Bug#497223: Package: installation-reports

Jérémy Bobbio lunar at debian.org
Mon Sep 1 13:58:19 UTC 2008


Hi!

As this installation reports is mostly mdadm related, comments from more
knowledgable people are highly welcome.

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 09:09:49PM -0400, Van Reuther wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
> 
> Boot method: CDROM
> Image version:
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/20080829-2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
> Date: Sat Aug 30 15:50:43 2008 Eastern Daylight Time
> Machine: Intel DX38BT
> Processor: Intel Q6600 2.4 GHz
> Memory: DDR3 6 GB
> Partitions:
> $ sudo fdisk -l
> 
> Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x0002e972
> 
>   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1   *           1          36      289138+  fd  Linux raid 
> autodetect
> /dev/sda2              37        1009     7815622+  fd  Linux raid 
> autodetect
> /dev/sda3            1010       60801   480279240   fd  Linux raid 
> autodetect
> 
> Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x000d8d2c
> 
>   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdb1   *           1          36      289138+  fd  Linux raid 
> autodetect
> /dev/sdb2              37        1009     7815622+  fd  Linux raid 
> autodetect
> /dev/sdb3            1010       60801   480279240   fd  Linux raid 
> autodetect
> 
> Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x0002f6f7
> 
>   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdc1   *           1          36      289138+  fd  Linux raid 
> autodetect
> /dev/sdc2              37        1009     7815622+  fd  Linux raid 
> autodetect
> /dev/sdc3            1010       60801   480279240   fd  Linux raid 
> autodetect
> 
> Disk /dev/sdd: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x000680c9
> 
>   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdd1   *           1          36      289138+  fd  Linux raid 
> autodetect
> /dev/sdd2              37        1009     7815622+  fd  Linux raid 
> autodetect
> /dev/sdd3            1010       60801   480279240   fd  Linux raid 
> autodetect
> 
> Disk /dev/md0: 295 MB, 295960576 bytes
> 2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 72256 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x00000000
> 
> Disk /dev/md0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
> 
> Disk /dev/md1: 16.0 GB, 16006250496 bytes
> 2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 3907776 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x00000000
> 
> Disk /dev/md1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
> 
> Disk /dev/md2: 983.6 GB, 983611736064 bytes
> 2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 240139584 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x00000000
> 
> Disk /dev/md2 doesn't contain a valid partition table
> ==============
> $ df -Tl
> Filesystem    Type   1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/md2      ext3   945485428   4253508 893204004   1% /
> tmpfs        tmpfs     3063624         0   3063624   0% /lib/init/rw
> udev         tmpfs       10240       140     10100   2% /dev
> tmpfs        tmpfs     3063624         0   3063624   0% /dev/shm
> /dev/md0      ext3      279891     27381    238059  11% /boot
> ========================================
> $ sudo mdadm --detail /dev/md0
> /dev/md0:
>        Version : 00.90
>  Creation Time : Sat Aug 30 15:50:43 2008
>     Raid Level : raid1
>     Array Size : 289024 (282.30 MiB 295.96 MB)
>  Used Dev Size : 289024 (282.30 MiB 295.96 MB)
>   Raid Devices : 4
>  Total Devices : 4
> Preferred Minor : 0
>    Persistence : Superblock is persistent
> 
>    Update Time : Sat Aug 30 19:33:13 2008
>          State : clean
> Active Devices : 4
> Working Devices : 4
> Failed Devices : 0
>  Spare Devices : 0
> 
>           UUID : c19445a9:303f164a:396882e2:50829acb
>         Events : 0.6
> 
>    Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
>       0       8        1        0      active sync   /dev/sda1
