[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2013-07-19 Thread Ebbex
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-quantal/+bug/1202955 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not activated

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2013-07-19 Thread Ebbex
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-quantal/+bug/1202955 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot To manage

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2013-07-18 Thread Ebbex
I've just installed a HP Microserver (N40L) with the latest installer from precise-updates/main/installer-amd64/20101020ubuntu136.9/images /quantal-netboot. The installer fails to activate the raid, so I had to drop into a shell, write dmraid -ay, to continue the installation. After the install,

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2013-07-18 Thread Phillip Susi
Before running dmraid -ay, what does blkid show? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot To manage

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2013-07-18 Thread Ebbex
(initramfs) dmraid -ay RAID set pdc_ebdeeaiceb-0 was activated RAID set pdc_ebdeeaiceb-1 was activated RAID set pdc_ebdeeaiceb was activated RAID set pdc_ebdeeaiceb1 was activated RAID set pdc_ebdeeaiceb2 was activated RAID set pdc_ebdeeaiceb3 was activated -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2013-07-18 Thread Ebbex
(initramfs) blkid (initramfs) blkid -p /dev/sd[a-d] /dev/sda: TYPE=promise_fasttrack_raid_member USAGE=raid /dev/sdb: TYPE=promise_fasttrack_raid_member USAGE=raid /dev/sdc: TYPE=promise_fasttrack_raid_member USAGE=raid /dev/sdd: TYPE=promise_fasttrack_raid_member USAGE=raid Without any

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2013-07-18 Thread Phillip Susi
If /dev/mapper/pdc_ebdeeaiceb does not exist without you having to run dmraid, then it is unrelated to this bug. Please file a new one. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu.

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2013-07-18 Thread Ebbex
I've just installed a HP Microserver (N40L) with the latest installer from precise-updates/main/installer-amd64/20101020ubuntu136.9/images /quantal-netboot. The installer fails to activate the raid, so I had to drop into a shell, write dmraid -ay, to continue the installation. After the install,

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2013-07-18 Thread Phillip Susi
Before running dmraid -ay, what does blkid show? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2013-07-18 Thread Ebbex
(initramfs) dmraid -ay RAID set pdc_ebdeeaiceb-0 was activated RAID set pdc_ebdeeaiceb-1 was activated RAID set pdc_ebdeeaiceb was activated RAID set pdc_ebdeeaiceb1 was activated RAID set pdc_ebdeeaiceb2 was activated RAID set pdc_ebdeeaiceb3 was activated -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2013-07-18 Thread Ebbex
(initramfs) blkid (initramfs) blkid -p /dev/sd[a-d] /dev/sda: TYPE=promise_fasttrack_raid_member USAGE=raid /dev/sdb: TYPE=promise_fasttrack_raid_member USAGE=raid /dev/sdc: TYPE=promise_fasttrack_raid_member USAGE=raid /dev/sdd: TYPE=promise_fasttrack_raid_member USAGE=raid Without any

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2013-07-18 Thread Phillip Susi
If /dev/mapper/pdc_ebdeeaiceb does not exist without you having to run dmraid, then it is unrelated to this bug. Please file a new one. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title:

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-09-24 Thread Phillip Susi
Unless you must dual boot this system with Windows, the best thing to do is not to use fake raid. Switch to regular Linux software raid instead. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu.

