On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Jack Schneider <p...@dp-indexing.com> wrote: > On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:31:36 +0200 > Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Jack Schneider >> <p...@dp-indexing.com> wrote: >> > On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:19:56 +1100 >> > Alex Samad <a...@samad.com.au> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 09:16:47PM -0500, Jack Schneider wrote: >> >>> For over two years, I have used /md0 as / and /md1 under lvm2 >> >>> with 7 partitions on this amd64 system. I have migrated from >> >>> "etch" to "squeeze" without undue problems. BUT, now I cannot >> >>> boot either kernel 2.6.30-1 or 2.6.30-2 with grub2, it fails by >> >>> not finding or identifying my swap partition. It is one of the >> >>> seven partitions on /md1. I can boot 2.6.26-2 without error. I >> >>> have looked at list archives and googled but nothing helped. >> >>> Since I have had minimal problems to this point, I am not fluent >> >>> in mirroring commands. My reading of mdadm & lvm manpages doesn't >> >>> seem to address swap issues. Can someone point me in the right >> >>> direction???
>> >> what is the error you are getting ? >> >> what happens when you type mount -a or swapon -a >> > Error: "The superblock could not be read or does not describe a >> > correct ext2 file system..fsck died with exit status 8 >> > # mount -a gives : wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on >> > dev/mapper/Speeduke-_swap,missing codepage or helper program, or >> > other error (plus some others that says it's not >> > reading/recognizing /md1 ) >> > # swapon -a gives: >> > swapon: /dev/mapper/Speeduke-_tmp: read swap header failed: Invalid >> > argument >> > #swapon /dev/mapper/Speeduke-_swap (executes with out error) >> > Note: see http://pastebin.com/m7cc9da3d for a view of what I've >> > got in this system.. I am going to be at work for a while so I will not have a chance to look at this closely for a few more hours. >> (1) All the output in pastebin is when booted into 2.6.26-2, I assume >> that the above mount and swapon are also when booted into 2.6.26-2. > (1) No, Those are the responses I get when trying to boot into > 2.6.30-X and get to the "type root password for maintenance". The first two lines of your pastebin are: j...@speeduke:~$ uname -a Linux Speeduke 2.6.26-2-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Jun 21 04:47:08 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux so I am surprised. >> (2) When you say that you cannot boot into 2.6.30-1 or 2.6.30-2 >> because of your swap partition, are you not booting at all into these >> kernels or are you booting but swap is not mounting? > (2) When I try to boot into a 2.6.30-X kernel I get the repair promt. > as in (1) what it complains about is fsck.ext3: Bad magic number etc... OK. Thanks. >> (3) When you say that you have migrated from etch to squeeze "without >> undue problems", what do you actually mean? > (3) I built this machine to run Debian as host for VirtualBox. > Started with etch then etch & 1/2, lenny(testing), now squeeze(testing) > using aptitude dist-upgrades. > I had some expected Nvidia driver and gnome desktop glitches and some > NetworkManager instability. I never got Compiz working right... > I have much cruft in /root (/md0) it's over 8 gigs of disk space > and /var-/home-/tmp are on (/md1)... OK, more or less. >> (4i) Please post your grub.cfg. > http://pastebin.com/m243acd1 Your grub.cfg looks OK at first glance. I would have thought that you would have needed an "insmod lvm" but I am still teaching myself about grub2 so my assumption must be wrong. >> (4ii) Please post fstab and, while booted into the kernel with the >> mount and swapon output above, the following sequence: >> swapoff -a >> mount -a >> swapon -s >> swapoff -a >> swapon -s > I'll send (4ii) when I figure out how to get it.... 8-( Sorry. I emailed you late and should probably have been in bed rather than going through emails at 3am - and missed a line (a "swapon -a") as a penultimate step. Please email the output of: swapoff -a swapon -a swapon -s Thanks and sorry... > swapoff -a gives> Speeduke prompt > mount -a gives> [ 982.179.186] VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on > dev dm-0, > mount: wrong fs type,bad option,bad superblock > on /dev/mapper/Speeduke-_swap, missing codepage etc... > mount: mount point /home/jack/XP_VDI does not exist > (+ more similar) > swapon -s gives> Filename Type Size Used Priority (no other data) > swapoff -a gives> Speeduke prompt > swapon -s gives> (same as previous swapon -s) It is difficult to reconcile "mount point /home/jack/XP_VDI does not exist" with the output of "df -h" pastebin. Are any of your /dev/dm-x mounted? Please add the output of "mount" after the "swapon -s" above. Thanks. There is another email from earlier today about initramfs and success with 2.6.26 and problems with 2.6.30. The other OP's symptoms are different but I do not believe coincidences. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
