Re: [Bug 219393] Re: HPA ( Host Protected Area ) interferes with dmraid

2010-07-05 Thread EagleDM
disabled > permanently, it will no longer create the metadata in the same place so you > will never have this HPA problem agan, with ubuntu... ever, trust me, is > painful but as long as you have the metadata inside the HPA area, nightmare > is guaranteed. > > > On Mon, Jul 5, 2

Re: [Bug 219393] Re: HPA ( Host Protected Area ) interferes with dmraid

2010-07-05 Thread EagleDM
e HPA area, nightmare is guaranteed. On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 1:29 PM, NeCod wrote: > I have tried EagleDM solution with HDAT2, and it doesn't works for me. > If i disabled HPA, i cannot boot to RAID partition's: first member offline. > > My motheboard is GA-P35-DS4. > > -- &g

Re: [Bug 219393] Re: HPA ( Host Protected Area ) interferes with dmraid

2010-07-03 Thread EagleDM
AS I already stated before and again, look for the HDAT2 utility, can be put on a booteable CD (dos based) Configure your hard disk as "IDE" (for the moment) boot with a booteable cd and run HDAT2 (I think hdat2 comes with a booteable cd now) Run HDAT2, and disable HPA from both disks. Your pr

[Bug 571007] Re: Ubiquity does not detect /dev/sda (3 hdds)

2010-04-28 Thread EagleDM
There is no way I can upload this. Did everything you asked, when the login screen for Launchpad appears, I put mail and password, but the "continue" option is greyed out, only "cancel" is on blue, please, tell me, how do I suppose continue to upload the log ??? -- Ubiquity does not detect /dev

[Bug 571007] Re: Ubiquity does not detect /dev/sda (3 hdds)

2010-04-28 Thread EagleDM
Will do right away and post the log, thank you, hope this can be fixed. -- Ubiquity does not detect /dev/sda (3 hdds) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubu

[Bug 571007] [NEW] Ubiquity does not detect /dev/sda (3 hdds)

2010-04-27 Thread EagleDM
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity using ISO dated 27-apr-2010 Ubuntu 10.04 Installing inside windows (wubi) after successfully booting, a screen saying: "No root partition defined" appears and install can't procede. using liveCD for full installation - After selecting custom

Re: [Bug 380138] Re: Do NOT disable HPA by default -> leads to data loss

2010-04-09 Thread EagleDM
usi wrote: > On 4/7/2010 12:14 PM, EagleDM wrote: > > I do not agree. > > > > If you use the program HDAT2, boot from that and DISABLE HPA, the > > program will disable it on the Firmware Level. > > > > At least in my case, with a Velociraptor RAID0 Arr

[Bug 380138] Re: Do NOT disable HPA by default -> leads to data loss

2010-04-07 Thread EagleDM
I do not agree. If you use the program HDAT2, boot from that and DISABLE HPA, the program will disable it on the Firmware Level. At least in my case, with a Velociraptor RAID0 Array, both HPA's on both disks were permanently disabled, I no longer have problems with Ubuntu since I disabled it. --

Re: [Bug 42121] Re: Symlinks for umountnfs / sendsigs wrong: hang on shutdown / reboot

2010-01-20 Thread EagleDM
Strange Upgraded to Karmic and the issue is Gone for me. Now I have a new bug never present before Karmic, From time to time the cifs responds something about memory error and I have to restart the Windows 7 server :( On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Dicr wrote: > This bug affect me too since

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-08-04 Thread EagleDM
The road to success: I'm happy to report that after doing this 2 steps, DMRAID is working, finally, perfectly fine with Karmic. 1- use HDAT2 utility to completly wipe out the HPA from both disks. 2- update kernel to 2.6.31-5 I'm confident that most DMRAID problems are due to that freaking

Re: [Bug 403733] Re: After executing DMRAID and turn off PC -> Offline Member on next boot

2009-07-27 Thread EagleDM
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 219393 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219393 thank you very much, will take a look at that bug and see if I can help in any way. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 8:50 AM, danwood76 wrote: > *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 219393 *** > https://bugs.laun

[Bug 403733] Re: After executing DMRAID and turn off PC -> Offline Member on next boot

2009-07-24 Thread EagleDM
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 219393 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219393 are you sure? becasue libata.ignore_hpa=0 or libata.ignore_HPA=0 both gives me "unknown kernel parameters - ignoring" at boot, and I can see the "HPA Unlocked" after boot, but, when typing libata ignor

[Bug 90235] Re: dmraid / FakeRAID support should work automatically in installers.