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-09-24 Thread Phillip Susi
Unless you must dual boot this system with Windows, the best thing to do is not to use fake raid. Switch to regular Linux software raid instead. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-09-12 Thread Don mylastname
Hi all this is a real doozy. I need to run 10.04 because it has userful mutiseat and can boot the same partition on a single disk but can't on my fake raid. gpt partitioning on the raid because it is 4tb. I can boot 12.04 (kde) on the fake raid fine but get the same error as above when trying

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-09-12 Thread Don mylastname
Hi all this is a real doozy. I need to run 10.04 because it has userful mutiseat and can boot the same partition on a single disk but can't on my fake raid. gpt partitioning on the raid because it is 4tb. I can boot 12.04 (kde) on the fake raid fine but get the same error as above when trying

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-08-03 Thread Laurie Kell
Hi I am encountering the same problems, in that I am trying to install UBUNTU 12.04 on a Sony vaio VPCZ13C5E. But can't get past busybox. I used boot/repair to try and fix the problem, the diagnostics and a dscription of my system are at http://paste.ubuntu.com/1126678/ Any help would be

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-08-03 Thread Laurie Kell
Hi I am encountering the same problems, in that I am trying to install UBUNTU 12.04 on a Sony vaio VPCZ13C5E. But can't get past busybox. I used boot/repair to try and fix the problem, the diagnostics and a dscription of my system are at http://paste.ubuntu.com/1126678/ Any help would be

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-06-26 Thread Danny Wood
@Path Off topic for a bug report but I will set you straight on a few things. Dmraid support is good but for later hardware is crappy at best but don't blame the Ubuntu devs. The original developer (a red hat guy) stopped developing the project a while ago and we have been trying to get him to

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-06-26 Thread Danny Wood
@Path Off topic for a bug report but I will set you straight on a few things. Dmraid support is good but for later hardware is crappy at best but don't blame the Ubuntu devs. The original developer (a red hat guy) stopped developing the project a while ago and we have been trying to get him to

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-06-25 Thread luckymae
This is because Ubuntu is a piece of shite time waster, worse than Windows 98 and Windows 3.1. You want something solid don't go with a distro that places importance on new themes instead of stability. It will be 2019 and Ubuntu team will still try to fix these bugs. They're worse than Microsoft

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-06-25 Thread luckymae
This is because Ubuntu is a piece of shite time waster, worse than Windows 98 and Windows 3.1. You want something solid don't go with a distro that places importance on new themes instead of stability. It will be 2019 and Ubuntu team will still try to fix these bugs. They're worse than Microsoft

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-05-02 Thread path
Just worked around the same problem that Adi Piracalabu described. Installed Ubuntu 12.04 release Amd64 image on fakeraid raid5. With my boot loader, root directory and swap all on a separate disc. Then my home directory on my raid 5. Installation completed successfully. Rebooting fails to mount

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-05-02 Thread path
Just worked around the same problem that Adi Piracalabu described. Installed Ubuntu 12.04 release Amd64 image on fakeraid raid5. With my boot loader, root directory and swap all on a separate disc. Then my home directory on my raid 5. Installation completed successfully. Rebooting fails to mount

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-05-01 Thread Phillip Susi
Adi, dmraid is for fake hardware raid support, not the software raid you are using. Your issue seems to be unrelated to dmraid or this bug report. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu.

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-05-01 Thread Phillip Susi
Adi, dmraid is for fake hardware raid support, not the software raid you are using. Your issue seems to be unrelated to dmraid or this bug report. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-04-30 Thread apircalabu
Apparently I have a related problem after an upgrade from 11.10 done using do-release-upgrade. The troubled server has all the partitions on a software RAID 1. With the new kernel (3.2.0-24.37) it failed to mount the root partition, dropping to a busybox shell. After booting the ol kernel I

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-04-30 Thread apircalabu
Quick update to my previous update: after rebuilding initrd image with dmraid kpartx it's all good, now 3.2.0-24-generic finds the root partition and loads the OS. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-04-30 Thread apircalabu
Apparently I have a related problem after an upgrade from 11.10 done using do-release-upgrade. The troubled server has all the partitions on a software RAID 1. With the new kernel (3.2.0-24.37) it failed to mount the root partition, dropping to a busybox shell. After booting the ol kernel I

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-04-30 Thread apircalabu
Quick update to my previous update: after rebuilding initrd image with dmraid kpartx it's all good, now 3.2.0-24-generic finds the root partition and loads the OS. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-04-03 Thread Shannon VanWagner
Works for me as well now, thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot To manage notifications

