Re: [debian-amd64] Re: Installer problem
On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 10:57:36AM -0700, mike wrote: > I have a 3ware 9xxx card - you'll want to run kernel 2.6.8-rc1 or higher > to get fully supported in-kernel or module support. the source code from > their website is a pain to get working. i had them even examine my machine > personally. > > just so you know - it might save you some hassle later on. their low level > drivers are part of the linux kernel tree from 2.6.8-rc1 and later for the > 9xxx series. Hmm. I'd been planning to run openMosix on a 2.4 kernel until oM's 2.6 and AMD64 support stabilized. Maybe it's a good thing that the place building our cluster won't get it to us until mid-august... Thanks for the heads up. -- #define X(x,y) x##y Peter Cordes ; e-mail: X([EMAIL PROTECTED] , des.ca) "The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BC
Re: [debian-amd64] Re: Installer problem
I have a 3ware 9xxx card - you'll want to run kernel 2.6.8-rc1 or higher to get fully supported in-kernel or module support. the source code from their website is a pain to get working. i had them even examine my machine personally. just so you know - it might save you some hassle later on. their low level drivers are part of the linux kernel tree from 2.6.8-rc1 and later for the 9xxx series. - mike On Wed, 4 Aug 2004, Peter Cordes wrote: > On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 06:55:30PM +0200, Miham KEREKES wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > We're experiencing some problems regarding installing debian-amd64 on a > > dual-Opteron 244 machine w/ 8G RAM. Disk subsystem is SATA w/ > > 3ware Escalade 8506, the machine has 2TB HDD space. > > Is it on a PCI riser card in a PCI-X bus? That can cause problems with > some Tyan mobos, according to some errata 3ware and Tyan mention. > > Other than that, maybe you're running into the 2TB block dev size limit? > (I don't know exactly what it is, since the cluster we have coming in will > have only 500GB of space, on a 3Ware 9xxx something card.) > > If have the time, you could compile your own kernel with kdb support, and > boot the installer with it, so you can drop into the debugger by pressing a > key. You could backtrace where the hang happens. > > -- > #define X(x,y) x##y > Peter Cordes ; e-mail: X([EMAIL PROTECTED] , des.ca) > > "The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours! > Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack > my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BC > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: Installer problem
On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 06:55:30PM +0200, Miham KEREKES wrote: > Hi All, > > We're experiencing some problems regarding installing debian-amd64 on a > dual-Opteron 244 machine w/ 8G RAM. Disk subsystem is SATA w/ > 3ware Escalade 8506, the machine has 2TB HDD space. Is it on a PCI riser card in a PCI-X bus? That can cause problems with some Tyan mobos, according to some errata 3ware and Tyan mention. Other than that, maybe you're running into the 2TB block dev size limit? (I don't know exactly what it is, since the cluster we have coming in will have only 500GB of space, on a 3Ware 9xxx something card.) If have the time, you could compile your own kernel with kdb support, and boot the installer with it, so you can drop into the debugger by pressing a key. You could backtrace where the hang happens. -- #define X(x,y) x##y Peter Cordes ; e-mail: X([EMAIL PROTECTED] , des.ca) "The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BC
Re: Installer problem
On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 07:41:38PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> > We partitioned the system to have a simple root and boot partition
> > (though this should be the same partition) and we set the remaining
> > 2T-1G space to LVM. To cut the long story short, the installer hung,
> > the last thing I see is "Creating dev entries" or something like that.
> > Since I noticed that the installer is coming w/ a devfsd enabled kernel,
> > i wonder why it's needed to create device entries?
> Do you see any useful messages on any the other consoles (vc3 and
> vc4). Or look at what it's doing with ps or something?
After it hang I can't do anything, not even switching console. The
machine stops answering ICMP ECHO requests, too..
Tomorrow I'll try to install again and tell the console messages, too.
Thanks,
Miham.
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Re: Installer problem
Miham KEREKES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi All, > > We're experiencing some problems regarding installing debian-amd64 on a > dual-Opteron 244 machine w/ 8G RAM. Disk subsystem is SATA w/ > 3ware Escalade 8506, the machine has 2TB HDD space. > > We tried this installer: > http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/debian-installer/2004-08-01/monolithic/2.6/mini.iso > > We partitioned the system to have a simple root and boot partition > (though this should be the same partition) and we set the remaining > 2T-1G space to LVM. To cut the long story short, the installer hung, > the last thing I see is "Creating dev entries" or something like that. > Since I noticed that the installer is coming w/ a devfsd enabled kernel, > i wonder why it's needed to create device entries? > > What could be the problem? > > (Sorry for my bad english, I'm constantly trying to improve it..) > > Miham. Could you check the output on tty3 and tty4 and the logfiles in /var/log for any clues? Also please try the official i386 images to see if this is a general problem or amd64 specific. MfG Goswin
Re: Installer problem
On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 06:55:30PM +0200, Miham KEREKES wrote: > > We partitioned the system to have a simple root and boot partition > (though this should be the same partition) and we set the remaining > 2T-1G space to LVM. To cut the long story short, the installer hung, > the last thing I see is "Creating dev entries" or something like that. > Since I noticed that the installer is coming w/ a devfsd enabled kernel, > i wonder why it's needed to create device entries? It's creating the /dev entries on /target. You might be running a non devfs kernel or not using it so it creates it. Do you see any useful messages on any the other consoles (vc3 and vc4). Or look at what it's doing with ps or something? Kurt