2009-07-23 Thread EagleDM
Let's hope, because, if they implement it, they will probably fix all the error I am getting since Feisty, that, as of today, still aren't fixed. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmraid/+bug/403733 -- dmraid / FakeRAID support should work automatically in installers. https://bugs.launch

[Bug 403733] [NEW] After executing DMRAID and turn off PC -> Offline Member on next boot

2009-07-23 Thread EagleDM
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: dmraid Either running with "libata ignore_hpa=0" option or ata_ignore_hpa=0 or no options at all, after correctly installing dmraid sudo apt-get dmraid -ay dmraid -ay and RAID setup correctly, after shutdown, RAID information is lost forever (HPA) an

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-23 Thread EagleDM
** Changed in: dmraid (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Giuseppe Iuculano (giuseppe-iuculano) -- DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 380138] Re: Do NOT disable HPA by default -> leads to data loss

2009-07-23 Thread EagleDM
HPA ignore by default is a DISGRACE decision, basically what it does, is if you are already using DMRAID for MatrixRAID, NVRAID, etc, etc, it simply destroys the hpa information on boot, and this cannot be fixed. After tedious testing I found out that, once a single boot is made with HPA ignoring

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-23 Thread EagleDM
Again, with your patched version, everything went perfectly fine in Jaunty, I don't have your knoledge here, but, my gut instint tells me this is definetly an issue with the kernel 2.6.31 in Karmic, we should comment this to the kernel devs, it could be a disaster to have a non- working dmraid in K

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-23 Thread EagleDM
Well well, Jaunty fresh install, libata.ignore_HPA=0 in kernel, sudo apt-get install dmraid this is what I got: dan...@lizzie:~$ sudo dmraid -ay [sudo] password for daniel: RAID set "isw_dcjdajjhfa_Volume0" already active RAID set "isw_dcjdajjhfa_Volume1" already active dan...@lizzie:~$

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-22 Thread EagleDM
I'm installing Jaunty right now :) -- DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https:

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-21 Thread EagleDM
Already set to ignore_hpa=0 If I don't pass that parameter to the kernel, it just destroys my complete array, next time I turn on the PC the array displays as "Failed" and do not come alive never more :( So, as I stated in the begining, I always use the ignore_hpa=0 -- DMRAID only detect firs

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-21 Thread EagleDM
It got my attention this line: DEBUG: not isw at 64105741312 DEBUG: isw trying hard coded -2115 offset. DEBUG: not isw at 64104659456 which was not before with the standard dmraid rc15, could this has something to do with ICR10R changing the way it creates arrays ? -- DMRAID only detect first

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-21 Thread EagleDM
Ok, here is getting really weird, take a look at this.. With only 1 array, same as before, with 2 arrays, this happens. an...@lizzie:~$ sudo dmraid -ay [sudo] password for daniel: RAID set "isw_bhhagfbig_Volume0" already active RAID set "isw_bhhagfbig_Volume1" was not activated the detaile

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-21 Thread EagleDM
Will try it right away ! thank you !! -- DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com htt

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-21 Thread EagleDM
Here you have: dan...@lizzie:~$ sudo dmraid -ay -ddd -vvv NOTICE: creating directory /var/lock/dmraid WARN: locking /var/lock/dmraid/.lock NOTICE: /dev/sdc: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: ddf1discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: hp

