well it still stalls a bit, but it booted when i got home.not sure what thats all about but ill take it.
On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Stephen <cryptwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 0ing the drive was not a bad thing. When trying to mount it via rawdisk in > virtualbox i was getting some odd errors and then i had some directories > populate and it got strange from there. It also eliminated some errors so > something was lingering someplace. > > Will know more about the splash screen when i get home. Thanks for the tip! > > On Oct 21, 2012 7:28 PM, "Brian Cluff" <br...@snaptek.com> wrote: >> >> Aarrrg, sorry I had to 0 the whole drive without any payoff, I really >> thought that would yield results. >> >> As for your current problem, at the grub prompt, press e and edit the boot >> line, delete the words quiet and splash and then press CTRL+x to boot. >> That should allow you to see all the boot process in all it's glory >> including the line that it is getting stuck on. >> >> With any luck it's actually getting hung up on the splash screen itself >> and will just boot. Then all you'll have to do is remove those options from >> the /etc/default/grub file and then update-grub. >> >> If not, you should at least have a better idea of what to look for now. >> >> Brian Cluff >> >> On 10/21/2012 02:25 PM, Stephen wrote: >>> >>> So after 0ing my drive, removing all other drives and still gettign no >>> results i gave up on 12.04 install media. also having a failure wiht >>> dist-upgradeing from 10.04 once it went to 12.04 i tried a 11.04 >>> server install media. dist upgrade it to current and was still able to >>> boot. sheesh do not try this hardware combination. it has officially >>> earned PITA status. >>> >>> new hiccup. I cannot get it to boot smoothly without intervention. if >>> i let it boot (still entirely on its own drive) it gets out of grub >>> and sits at a black screen. if i choose recovery then normal boot its >>> fine. even after turning on lightDM. fun thing is i am not sure what i >>> would be looking for on this. suggestions would be appreciated >>> certainly. >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Stephen <cryptwo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Funny thing is 10.10, 11.4, and 11.10 were fine with the array's in >>>> place >>>> once 12.4 made the rounds it fell over. If i knew more about grub and >>>> udev i >>>> could probably bring it back up. >>>> >>>> On Oct 18, 2012 7:28 PM, "Brian Cluff" <br...@snaptek.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hmmmm, that should have been good enough, but I guess they could have >>>>> put >>>>> it in the middle. It's not unheard of. >>>>> >>>>> Like I said, something is triggering that device mapper on your drive, >>>>> so >>>>> there has to be something on the drive that it likes. >>>>> >>>>> Brian Cluff >>>>> >>>>> On 10/18/2012 07:04 PM, Stephen wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Generally i run the quick zero which is the first and last 300mb i >>>>>> hiess >>>>>> the next step is finding a home for the data and the 10+ hours to zero >>>>>> the long way. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 18, 2012 6:45 PM, "Brian Cluff" <br...@snaptek.com >>>>>> <mailto:br...@snaptek.com>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Did you zero the drive all the way to the end, or just the first >>>>>> part. Also maybe you zeroed the partition and not the drive? Many >>>>>> of >>>>>> the raid superblocks are at the very end of the drive, and it >>>>>> would >>>>>> still be catching them if you haven't done the whole thing. >>>>>> >>>>>> I really think this is whats happening since the Device Mapper is >>>>>> trying to grab hold of it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Brian Cluff >>>>>> >>>>>> On 10/18/2012 12:50 PM, Stephen wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> well 4 of the 6 drives involved are actively part of a raid. >>>>>> the one >>>>>> i am using for Linux was already 0ed for that very reason, i >>>>>> do >>>>>> still >>>>>> have a usb HDD still attached so i will try disconnecting >>>>>> that. >>>>>> >>>>>> odd thing is i was able to boot a 10.10x64 no issue and >>>>>> installed >>>>>> there and have been doing dist-upgrades to current. i will >>>>>> take >>>>>> a 2nd >>>>>> look but its is really puzzling. >>>>>> >>>>>> I will certainly have to keep an eye out. I haven't even >>>>>> figured >>>>>> out >>>>>> how i'm going to configure grub yet to get multiple boot set >>>>>> up. >>>>>> i may >>>>>> leave it ghetto and just use bios. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Brian Cluff >>>>>> <br...@snaptek.com >>>>>> <mailto:br...@snaptek.com>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> The fact that the device mapper is getting involved with >>>>>> the >>>>>> drive leads me >>>>>> to believe that the drive was part of a raid, or at least >>>>>> configured by your >>>>>> raid controller at one time and there is now a superblock >>>>>> on >>>>>> it that is >>>>>> messing up everything. >>>>>> You'll probably need to zero out that superblock before >>>>>> things will start to >>>>>> behave correctly. >>>>>> >>>>>> Brian Cluff >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 10/17/2012 07:42 PM, Stephen wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I have an AMD based chiset and i am trying to get >>>>>> ubuntu >>>>>> to boot right >>>>>> now and it is stalling, and i am having trouble >>>>>> ironing >>>>>> out what is >>>>>> going on. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have onbaord raid drives attached to the onboard >>>>>> raid >>>>>> chipset >>>>>> (SB710) however i am not intending to install to >>>>>> those >>>>>> drives the >>>>>> drive i wish to install to is actually a SATA >>>>>> connected >>>>>> single drive >>>>>> but i am having the worst time getting Ubuntu 12.04 >>>>>> to >>>>>> even finish its >>>>>> boot cycle. and im not getting allot of feedback. >>>>>> >>>>>> The errors i am getting are ata_id[336]: >>>>>> HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for >>>>>> '/dev/sdb': Invalid argument >>>>>> - this is with all Raid disks disconnected and raid >>>>>> turned off in >>>>>> bios. just a single SATA HDD >>>>>> >>>>>> I get one of the two following errors if i have raid >>>>>> disks attached >>>>>> >>>>>> A similar entry as above comes up or i get >>>>>> udevd[167] inotify_add_watch(6, /dev/dm-1, 10) >>>>>> failed: >>>>>> No Such file or >>>>>> directory >>>>>> >>>>>> the most promising option i have so far is booting >>>>>> with >>>>>> nodmraid but >>>>>> it seems to just hang and go no place after detecting >>>>>> my >>>>>> CDrom devices >>>>>> >>>>>> This is rather perplexing overall. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ideally i would like my 2 onboard raids to be >>>>>> connected >>>>>> running >>>>>> windows and then let linux run amok on my extra sata >>>>>> hdd >>>>>> but it either >>>>>> is really pissed off in a way i cannot figure out or >>>>>> it >>>>>> really does >>>>>> not like that port. >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyone have any thoughts? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------__--------------------- >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>>>>> plug-disc...@lists.plug.__phoenix.az.us >>>>>> <mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail >>>>>> settings: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.__us/mailman/listinfo/plug-__discuss >>>>>> >>>>>> <http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------__--------------------- >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>>>>> plug-disc...@lists.plug.__phoenix.az.us >>>>>> <mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.__us/mailman/listinfo/plug-__discuss >>>>>> <http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. 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