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-04-03 Thread Shannon VanWagner
Works for me as well now, thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-04-02 Thread Mårten Thornberg
Works for me as well now, thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot To manage notifications

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-04-02 Thread Mårten Thornberg
Works for me as well now, thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-04-01 Thread Wouter van der Graaf
With this release, the problem is fixed for me :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot To manage

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-04-01 Thread Wouter van der Graaf
With this release, the problem is fixed for me :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot To manage notifications about this

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-31 Thread Adam Conrad
Giving my release team nod for the FFe required to do the simple package split in the multipath-tools branch, and sponsoring the upload (after tidying it a bit). Thanks for looking at this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-31 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package multipath-tools - 0.4.9-3ubuntu5 --- multipath-tools (0.4.9-3ubuntu5) precise; urgency=low * Split kpartx initramfs bits into kpartx-boot for dmraid (LP: #941874) -- Phillip Susi ps...@ubuntu.com Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:26:22 -0400 -- You received

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-31 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package dmraid - 1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu8 --- dmraid (1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu8) precise; urgency=low * Depend on kpartx-boot to pull kpartx into the initramfs (LP: #941874) -- Phillip Susi ps...@ubuntu.com Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:37:44 -0400 ** Changed in:

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-31 Thread Shannon VanWagner
Sorry about the linkedin spam.. I think I bombed my address book with it. Please feel free to delete comment #35. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title:

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-31 Thread Adam Conrad
Giving my release team nod for the FFe required to do the simple package split in the multipath-tools branch, and sponsoring the upload (after tidying it a bit). Thanks for looking at this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-31 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package dmraid - 1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu8 --- dmraid (1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu8) precise; urgency=low * Depend on kpartx-boot to pull kpartx into the initramfs (LP: #941874) -- Phillip Susi ps...@ubuntu.com Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:37:44 -0400 ** Changed in:

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-31 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package multipath-tools - 0.4.9-3ubuntu5 --- multipath-tools (0.4.9-3ubuntu5) precise; urgency=low * Split kpartx initramfs bits into kpartx-boot for dmraid (LP: #941874) -- Phillip Susi ps...@ubuntu.com Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:26:22 -0400 -- You received

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-31 Thread Shannon VanWagner
Sorry about the linkedin spam.. I think I bombed my address book with it. Please feel free to delete comment #35. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-30 Thread Phillip Susi
** Changed in: dmraid (Ubuntu) Importance: High = Critical ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: High = Critical -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu.

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-30 Thread Adam Conrad
** Changed in: dmraid (Ubuntu) Milestone: None = ubuntu-12.04 ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Milestone: None = ubuntu-12.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu.

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-30 Thread Phillip Susi
** Changed in: dmraid (Ubuntu) Importance: High = Critical ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: High = Critical -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title:

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-30 Thread Adam Conrad
** Changed in: dmraid (Ubuntu) Milestone: None = ubuntu-12.04 ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Milestone: None = ubuntu-12.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-23 Thread Phillip Susi
I've fixed both packages to get this working and set up an isw dmraid with my old disks and installed precise and the updated packages to verify it works. Just waiting for a sponsor to merge the changes. ** Changed in: dmraid (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = In Progress ** Changed in:

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-23 Thread Phillip Susi
I've fixed both packages to get this working and set up an isw dmraid with my old disks and installed precise and the updated packages to verify it works. Just waiting for a sponsor to merge the changes. ** Changed in: dmraid (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = In Progress ** Changed in:

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-22 Thread Phillip Susi
** Branch linked: lp:~psusi/ubuntu/precise/multipath-tools/fix-dmraid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot To manage

