Re: [gentoo-user] Problems booting my server - ext2 - e2fsck

[Bill Longman <bill.longman@gmail.com>]

On 07/28/2010 09:37 AM, KH wrote:
> Am 28.07.2010 17:27, schrieb Bill Longman:
>> On 07/28/2010 07:56 AM, KH wrote:
>>> Am 28.07.2010 15:45, schrieb Bill Longman:
>>>>
>>>> Konstantin, please post what your kernel has for IDE support. If you
>>>> have /proc/config.gz, then please post the results from "zgrep IDE
>>>> /proc/config.gz" so we can get an idea of why you have no /dev/hd*
>>>> devices. We will also need to know what kind of disk controller your
>>>> server really has. Are they IDE or SATA controllers?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Bill,
>>>
>>> Now I am running 2.6.30-r8 but 2.6.34-r1 is ready but not jet copied to
>>> /boot. btw it is a p3 coppermine.
>>>
>>> This is the output from zgrep IDE /proc/config.gz .
>>>
>>>
>>> CONFIG_HAVE_IDE=y
>>> CONFIG_IDE=y
>>> # Please see Documentation/ide/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives
>>> CONFIG_IDE_XFER_MODE=y
>>> CONFIG_IDE_TIMINGS=y
>>> CONFIG_IDE_ATAPI=y
>>> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA is not set
>>> CONFIG_IDE_GD=y
>>> CONFIG_IDE_GD_ATA=y
>>> CONFIG_IDE_GD_ATAPI=y
>>> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
>>> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD_VERBOSE_ERRORS=y
>>> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
>>> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEACPI=y
>>> # CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL is not set
>>> CONFIG_IDE_PROC_FS=y
>>> # IDE chipset support/bugfixes
>>> CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y
>>> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPNP is not set
>>> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_SFF=y
>>> # PCI IDE chipsets support
>>> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
>>> CONFIG_IDEPCI_PCIBUS_ORDER=y
>>> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
>>> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
>>> # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set
>>> # CONFIG_VIDEO_MEDIA is not set
>>> # CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL is not set
>>> # CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT is not set
>>> # CONFIG_PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT is not set
>>
>> I would expect to see:
>>
>> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
>>
>> in your configuration given that it's a Coppermine. You might want to
>> add that in the 2.6.30 and the 2.6.34 kernels, although DEV_GENERIC
>> should give you what you need, as you are probably using that right now.
>>
>> Use "make menuconfig" to configure the kernel. Make sure it's "<*>" not
>> "<M>" for the PIIX controller and then rebuild and install the kernel.
>>
>> Do you have "lspci" installed? The results from "lspci -v" would be very
>> helpful right now.
>>
>>> I just tried /etc/init.de/udev resart . I am getting errors not to use
>>> the script with baselayout-1 . The box is very slow now. Will reboot and
>>> see what baselayout is on it.
>>
>> Yeah, don't worry about this right now.
>>
> 
> lspci:
> 
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and
> Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
>         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. TUSL2-C Mainboard
>         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>         Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
>         Capabilities: [88] Vendor Specific Information <?>
>         Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
>         Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
> 
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev
> 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64
>         Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
>         Memory behind bridge: ee000000-efefffff
>         Prefetchable memory behind bridge: eff00000-f7ffffff
> 
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 02) (prog-if
> 00 [Normal decode])
>         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>         Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
>         I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
>         Memory behind bridge: ed800000-edffffff
> 
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
> 
> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller
> (rev 02) (prog-if 80 [Master])
>         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. TUSL2-C Mainboard
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
>         [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
>         [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
>         [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
>         [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
>         I/O ports at b800 [size=16]
>         Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE
> 
> 00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1
> (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
>         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. TUSL2-C Mainboard
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 12
>         I/O ports at b400 [size=32]
>         Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
> 
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller (rev 02)
>         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. TUSL2-C Mainboard
>         Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
>         I/O ports at e800 [size=16]
> 
> 00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1
> (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
>         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. TUSL2-C Mainboard
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 6
>         I/O ports at b000 [size=32]
>         Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
> 
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11DDR [GeForce2
> MX200] (rev b2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>         Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Device 6106
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
>         Memory at ee000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
>         Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
>         Expansion ROM at efff0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
>         Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
>         Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0
>         Kernel modules: nvidia
> 
> 02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
>         Subsystem: Allied Telesyn International AT-2500TX/ACPI
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
>         I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
>         Memory at ed800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
>         Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>         Kernel driver in use: 8139too
> 
>

Well this is very strange indeed. If I were you, I would rebuild the
2.6.34 kernel with "make menuconfig".

In the Device Drivers section, (this is for 2.6.34!), turn OFF the
deprecated ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support. That corresponds to CONFIG_IDE in
your .config. Then, turn ON, Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers which
corresponds to CONFIG_ATA in your .config. Then, under Serial ATA,
you'll need to turn on ATA SFF and then Intel ESB, ICH, PIIX3, PIIX4
PATA/SATA support.

Rebuild the kernel as normal and give that a try. Indeed, it is not at
all obvious to me how you cannot have /dev/hda devices while having
/dev/hda3 mounted. Unless your /dev filesystem is goofed up and you're
saving a bad copy of it, they should be there. You might want to try
"udevadm info --query=all --name=hda" or various permutations of that to
see what is going on.