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-21 Thread EagleDM
Going to try Jaunty right away and post results. Created a single array, same results, "cannot be activated" Strange, when I create 2 arrays, only the first one gets activated, when I create a single one, it behaves exactly like the second one. -- DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH1

[Bug 398059] Re: system does not boot due to device-mapper error

2009-07-20 Thread EagleDM
DMRAID is so bugged that now I'm afraid of just using it and wasting my entire array, someone should definetly post on the kernel bug tracker, we don't need more bugs, with dmraid alone is enough. -- system does not boot due to device-mapper error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398059 You receiv

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-20 Thread EagleDM
my bug seems related to this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/398059 I am experiencing the same issues. -- DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 398059] Re: system does not boot due to device-mapper error

2009-07-20 Thread EagleDM
I can confirm this also, with ICH10R, I filed a bug and I am experiencing the same problem, cannot get activated and cannot boot with dmraid with the same message. -- system does not boot due to device-mapper error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398059 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-20 Thread EagleDM
More testing, wipe clean both disk, creating a single RAID array of the entire disk bring about the same problem. -- DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-20 Thread EagleDM
Also, right after making the array in BIOS, booting to Ubuntu and installing dmraid you can get that, but, as soon as you try to boot the PC again, it will get stuck in "No such device" (next boot) in an infinite loop and the only way to fix it is to destroy the Volume1, boot and remove dmraid, so

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-20 Thread EagleDM
Here we go: dan...@lizzie:~$ sudo dmraid -ay -ddd -vvv WARN: locking /var/lock/dmraid/.lock NOTICE: /dev/sdc: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: ddf1discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: isw di

[Bug 372170] Re: host protected area prevents detection of isw (intel matrix storage manager) raid arrays

2009-07-20 Thread EagleDM
I already did, thank you :) -- host protected area prevents detection of isw (intel matrix storage manager) raid arrays https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372170 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 401713] Re: DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-20 Thread EagleDM
shortstroking the first partition gives me better overall performance than just partitioning, at least on every program I tried, but, considering the problems I'm having I think I will have to do a single array with partitions. I will give you the output as soon as possible -- DMRAID only detect

[Bug 401713] [NEW] DMRAID only detect first subset on Intel ICH10R

2009-07-20 Thread EagleDM
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: dmraid Ubuntu Karmic Koala build 20 July 2009 When running DMRAID in a newly created (from BIOS) pair of arrays on Velociraptors 150Gb 0 - 100Gb RAID0 - 32k Stripe (GAMING) 1- 178Gb RAID0 - 32k Stripe (MAIN) dmraid -ay I got the message isw_gsdeee

[Bug 372170] Re: host protected area prevents detection of isw (intel matrix storage manager) raid arrays

2009-07-20 Thread EagleDM
I manually wipe clean both disks with /dev/zero, I created both arrays on BIOS, same thing, there is no way the second array becomes active, it always stays in "inactive" When succesfully installed dmraid and after creating second subset, linux kernel will not boot correctly staying "sdc size too

[Bug 372170] Re: host protected area prevents detection of isw (intel matrix storage manager) raid arrays

2009-07-20 Thread EagleDM
I can confirm DMRAID does not work correctly on ICH10R controller. I have 2 velociraptors 150Gb in RAID0 with 2 subsets, 1 - 100Gb 2- 178Gb (gaming - main) The first array is correctly identified and activated, the second array stays in "array inactive" I have no messages of #wrong number

[Bug 90235] Re: dmraid / FakeRAID support should work automatically in installers.