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-19 Thread Phillip Susi
The -p is to disable dmraid's internal handling of partitions in favor of letting kpartx take care of it. This was done because kpartx also supports GPT, but dmraid does not. Can you try updating your initramfs and see if that helps? sudo update-initramfs -u Also please make sure you are

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-19 Thread Mårten Thornberg
I think kpartx, sed and awk is also missing in the ramfs, at least for me. kpartx can not mount a root partitions if kpartx is not available during boot... sed and awk is used by the dmraid-activate script in some cases as well... not for my controller though so I can not test it. I added kpartx

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-19 Thread Phillip Susi
What do you mean by added kpartx hooks? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot To manage

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-19 Thread Mårten Thornberg
Sorry if I'm using the wrong terminology, I just called it hooks because that is what the folder is named. I mean I have added a script very similar to: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/dmraid which copies the necessary kpartx files to the initramfs as well, when doing update-initramfs -u

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-19 Thread Mårten Thornberg
Attaching file: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 490 feb 29 18:53 /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/kpartx ** Attachment added: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/kpartx https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmraid/+bug/941874/+attachment/2898387/+files/kpartx -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-19 Thread Phillip Susi
Ok, kpartx has a hook rule that is supposed to do that already, but for some reason, it is not being installed. It looks like a packaging error of some sort. ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-19 Thread Shannon VanWagner
Can you try updating your initramfs and see if that helps? sudo update-initramfs -u I did this and I still get dropped to the busybox, just after begin running scripts/local-top...done shows during boot. From busybox, ls /dev shows these (disk but not the partitions): /dev/dm-0

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-19 Thread Phillip Susi
The -p is to disable dmraid's internal handling of partitions in favor of letting kpartx take care of it. This was done because kpartx also supports GPT, but dmraid does not. Can you try updating your initramfs and see if that helps? sudo update-initramfs -u Also please make sure you are

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-19 Thread Mårten Thornberg
I think kpartx, sed and awk is also missing in the ramfs, at least for me. kpartx can not mount a root partitions if kpartx is not available during boot... sed and awk is used by the dmraid-activate script in some cases as well... not for my controller though so I can not test it. I added kpartx

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-19 Thread Phillip Susi
What do you mean by added kpartx hooks? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-19 Thread Mårten Thornberg
Sorry if I'm using the wrong terminology, I just called it hooks because that is what the folder is named. I mean I have added a script very similar to: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/dmraid which copies the necessary kpartx files to the initramfs as well, when doing update-initramfs -u

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-19 Thread Mårten Thornberg
Attaching file: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 490 feb 29 18:53 /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/kpartx ** Attachment added: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/kpartx https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmraid/+bug/941874/+attachment/2898387/+files/kpartx -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-19 Thread Phillip Susi
Ok, kpartx has a hook rule that is supposed to do that already, but for some reason, it is not being installed. It looks like a packaging error of some sort. ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-19 Thread Shannon VanWagner
Can you try updating your initramfs and see if that helps? sudo update-initramfs -u I did this and I still get dropped to the busybox, just after begin running scripts/local-top...done shows during boot. From busybox, ls /dev shows these (disk but not the partitions): /dev/dm-0

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-18 Thread Ken Persing
OK, no idea if this will help, but when I get thrown into initramfs, when running 'dmraid -ay', it says the raid volume is already activated, but in /dev I only have the raided drive (dm-0) and not any of the partitions (dm-1 and dm-2). Booting from a rescue disk, I have the same problem and after

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-18 Thread Shannon VanWagner
Here's what fixed it for me: change the following line in sbin/dmraid-activate back to the same as it was in initrd.img.3.0.0.12-generic from Oneric: Change (around line 75): # array brought up in degraded mode, except in the case of striped arrays. dmraid -p -i -ay -Z $1 To:

Re: [Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-18 Thread Shannon VanWagner
Ken, for me, everything was in /dev/mapper and before running dmraid -ay ls /dev/mapper/ only had the device, not the partitions: isw_dgjgchief_Volume0 Then after dmraid -ay, ls /dev/mapper shows (p1,p2,p3 being my /, home, swap partitions): isw_dgjgchief_Volume0p1 isw_dgjgchief_Volume0p3

