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RE: XFS install from ISO fails utterly -- STILL

To: "'=SMTP:mkp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'"@oss.sgi.com
Subject: RE: XFS install from ISO fails utterly -- STILL
From: "Venables, Michael" <Michael.Venables@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 19:49:39 -0500
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
did another install. failed again. as requested, I checked log output(s) and
got the following:

F3:
Detected 880M of memory
Swap attempt of 880M to 1760M
Maximum cylinder is 26
Making XFS filesystem for ida/c0d0p8
Making XFS filesystem for ida/c0d0p1
Making XFS filesystem for ida/c0d0p10
Making XFS filesystem for ida/c0d0p9
Making XFS filesystem for ida/c0d0p5
Making XFS filesystem for ida/c0d0p6

F4:
<6>page_buf cache Copyright (c) 2000 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
<6>XFS filesystem Copyright (c) 2000 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
<6>Adding Swap: 526296k swap-space (priority -1)
<4>Start mounting filesystem: ida0(72,8)
<4>Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: ida0(72,8)
<4>Start mounting filesystem: ida0(72,1)
<4>Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: ida0(72,1)
<4>Start mounting filesystem: ida0(72,10)
<4>Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: ida0(72,10)
<4>Start mounting filesystem: ida0(72,9)
<4>Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: ida0(72,9)
<4>Start mounting filesystem: ida0(72,5)
<4>Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: ida0(72,5)
<4>Start mounting filesystem: ida0(72,6)
<4>Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: ida0(72,6)
<7>ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A

F5:
mkfs.xfs: warning - cannot set blocksize on block device /tmp/ida/c0d0p8:
Invalid argument
meta-data=/tmp/ida/c0d0p1       isize=256       agcount=4, agsize=4335 blks
data            =                       bsize=4096      blocks=17340,
imaxpct=25
                =                       sunit=0 swidth=0 blks, unwritten=0
naming  =version 2              bsize=4096
log             =internal log   bsize=4096      blocks=1200
realtime        =none                   extsz=65536     blocks=0,
rtextents=0

[the same info was repeated for the other mount points, too.]


on reboot, same failures as before. since it hung at the syslogger, I was
able to make note of some of the problems:

swap on: cannot stat /dev/ida/c0d0p7: No such file or directory
Enabling swap space:    [OK]
/etc/rc.sysinit: /var/log/dmesg: No such file or directory
INIT: Entering runlevel: 5
Updating /etc/fstab execvp: No such file or directory           [FAILED]
Checking for new hardware/etc/rc5.dS05kudzu: /usr/sbin/kudzu: No such file
or directory
touch: creating '/var/lock/subsys/kudzu': No such file or directory



-----Original Message-----
From: Martin K. Petersen [mailto:mkp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 12:58 PM
To: Venables, Michael
Subject: Re: XFS install from ISO fails utterly


>>>>> "Michael" == Venables, Michael <Michael.Venables@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Michael> 1) begin the install process
Michael> 2) after the partitioning completes (before package
Michael>    selection, etc.), access the console error log via Alt-F4.
Michael> 3) if there are references to ioctl problems, then it's an
Michael>    issue with the driver for the array controller (which
Michael>    you've since fixed).

Michael> if 3, wait for a new respin.  if not 3, report any info and
Michael> see where that takes us.

Correct.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen, Principal Linux Consultant, Linuxcare, Inc.
mkp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.linuxcare.com/
SGI XFS for Linux Developer, http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/

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