
also sprach lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de [2009.07.09.2204 +0200]:
-a, --auto{=no,yes,md,mdp,part,p}{NN}
Instruct mdadm to create the device file if needed,
possibly allocating an unused minor number. md causes
a non-partitionable array to be used. mdp, part or
p causes a partitionable array (2.6 and later) to be
used.
You can still decide if you want a partitionable or non-partitionable
RAID, thus not all RAIDs are partitionable since kernel
2.6.29. Unfortunately, the man page doesn't seem to say what the
default is for the partitionability of the RAID.
mdadm has, uh, conservative maintenance. mdp is no longer needed.
non-partitionable arrays will be partitionable with newer kernels.
--
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Re: Debian+LVM+RAID
also sprach thveillon.debian thveillon.deb...@googlemail.com [2009.07.09.2215 +0200]: It is possible to boot from mdadm software raid1 with grub2, in Lenny and Squeeze. But I would worry about the lvm, I don't think this is as straightforward, maybe not even possible at this point (to be double-checked anyway). grub2 can boot LVM just as well as it can boot RAID1 or RAID5. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems es ist immer etwas wahnsinn in der liebe. es ist aber auch immer etwas vernunft im wahnsinn. - friedrich nietzsche digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