Re: [Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-18 Thread Shannon VanWagner
Ah.. disregard my previous comment.. they're just links to dm-0 thru dm-3 ls -l /dev/mapper lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 18 21:05 isw_dgjgchief_Volume0 - ../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 18 21:05 isw_dgjgchief_Volume0p1 - ../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 18 21:05

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-18 Thread Ken Persing
OK, no idea if this will help, but when I get thrown into initramfs, when running 'dmraid -ay', it says the raid volume is already activated, but in /dev I only have the raided drive (dm-0) and not any of the partitions (dm-1 and dm-2). Booting from a rescue disk, I have the same problem and after

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-18 Thread Shannon VanWagner
Here's what fixed it for me: change the following line in sbin/dmraid-activate back to the same as it was in initrd.img.3.0.0.12-generic from Oneric: Change (around line 75): # array brought up in degraded mode, except in the case of striped arrays. dmraid -p -i -ay -Z $1 To:

Re: [Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-18 Thread Shannon VanWagner
Ken, for me, everything was in /dev/mapper and before running dmraid -ay ls /dev/mapper/ only had the device, not the partitions: isw_dgjgchief_Volume0 Then after dmraid -ay, ls /dev/mapper shows (p1,p2,p3 being my /, home, swap partitions): isw_dgjgchief_Volume0p1 isw_dgjgchief_Volume0p3

Re: [Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-18 Thread Shannon VanWagner
Ah.. disregard my previous comment.. they're just links to dm-0 thru dm-3 ls -l /dev/mapper lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 18 21:05 isw_dgjgchief_Volume0 - ../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 18 21:05 isw_dgjgchief_Volume0p1 - ../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 18 21:05

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-17 Thread Henk-Jan
This fix still works for me: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmraid/+bug/247027/comments/21 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title:

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-17 Thread DrTwox
I have this same problem with Kubuntu Precise Beta1. I installed Kubuntu Precise Beta1 successfully (using default partition setup with a single SATA drive) and rebooted. The desktop loads without error. I run apt-get update apt-get upgrade and then reboot. Now the boot process stops: … Gave up

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-17 Thread Henk-Jan
This fix still works for me: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmraid/+bug/247027/comments/21 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-17 Thread DrTwox
I have this same problem with Kubuntu Precise Beta1. I installed Kubuntu Precise Beta1 successfully (using default partition setup with a single SATA drive) and rebooted. The desktop loads without error. I run apt-get update apt-get upgrade and then reboot. Now the boot process stops: … Gave up

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-16 Thread Phillip Susi
** Also affects: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New = Triaged ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = High ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned)

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-16 Thread Phillip Susi
Wait a second, the kpartx udev rule shouldn't have anything to do with dmraid. The dmraid udev rule takes care of running kpartx. ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team,

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-16 Thread Phillip Susi
** Also affects: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New = Triaged ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = High ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned)

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-16 Thread Phillip Susi
Wait a second, the kpartx udev rule shouldn't have anything to do with dmraid. The dmraid udev rule takes care of running kpartx. ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-15 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package dmraid - 1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu7 --- dmraid (1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu7) precise; urgency=low * Fix Update initramfs hook to copy correct udev rules file with new priority of 97 instead of 85 (LP: #941874) -- Phillip Susi ps...@ubuntu.com Tue, 13

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-15 Thread Ryan Beasley
I just updated to 1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu7, but I still end up staring at an initramfs prompt before needing to manually issue dmraid -ay followed by Ctrl-D to resume boot. We still need the kpartx hook, as pointed out by the bug submitter, in order to fix this. :) ** Attachment added: hacky kpartx