2009-07-19 Thread EagleDM
I already talked about this problem hundreads of times, I was an avid supporter of RAID devices, being using them since 6 to 8 years now. Ive stopped using RAID last year because toons of problems with Ubuntu. First we have the terrible idea to simply ignore the HPA (which is a setting that no OS

[Bug 141435] Re: Cannot start from dmraid device anymore

2008-09-05 Thread EagleDM
Phillip, I have a simple solution to this problem, could you pass this suggestion to the guys at Intrepid Ibex development? This could be simply "fixed" if the LiveCD / Installer "ask" for RAID support BEFORE starting a machine. A simple query that could tell ubuntu which parameter to ser "to

Re: [Bug 42121] Re: Symlinks for umountnfs / sendsigs wrong: hang on shutdown / reboot

2008-07-27 Thread EagleDM
To eliminate CIFS mounts you only have to do this: cd /etc/rc6.d ls -la Type: sudo mv S31umountnfs.sh S14umountnfs.sh then cd to rc6.0 type the same line as before. That should fix the problem. That 2 steps is the ONLY thing you have to do after installing ubuntu. Daniel On Sat, Jul 26,

[Bug 245842] Re: dmraid package destroys initrd and render system unbooteable (ubuntu Hardy)

2008-07-19 Thread EagleDM
Success !! You are a genious !! I could never find out on my own, but after doing dmraid -n as suggested on the forums and by your suggestion of a possible broken RAID, whoala! that bloody NVRAID was sitting right onto that disk, I deleted the metadata with -E and that's it, the thing boots perf

[Bug 245842] Re: dmraid package destroys initrd and render system unbooteable (ubuntu Hardy)

2008-07-18 Thread EagleDM
Brilliant! It maybe what your saying, will do right away and post results! If I delete all the partitions on disk, does the nvraid partition data gets deleted? I believe that you answering that will pretty much resolve this whole issue :) -- dmraid package destroys initrd and render system unb

[Bug 245842] Re: dmraid package destroys initrd and render system unbooteable (ubuntu Hardy)

2008-07-17 Thread EagleDM
Yes i have, Vista is booting off the drive just perfect. dmraid -ay just after installliut any problems, the caos begins just when I restart the machine "after" installing dmraid. I mean to tell you, this problem started to appear in hardy heron, I didn't have any problems with dmraid with feisty

[Bug 245842] Re: dmraid package destroys initrd and render system unbooteable (ubuntu Hardy)

2008-07-15 Thread EagleDM
This thread talks about the SAME problem I have. The solution offered there though is not working for me, I could not mount device. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=772107 Is there any plans to fix this on Intrepid and have dmraid by default? -- dmraid package destroys initrd and rende

[Bug 245842] Re: dmraid package destroys initrd and render system unbooteable (ubuntu Hardy)

2008-07-15 Thread EagleDM
dmraid -b /dev/sdc:625142448 total, "3QH01TSX" /dev/sdb:625142448 total, "3QF0A6AT" /dev/sda:625142448 total, "6RV010Q9" fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier

[Bug 245842] Re: dmraid package destroys initrd and render system unbooteable (ubuntu Hardy)

2008-07-14 Thread EagleDM
Is there anybody out there that can confirm what I am experiencing? This bug is soo much easy to reproduce it kills me how there is nobody out there experiencing this issue. -- dmraid package destroys initrd and render system unbooteable (ubuntu Hardy) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245842 You

[Bug 245842] Re: dmraid package destroys initrd and render system unbooteable (ubuntu Hardy)

2008-07-09 Thread EagleDM
I am very sorry about not providing accurate information, you are right indeed, menu.lst indeed says (hd0,1) and it WAS NOT touched in any way by me. Installed hardy, boot it correcly, as soon as I install dmraid and restart PC the system becomes unbooteable, I am not touching any menu.lst or anyt

[Bug 245842] Re: dmraid package destroys initrd and render system unbooteable (ubuntu Hardy)

2008-07-07 Thread EagleDM
Intel Matrix RAID (on ICH9R) created on Windows. 3 HDD- 0 - SATA320GB (3 partitions) Non-RAID =1-windows (16Gb) 2 linux ext3 (16gb) 3 - ntfs (backup win/linux) 1- SATA320GB (RAID0) - NTFS 2- SATA320GB (RAID0) - NTFS The linux boot disk is recognized as /dev/sda2 of course and this

