Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> writes: hello Tom,
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Felix Natter > <felix.nat...@smail.inf.fh-brs.de> wrote: > > >> I am trying to install squeeze (from live DVD[1]) with a RAID1 root >> filesystem (/dev/md0). >> >> There is an error when running grub-install: >> Jun 5 18:38:18 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --no-floppy >> --force "/dev/sda"' failed. >> >> I tried to run it manually: >> chroot /target grub-install --no-floppy --force /dev/sda >> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: no such disk. >> Auto-detection of a filesystem of /dev/md0 failed. >> Please report this together with the output of "/usr/sbin/grub-probe >> --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map --target=fs -v /boot/grub" to >> <bug-g...@gnu.org> > > Does "/target/etc/mtab" exist and is it correct? Seems like it's correct: ---------------------- /dev/md0 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0 tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755 0 0 none /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0 ---------------------- > >> chroot /target /usr/sbin/grub-probe --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map >> --target=fs -v /boot/grub >> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 488397168. >> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 488397168. >> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: changing current directory to /dev. >> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: changing current directory to mapper. >> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: info: opening md0. >> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: no such disk. > > On both Debian and Ubuntu, I used to be able to run "dpkg-reconfigure > grub-pc", choose md0, sda, and sdb, and grub would be installed on all This results in the same error. > three. For a while now (I can't remember for how long), installing to > md0's failed. Is this a known bug or unsupported? > >> When trying to install lilo (with the debian-installler), I get >> "inconsistent raid information" (but the RAID1 (2x 208G) was created >> with debian-installer): >> >> Jun 5 19:22:00 in-target: Running lilo... >> Jun 5 19:22:01 in-target: Fatal: >> Jun 5 19:22:01 in-target: Inconsistent Raid version information on /dev/md0 >> (RV=0.90 GAI=1.2) > > What do RV and GAI mean? I've googled both and not foudn anything to > help. "0.90" and "1.2" are mdraid metadata versions. Were these disks > previously in another array and do you now have two types of metada on > them? No, I did not change any hardware config before reinstalling with squeeze. I also had a RAID1 root fs with those two disks before. I think it is justified to file a bug against debian-installer. Thanks, -- Felix Natter -- 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/87zkluddvb....@smail.inf.fh-brs.de
