On 28 August 2012 06:15, Jonathan Tripathy <jonnyt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 27/08/2012 21:07, Jonathan Tripathy wrote: >> >> On 27/08/2012 21:00, Jonathan Tripathy wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> 2) The windows setup didn't complain that it couldn't install on the LV, >>>> but once I clicked 'next', the Dom0 crashed and the server rebooted. A lot >>>> of output was displayed on screen but quickly vanished as the system >>>> rebooted. I'm trying to see if the output was saved anywhere. Any ideas why >>>> this could of happened and/or where the output might be saved? >>>> >>>> >>> I'd also like to add that after the server came back up, the md raid >>> array started rebuilding. I wondering if that's just a coincidence (due to >>> the forced reboot), or a sign of something wrong with the md integration >>> with bcache? >>> >>> I'm going to see if Windows installs natively on the md array (it's RAID >>> 10 btw) and post back here. >> >> >> Ok, so trying to install Windows directly onto the spindles causes the >> same thing to happen. I'm going to try and boot up into the non-bcache >> kernel (The default ubuntu one) and see if it works there. If it fails >> there, then this is clearly a xen and/or mdraid issue... >> >> Thanks >> >> > Ok, so booting into the default Ubuntu kernel, the windows installation > seems to progress just fine. > > Does this mean there is something wrong with the mdraid code in the bcache > kernel? > > Actually, I'm not telling the whole story. The kernel I'm using is the > bcache-3.2 tree (from evilpriate.org) with changes merged in from > kernel.org's 3.2.27 tree. There were no merge conflicts when I did the git > merge. > > What do you think I should do? > > > Thanks > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bcache" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html I would recommend booting with the raw bcache-3.2 branch before applying the stable patches (even though they should be fine) and trying to catch the panic. This is easiest done with a serial port and setting it to the kernel console on the kernel command line in grub. Joseph. -- CTO | Orion Virtualisation Solutions | www.orionvm.com.au Phone: 1300 56 99 52 | Mobile: 0428 754 846 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bcache" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