>       1       8       17        1      active sync   /dev/sdb1
>       2       8       33        2      active sync   /dev/sdc1
>       3       8       49        3      active sync   /dev/sdd1
> ========================================
> $ sudo mdadm --detail /dev/md1
> /dev/md1:
>        Version : 00.90
>  Creation Time : Sat Aug 30 15:51:19 2008
>     Raid Level : raid10
>     Array Size : 15631104 (14.91 GiB 16.01 GB)
>  Used Dev Size : 7815552 (7.45 GiB 8.00 GB)
>   Raid Devices : 4
>  Total Devices : 4
> Preferred Minor : 1
>    Persistence : Superblock is persistent
> 
>    Update Time : Sat Aug 30 19:33:33 2008
>          State : clean
> Active Devices : 4
> Working Devices : 4
> Failed Devices : 0
>  Spare Devices : 0
> 
>         Layout : near=2, far=1
>     Chunk Size : 64K
> 
>           UUID : ce605113:eb5a8a7e:7f9e8100:e6679ef7
>         Events : 0.4
> 
>    Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
>       0       8        2        0      active sync   /dev/sda2
>       1       8       18        1      active sync   /dev/sdb2
>       2       8       34        2      active sync   /dev/sdc2
>       3       8       50        3      active sync   /dev/sdd2
> ========================================
> $ sudo mdadm --detail /dev/md1
> /dev/md1:
>        Version : 00.90
>  Creation Time : Sat Aug 30 15:51:19 2008
>     Raid Level : raid10
>     Array Size : 15631104 (14.91 GiB 16.01 GB)
>  Used Dev Size : 7815552 (7.45 GiB 8.00 GB)
>   Raid Devices : 4
>  Total Devices : 4
> Preferred Minor : 1
>    Persistence : Superblock is persistent
> 
>    Update Time : Sat Aug 30 19:33:33 2008
>          State : clean
> Active Devices : 4
> Working Devices : 4
> Failed Devices : 0
>  Spare Devices : 0
> 
>         Layout : near=2, far=1
>     Chunk Size : 64K
> 
>           UUID : ce605113:eb5a8a7e:7f9e8100:e6679ef7
>         Events : 0.4
> 
>    Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
>       0       8        2        0      active sync   /dev/sda2
>       1       8       18        1      active sync   /dev/sdb2
>       2       8       34        2      active sync   /dev/sdc2
>       3       8       50        3      active sync   /dev/sdd2
> ========================================
> $ sudo mdadm --detail /dev/md2
> /dev/md2:
>        Version : 00.90
>  Creation Time : Sat Aug 30 15:51:41 2008
>     Raid Level : raid10
>     Array Size : 960558336 (916.06 GiB 983.61 GB)
>  Used Dev Size : 480279168 (458.03 GiB 491.81 GB)
>   Raid Devices : 4
>  Total Devices : 4
> Preferred Minor : 2
>    Persistence : Superblock is persistent
> 
>    Update Time : Sat Aug 30 20:38:32 2008
>          State : clean
> Active Devices : 4
> Working Devices : 4
> Failed Devices : 0
>  Spare Devices : 0
> 
>         Layout : near=2, far=1
>     Chunk Size : 64K
> 
>           UUID : be9a00ac:bbe740e9:97b448d2:41491b1e
>         Events : 0.10
> 
>    Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
>       0       8        3        0      active sync   /dev/sda3
>       1       8       19        1      active sync   /dev/sdb3
>       2       8       35        2      active sync   /dev/sdc3
>       3       8       51        3      active sync   /dev/sdd3
> […] 
> Comments/Problems:
> While the md devices were creating & formatting inside the installer, 
> the seemingly long delays left me wondering if the installation was 
> going to hang. A message informing a user that these steps could take a 
> while might ease concern.
> 
> After installation, "cat /proc/mdstat" showed md1 : active(auto-read-only).
> Had to issue "sudo mdadm --readwrite /dev/md1"  to correct.
> 
> md1 is not listed in mount output.
> 
> gparted (GUI) does not recognize all partitions correctly and lists 
> several of them as 'unknown'.
> 
> fdisk -l complained of invalid partitions (listed above).
> 
> Not 100% confident these arrays are safe for data.

Cheers,
-- 
Jérémy Bobbio                        .''`. 
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