[Bug 245842] Re: dmraid package destroys initrd and render system unbooteable (ubuntu Hardy)

2008-07-05 Thread EagleDM
** Description changed: Binary package hint: dmraid As the title says. I work for a hardware reviews site and I've could reproduce this bug on 3 machines already. It is pretty simple: On any machine based on Intel ICH8R-ICH9R with Matrix RAID active - installing windows on

[Bug 245842] [NEW] dmraid package destroys initrd and render system unbooteable (ubuntu Hardy)

2008-07-05 Thread EagleDM
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: dmraid As the title says. I work for a hardware reviews site and I've could reproduce this bug on 3 machines already. It is pretty simple: On any machine based on Intel ICH8R-ICH9R with Matrix RAID active installing windows on a separate disk, do a cl

Re: [Bug 42121] Re: Symlinks for umountnfs / sendsigs wrong: hang on shutdown / reboot

2008-05-09 Thread EagleDM
Yes, totally agree, also, I reported this bug a while ago, when hardy was in beta stage, this could had being easily patched, there are a lot of us that are using cifs shares, this is not a minor issue. On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Peter Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can confirm thi

Re: [Bug 42121] Re: Symlinks for umountnfs / sendsigs wrong: hang on shutdown / reboot

2008-05-08 Thread EagleDM
The fix provided Teih Han Hui quicky fix it for me (hardy heron final), it's a shame it wans't included being so easy to implement, just a change in the RC order. On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 1:29 AM, Laurent Dinclaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > problem still present in hardy at time of writing > >

Re: [Bug 90795] Re: Unmount of remote CIFS shares fails with timeout on system shutdown

2008-05-08 Thread EagleDM
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 42121 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42121 Yes I know, i read a quick fix replacing order in rc and it works like a charm, don't know why it wans't included being so easy On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Jerry West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *** This

Re: [Bug 191365] Re: compiz.real crashed with signal 7 in eventLoop()

2008-05-08 Thread EagleDM
me neither On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:55 PM, aidave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I havent experienced it again either > > -- > compiz.real crashed with signal 7 in eventLoop() > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191365 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of th

[Bug 42121] Re: Symlinks for umountnfs / sendsigs wrong: hang on shutdown / reboot

2008-04-07 Thread EagleDM
Sorry, got confused with another bug number I was referring to THIS patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153444 I did not try the sysvinit the aparent problem with closing network CIFS shares is present here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153444 The problem seems related to the way ubuntu

Re: [Bug 42121] Re: Symlinks for umountnfs / sendsigs wrong: hang on shutdown / reboot

2008-04-07 Thread EagleDM
I did not experienced any boot problems after applying the Patch. The problem is more serious "without" the Patch than with it, because basically, if you do not apply this patch, shutdown hangs waiting and you have to manually shut down the pc or reset which is dangerous. It should be an altern

[Bug 153444] Re: "CIFS VFS: Server not responding" message on shutdown

2008-04-03 Thread EagleDM
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 42121 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42121 Using this script with the following commands totally fixed the shutdown problem. I leave this I found in the forums, maybe the developers can include it to totally fix this BUG that it's present since Edgy.

[Bug 153444] Re: "CIFS VFS: Server not responding" message on shutdown

2008-04-03 Thread EagleDM
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 42121 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42121 I am also confirming this, I'm using Hardy Heron BETA release from daily build (date april 2 2008) so you see, this is NOT fixed. Have to manually "umount -a" before shutdown and everything works but this SHO

[Bug 149907] Re: compizconfig-settings-manager should be installed by default

2008-03-07 Thread EagleDM
Option to "add" custom settings in Hardy Heron should NOT depend on simple-ccsm since is way underpowered compared to ccsm. users should have the extra option link directly to simple-ccsm and give the advanced users the ability to run "custom" with a direct link to ccsm (if installed) not simple-c

[Bug 185525] Re: dependency is not satisfiable: python compizconfig

2008-03-07 Thread EagleDM
This is the text from apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager (hardy heron) Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the s