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-13 Thread Wouter van der Graaf
I believe I have the same problem, but I'm not sure. Please enlighten me. I have a Sony Vaio VPCZ13 with two SSD's striped out of the box. In the past I succesfully ran Natty and Oneiric. Now with Precise Beta 1 I can't boot anymore. I get dropped in a Busybox shell with the error that the device

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-13 Thread Wouter van der Graaf
Additional info... When I choose kernel 3.2 in grub I'm dropped in Busybox shell. If I enter 'dmraid -ay' and 'exit', then normal boot procedure continues. W -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-13 Thread Phillip Susi
** Branch linked: lp:~psusi/ubuntu/precise/dmraid/fix-initramfs-hook ** Changed in: dmraid (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = In Progress ** Changed in: dmraid (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Phillip Susi (psusi) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-02 Thread JR
I've just upgraded to precise beta and had the same problem with my intel dmraid. http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1719850.html helped (calling /sbin/dmraid -i -ay and commenting the rest). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-02 Thread Mårten Thornberg
Congratulations for the new baby :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-01 Thread Phillip Susi
Oops, this is my fault. I changed the priority of the udev rules file from 85 to 97 and must have forgot to update the initramfs hook to use the new path. I am in the hospital at the moment since my wife had our baby two weeks early the other day, so I'm going to ask cjwatson to make this quick

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-03-01 Thread Phillip Susi
Good work figuring that out by the way Marten. Many thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot To manage notifications

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-02-29 Thread Mårten Thornberg
** Description changed: - I have installed Precise Pangolin Alpha 2 to a fakeraid stripe, but ubuntu fails to boot after install. - When choosing recovery option, the boot process times out waiting for root device and drops to busybox shell. - Running dmraid -ay and exiting busybox resumes boot

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-02-29 Thread Mårten Thornberg
dmraid-activate also use sed and awk when activating certain fakeraid types: isw : Intel Software RAID (0,1,5,01) ddf1: SNIA DDF1 (0,1,4,5,linear) I don't think awk and sed is available in the initramfs either so there should probably be hooks for that too if there is a device of that

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-02-28 Thread Mårten Thornberg
I've got dmraid-activate to load the device now (/dev/mapper/pdc_chjidjcfg) but the partitions still does not get loaded. kpartx is not available in busybox, is that correct? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-02-28 Thread Mårten Thornberg
There are no initramfs hooks for kpartx also, in: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/dmraid it tries to add /lib/udev/rules.d/85-dmraid.rules but the existing file is called /lib/udev/rules.d/97-dmraid.rules When I fix the above and add hooks for kpartx everything works and ubuntu boots normally.

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-02-27 Thread Mårten Thornberg
** Summary changed: - dmraid-activate fails to activate (fakeraid) root device during boot + (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-02-27 Thread Phillip Susi
The -p was added in precise because udev will now run kpartx to activate partitions. Does blkid identify the drives as raid members? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941874 Title:

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-02-27 Thread Mårten Thornberg
Stripe is on sda + sdb. When I run blkid, sdb show up but not sda, blkid -p sda identifies it as part of raid though. root@pongo:/dev# blkid -p sda sda: TYPE=promise_fasttrack_raid_member USAGE=raid root@pongo:/dev# blkid -p sdb sdb: TYPE=promise_fasttrack_raid_member USAGE=raid

[Bug 941874] Re: (fakeraid) root device not activated during boot

2012-02-27 Thread Mårten Thornberg
If it helps: root@pongo:~# kpartx -l /dev/mapper/pdc_chjidjcfg pdc_chjidjcfg1 : 0 335544320 /dev/mapper/pdc_chjidjcfg 2048 pdc_chjidjcfg2 : 0 129296898 /dev/mapper/pdc_chjidjcfg 335546622 pdc_chjidjcfg5 : 0 112540672 /dev/dm-1 2 pdc_chjidjcfg6 : 0 16755968 /dev/dm-1 112540930 -- You received