Re: boot-failure-2.3.99-pre10-2

From: auggie@3web.net
Date: Sat May 27 2000 - 22:32:36 EST


Disk /dev/hdd: 1232 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
sfdisk can not be executed using 2.4.0-test1-ac2 because it will
not boot. Using 2.3.99-pre7-5 sfdisk yields the following:

Units = sectors of 512 bytes, counting from 0

   Device Boot Start End #sectors Id System
/dev/hdd1 63 2040254 2040192 6 FAT16
/dev/hdd2 2040255 7582679 5542425 83 Linux native
/dev/hdd3 7582680 9638999 2056320 83 Linux native
/dev/hdd4 9639000 12048749 2409750 83 Linux native

Architecture=M586, no LVM or RAID and CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD
is not set.

On 27 May 2000, at 12:43, Andries Brouwer wrote:

> On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 11:53:41PM -0400, auggie@3web.net wrote:
>
> >>>>> 2.3.99-pre7-5 runs ok, however, with 2.3.99-pre10-2 it fails:
> >>>>> 16:42: rw=0, want=2, limit=1
> >>>>
> >>>> This is typically what one would get if the kernel wants
> >>>> to boot from /dev/hdd2 where /dev/hdd2 is an extended partition.
> >>>
> >>> The hdd2 partition is not an extended partition, it is a
> >>> logical linux type 83.
> >>
> >> What is the "Partition check:" that you get from 2.3.99-pre10-2?
>
> > I have now tried 2.4.0-test1-ac2 and the trouble persists.
> > The Partition Check is:
> > hda: hda1 hda2 <hda5 hda6>
> > hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3
> > hdc: [PTBL] [1661/255/63] hdc1 hdc2 <hdc5>
> > hdd: [PTBL] [1232/255/63] hdd1 hdd2 <hdd5 hdd6 hdd7>
> >
> > 2.3.99-pre7-5 boots ok and its Partition Check is:
> > hda: hda1 hda2 <hda5 hda6>
> > hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3
> > hdc: [PTBL] [1661/255/63] hdc1 hdc2 hdc3
> > hdd: [PTBL] [1232/255/63] hdd1 hdd2 hdd3 hdd4
>
> Yes, precisely as expected. You see that under 2.4.0-test1-ac2
> you have extended partitions hdc2 and hdd2 where these
> partitions are ordinary primary partitions under 2.3.99-pre7-5.
>
> Interesting. Apparently something changed in the partition
> handling. What architecture - i386? CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD not set?
> No LVM or RAID? What does "sfdisk -l -x -uS /dev/hdd" say?
>
> Andries

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