Hi Justin On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 2:41 AM, Justin The Cynical <cyni...@penguinness.org > wrote:
> Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: > > In short: >> Dell Power Edge 2970; 6X3" HDDs: 2-RAID1, 4-RAID5 >> > > Etch on a 2950 at work. Sounds pretty close so it's promising ;-) > > > Installed latest Debian on RAID1, which is VD-00. Installation went >> through >> without any issue. >> >> After installation system can not boot. Checked BIOS and there are only 3 >> options to boot from: CD-ROM, NIC, Drive C(I'm not sure where drive C came >> from???). >> > > The "C" drive is from Dell (part of the OS/diagnostic stuff they include). > You should be able to delete that if you like as, IIRC, the tools are > available via a bootable CD that is included with the machine. I believe > the ISO is also available for download, I'm fine to leave this as long as it won't course any issue with booting. > > > > In the RAID configuration utility VD-00(2 HDD in RAID1)is set as boot >> device >> but it's still can not see the boot sector. >> >> Is it something wrong with the system or did I need to set some settings >> on >> software level? >> > > > PERC card, yes? > Yes, you are right. There is PERC 6/i installed. > > Check that the megaraid_sas driver is loading. When I installed Etch, I > had to rebuild the initrd with that module after the initial install. > Could advice on how I can check this please? I reckon that this is my problem as when system is trying to boot - it looks like it's not even reach as far as HDDs at all. > Also, do you have a DRAC in that box? If so, check the /dev/sd* list in > the fstab and menu.lst files. The DRAC has a 'virtual drive' that is > presented to the kernel as a USB device and in my case, was enumerated > before the RAID card, throwing off the drive list (/dev/sda* became > /dev/sdb* or some such thing) Is it about Remote Access Configuration? Yes, it's present on the system alright. In my case /dev/sda is RAID1 and /dev/sdb is RAID5 > . > > PE2950 > PERC RAID card > one RAID 1 (/dev/sda) > one RAID 10 (/dev/sdb) > > > ~$ mount > > /dev/sda3 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) > tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) > proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) > sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) > procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) > udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) > tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) > devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620) > /dev/sdb1 on /mnt/vm_storage type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) > > > ~$ fdisk /dev/sda -l > > Disk /dev/sda: 72.7 GB, 72746008576 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8844 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 1 28 224878+ de Dell Utility > /dev/sda2 29 290 2104515 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/sda3 * 291 8490 65866500 83 Linux > /dev/sda4 8491 8844 2843505 5 Extended > /dev/sda5 8491 8844 2843473+ 82 Linux swap / > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > >
