Anyone able to run Intrepid server?

[Dustin Kirkland]

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Michael Hipp <Michael at hipp.com> wrote:
> I've tried twice now to install Intrepid server on 2 different systems. Once a
> couple of weeks ago, most recently on the 9/30 daily build.
>
> In both cases the install seems to proceed fine but it won't boot.
>
> This most recent case (9/30 build) is on a Dell PowerEdge 600SC with a pair of
> 36G SCSI drives. Upon boot it drops to BusyBox saying /dev/md0 does not exist.
>
> I typed 'exit' at the BusyBox prompt and it proceeded to boot normally. The md
> devices show normal. But upon next reboot it again lands in BusyBox.
>
> My disk layout:
>   mdo: /
>   md1: <swap>
>   md2: /home
>
> The md devices are RAID1.


I just tested this scenario as closely as I could in a KVM and could
not reproduce your problem.  Here is the output of a few commands that
I will need you to send me:

# fdisk /dev/sd?
Disk /dev/sda: 4294 MB, 4294967296 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 522 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000acd0c

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1         365     2931831   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda2             366         487      979965   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda3             488         522      281137+  fd  Linux raid autodetect

Disk /dev/sdb: 4294 MB, 4294967296 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 522 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0001a586

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1         365     2931831   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb2             366         487      979965   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb3             488         522      281137+  fd  Linux raid autodetect

# mount | grep md
/dev/md0 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/md2 on /home type ext3 (rw,relatime)

# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5]
[raid4] [raid10]
md2 : active raid1 sda3[0] sdb3[1]
      281024 blocks [2/2] [UU]

md1 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1]
      979840 blocks [2/2] [UU]

md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdb1[1]
      2931712 blocks [2/2] [UU]

# mdadm --detail /dev/md0
/dev/md0:
        Version : 00.90
  Creation Time : Thu Oct  2 09:57:07 2008
     Raid Level : raid1
     Array Size : 2931712 (2.80 GiB 3.00 GB)
  Used Dev Size : 2931712 (2.80 GiB 3.00 GB)
   Raid Devices : 2
  Total Devices : 2
Preferred Minor : 0
    Persistence : Superblock is persistent

    Update Time : Thu Oct  2 10:10:26 2008
          State : active
 Active Devices : 2
Working Devices : 2
 Failed Devices : 0
  Spare Devices : 0

           UUID : 9f61b40e:27b04374:2653e172:ee11b42b
         Events : 0.5

    Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
       0       8        1        0      active sync   /dev/sda1
       1       8       17        1      active sync   /dev/sdb1

# mdadm --detail /dev/md1
/dev/md1:
        Version : 00.90
  Creation Time : Thu Oct  2 09:57:48 2008
     Raid Level : raid1
     Array Size : 979840 (957.04 MiB 1003.36 MB)
  Used Dev Size : 979840 (957.04 MiB 1003.36 MB)
   Raid Devices : 2
  Total Devices : 2
Preferred Minor : 1
    Persistence : Superblock is persistent

    Update Time : Thu Oct  2 10:04:13 2008
          State : clean
 Active Devices : 2
Working Devices : 2
 Failed Devices : 0
  Spare Devices : 0

           UUID : 62b23af6:4bf79631:92933118:ed971844
         Events : 0.4

    Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
       0       8        2        0      active sync   /dev/sda2
       1       8       18        1      active sync   /dev/sdb2

# mdadm --detail /dev/md2
/dev/md2:
        Version : 00.90
  Creation Time : Thu Oct  2 09:58:10 2008
     Raid Level : raid1
     Array Size : 281024 (274.48 MiB 287.77 MB)
  Used Dev Size : 281024 (274.48 MiB 287.77 MB)
   Raid Devices : 2
  Total Devices : 2
Preferred Minor : 2
    Persistence : Superblock is persistent

    Update Time : Thu Oct  2 10:10:32 2008
          State : clean
 Active Devices : 2
Working Devices : 2
 Failed Devices : 0
  Spare Devices : 0

           UUID : 7a645c81:b5db6695:5abbea2d:3c1477d9
         Events : 0.4

    Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
       0       8        3        0      active sync   /dev/sda3
       1       8       19        1      active sync   /dev/sdb3

:-Dustin