Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-30 Thread Mauro Sánchez
2011/12/29 Stan Hoeppner : > On 12/29/2011 10:39 AM, Mauro Sánchez wrote: > >> I have installed debian testing and then installed xen-linux-system >> and boot from its kernel. Till now everything just works fine. What >> kind of tests would you suggest me for high load activity with the >> controll

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-30 Thread Mauro Sánchez
2011/12/29 Stan Hoeppner : > On 12/29/2011 9:41 AM, Mauro Sánchez wrote: >> 2011/12/29 Camaleón : >>> On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:31:28 -0300, Mauro Sánchez wrote: >>> Camaleon, the configuration with one disk uses JBOD. I have tried Debian Stable with only one disk, RAID 1, RAID 5 and LVM. No

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-29 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 12/29/2011 10:39 AM, Mauro Sánchez wrote: > I have installed debian testing and then installed xen-linux-system > and boot from its kernel. Till now everything just works fine. What > kind of tests would you suggest me for high load activity with the > controller? Bonnie++, IOzone, FIO, etc.

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-29 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 12/29/2011 9:41 AM, Mauro Sánchez wrote: > 2011/12/29 Camaleón : >> On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:31:28 -0300, Mauro Sánchez wrote: >> >>> Camaleon, the configuration with one disk uses JBOD. I have tried Debian >>> Stable with only one disk, RAID 1, RAID 5 and LVM. None of them worked. >> >> Did you t

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-29 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 12/29/2011 9:49 AM, Mauro Sánchez wrote: > 2011/12/29 Stan Hoeppner : >> On 12/29/2011 8:39 AM, Mauro Sánchez wrote: >> >>> As I said before, in my opinion, there is a problem with the kernel >>> and the disks. But it's just my opinion based on all the tests I've >>> done. >> >> The problem is w

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:39:18 -0300, Mauro Sánchez wrote: > 2011/12/29 Camaleón : (...) >> It can be then a bug in the megasas kernel module and Google finds >> *lots* of similar errors for that same driver, and curiously, xen >> kernels: >> >> http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0&hl=en#hl=en&t

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-29 Thread Mauro Sánchez
2011/12/29 Camaleón : > On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:41:25 -0300, Mauro Sánchez wrote: > >> 2011/12/29 Camaleón : >>> On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:31:28 -0300, Mauro Sánchez wrote: >>> Camaleon, the configuration with one disk uses JBOD. I have tried Debian Stable with only one disk, RAID 1, RAID 5 a

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:41:25 -0300, Mauro Sánchez wrote: > 2011/12/29 Camaleón : >> On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:31:28 -0300, Mauro Sánchez wrote: >> >>> Camaleon, the configuration with one disk uses JBOD. I have tried >>> Debian Stable with only one disk, RAID 1, RAID 5 and LVM. None of them >>> worke

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-29 Thread Mauro Sánchez
2011/12/29 Stan Hoeppner : > On 12/29/2011 8:39 AM, Mauro Sánchez wrote: > >> As I said before, in my opinion, there is a problem with the kernel >> and the disks. But it's just my opinion based on all the tests I've >> done. > > The problem is with the kernels and modules you are using, and remote

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-29 Thread Mauro Sánchez
2011/12/29 Camaleón : > On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:31:28 -0300, Mauro Sánchez wrote: > >> Camaleon, the configuration with one disk uses JBOD. I have tried Debian >> Stable with only one disk, RAID 1, RAID 5 and LVM. None of them worked. > > Did you try to partition and format the disks from Gparted? >

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-29 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 12/29/2011 8:39 AM, Mauro Sánchez wrote: > As I said before, in my opinion, there is a problem with the kernel > and the disks. But it's just my opinion based on all the tests I've > done. The problem is with the kernels and modules you are using, and remotely possibly teh 9240, not the disk d

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-29 Thread Mauro Sánchez
2011/12/29 Camaleón : > On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:31:28 -0300, Mauro Sánchez wrote: > >> Camaleon, the configuration with one disk uses JBOD. I have tried Debian >> Stable with only one disk, RAID 1, RAID 5 and LVM. None of them worked. > > Did you try to partition and format the disks from Gparted? >

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:31:28 -0300, Mauro Sánchez wrote: > Camaleon, the configuration with one disk uses JBOD. I have tried Debian > Stable with only one disk, RAID 1, RAID 5 and LVM. None of them worked. Did you try to partition and format the disks from Gparted? > But all of them worked with

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-29 Thread Mauro Sánchez
2011/12/29 Camaleón : > On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:08:04 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> On 12/28/2011 3:16 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> >>> On a completely side note, have you considered in using a different >>> RAID level (e.g., RAID 1)? I think it would be a better option for >>> holding the operating sy

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-29 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:08:04 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 12/28/2011 3:16 PM, Camaleón wrote: > >> On a completely side note, have you considered in using a different >> RAID level (e.g., RAID 1)? I think it would be a better option for >> holding the operating system. > > The hardware RAID

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-28 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 12/28/2011 3:16 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On a completely side note, have you considered in using a different RAID > level (e.g., RAID 1)? I think it would be a better option for holding the > operating system. The hardware RAID level has no bearing on this problem. > This is quite weird. How h

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-28 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:44:11 -0300, Mauro Sánchez wrote: > Hello. > I am trying to install Debian Squeeze on a IBM x3550 M3. The server has > this 3 disks: > IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD > > The RAID controller is a LSI 9240-4i > > I have tried with a RAID 5 to install debian-amd

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-28 Thread hvw59601
Mauro Sánchez wrote: 2011/12/28 hvw59601 : Mauro Sánchez wrote: Hello. I am trying to install Debian Squeeze on a IBM x3550 M3. The server has this 3 disks: IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD The RAID controller is a LSI 9240-4i I have tried with a RAID 5 to install debian-amd64 but

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-28 Thread Mauro Sánchez
2011/12/28 hvw59601 : > Mauro Sánchez wrote: >> >> Hello. >> I am trying to install Debian Squeeze on a IBM x3550 M3. The server >> has this 3 disks: >> IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD >> >> The RAID controller is a LSI 9240-4i >> >> I have tried with a RAID 5 to install debian-amd64 b

Re: IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-28 Thread hvw59601
Mauro Sánchez wrote: Hello. I am trying to install Debian Squeeze on a IBM x3550 M3. The server has this 3 disks: IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD The RAID controller is a LSI 9240-4i I have tried with a RAID 5 to install debian-amd64 but the installation hangs up when it starts to

IBM x3550 M3 with Debian Squeeze not detecting disks on installation

2011-12-28 Thread Mauro Sánchez
Hello. I am trying to install Debian Squeeze on a IBM x3550 M3. The server has this 3 disks: IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD The RAID controller is a LSI 9240-4i I have tried with a RAID 5 to install debian-amd64 but the installation hangs up when it starts to format the disks. After