Debian Bug report logs - #522283
unable to install lilo on degraded RAID device ( failed disk is the first in array )

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christian Schöniger <csc@fes-aes.de>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: unable to install lilo on degraded RAID device ( failed disk is the first in array )

Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:38:18 +0200

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Package: lilo
Version: 1:22.8-7
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

If the first physical device of a RAID1 array is faulty or removed, lilo fails to install.
It doesn't get valid informations about the device (md: RAIDset device 0 = 0x0000) and didn't resume with the next disk.
In "raid.c" lilo should loop through all devices ( for (pass=0; pass < raid_limit; pass++) )
to get the disk geometry. But raid_limit is set to md_array_info.active_disks ( 1 ) and getting
informations about the faulty or removed device is skipped.

The attached patch really scans all devices to get all required information.

lilo 22.6.1-9.3 is also affected.

This Bug is related to Bug #278373 where lilo dies with
"Fatal: Trying to map files from unnamed device 0x0000 (NFS/RAID mirror down ?)"


-- lilo.conf
boot=/dev/md0
root=/dev/md0
raid-extra-boot=mbr-only
map=/boot/map
delay=20
        prompt
        timeout=30
vga=normal

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26
        label=Linux-2.6.26


-- output of `mdadm -D /dev/md0`
/dev/md0:
        Version : 00.90
  Creation Time : Mon Jun 19 13:40:52 2006
     Raid Level : raid1
     Array Size : 9767424 (9.31 GiB 10.00 GB)
  Used Dev Size : 9767424 (9.31 GiB 10.00 GB)
   Raid Devices : 2
  Total Devices : 1
Preferred Minor : 0
    Persistence : Superblock is persistent

    Update Time : Thu Apr  2 13:34:44 2009
          State : clean, degraded
 Active Devices : 1
Working Devices : 1
 Failed Devices : 0
  Spare Devices : 0

           UUID : 87a10740:3e72e7cd:74838c78:f64d172f
         Events : 0.4694164

    Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
       0       0        0        0      removed
       1       8        1        1      active sync   /dev/sda1


-- output of `/sbin/lilo -v3 -t -H`
LILO version 22.8 (test mode), Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2006 John Coffman
Released 19-Feb-2007, and compiled at 17:47:45 on Nov 15 2008
Running Linux kernel 2.6.26 on i686
Debian GNU/Linux

Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed
device-mapper major = 253
pf_hard_disk_scan: ndevs=2
  0800  707DF863  /dev/sda
  0810  72B6A682  /dev/sdb
Resolve invalid VolumeIDs
Resolve duplicate VolumeIDs
  0800  707DF863  /dev/sda
  0810  72B6A682  /dev/sdb
device codes (user assigned pf) = 0
device codes (user assigned) = 0
device codes (BIOS assigned) = 3
device codes (canonical) = 3
RAID info:  nr=1, raid=2, active=1, working=1, failed=0, spare=0
Warning: Partial RAID-1 install on active disks only; booting is not failsafe

md: RAIDset device 0 = 0x0000
Warning: Faulty disk in RAID-1 array; boot with caution!!
Fatal: Unusual RAID bios device code: 0xFF


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages lilo depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]        1.5.24      Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                        2.7-18      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1           2:1.02.27-4 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii  mbr                          1.1.10-2    Master Boot Record for IBM-PC comp

lilo recommends no packages.

Versions of packages lilo suggests:
pn  lilo-doc                      <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  liloconfig/fstab_broken:
  liloconfig/banner:
  liloconfig/liloconf_incompatible:
  lilo/bad_bitmap:
  liloconfig/use_lba32: true
  lilo/upgrade:
  liloconfig/liloconf_exists:
  liloconfig/configuring_base:
  liloconfig/use_current_lilo: true
  lilo/runme: false
  liloconfig/wipe_old_liloconf: false
  liloconfig/instruction:
  liloconfig/activate_error:
  liloconfig/select_bitmap: /boot/coffee.bmp
  liloconfig/lilo_error:
  lilo/new-config:
  liloconfig/odd_fstab:
  liloconfig/install_from_root_device: true
  liloconfig/make_active_partition: true
  liloconfig/maintitle:
  liloconfig/mbr_error:
  liloconfig/lilo_warning:
  liloconfig/install_mbr: false
  liloconfig/no_changes:
* lilo/add_large_memory: false


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Message #10 received at 522283@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ronny Adsetts <ronny.adsetts@amazinginternet.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <522283@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: lilo: Confirm that patch works

Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:21:03 +0000

Package: lilo
Followup-For: Bug #522283


Hi,

Note: Bug follow up is not sent from the system with a patched lilo
installed. I took version 22.8-7 and applied the patch in this ticket
and built a package backported to Etch.

I can confirm that the patch attached to this bug fixes the ability to
have lilo run correctly on a RAID1 array where the first device in the
array is missing. Without this patch the -H option fails with:

Fatal: Unusual RAID bios device code: 0xFF

Please apply the patch to the Debian package.

Thanks.

Ronny


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers oldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages lilo depends on:
ii  debconf                1.5.11etch2       Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-13etch9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdevmapper1.02       2:1.02.08-1       The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii  mbr                    1.1.9-2           Master Boot Record for IBM-PC comp

lilo recommends no packages.

-- debconf information excluded

Message #15 received at 522283-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joachim Wiedorn <ad_debian@joonet.de>

To: 522283-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#522283: fixed in lilo 1:23.1-1

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:36:59 +0000

Source: lilo
Source-Version: 1:23.1-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lilo, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

lilo-doc_23.1-1_all.deb
  to main/l/lilo/lilo-doc_23.1-1_all.deb
lilo_23.1-1.debian.tar.gz
  to main/l/lilo/lilo_23.1-1.debian.tar.gz
lilo_23.1-1.dsc
  to main/l/lilo/lilo_23.1-1.dsc
lilo_23.1-1_i386.deb
  to main/l/lilo/lilo_23.1-1_i386.deb
lilo_23.1.orig.tar.gz
  to main/l/lilo/lilo_23.1.orig.tar.gz



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 522283@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Joachim Wiedorn <ad_debian@joonet.de> (supplier of updated lilo package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:51:10 +0100
Source: lilo
Binary: lilo lilo-doc
Architecture: source i386 all
Version: 1:23.1-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Joachim Wiedorn <ad_debian@joonet.de>
Changed-By: Joachim Wiedorn <ad_debian@joonet.de>
Description: 
 lilo       - LInux LOader - the classic OS boot loader
 lilo-doc   - LInux LOader - Documentation for the classic OS boot loader
Closes: 158955 244741 278373 287257 304065 306472 325235 335084 339778 389328 409663 428390 431077 459714 504267 522283 590022 596258 599934
Changes: 
 lilo (1:23.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream release. (Closes: #339778)
   * Upstream bugfixes:
     - Option 'append' works with acpi=off. (Closes: #428390)
     - Working on degraded RAID-1 device. (Closes: #278373, #522283)
     - Working with spaces in labels. (Closes: #287257)
     - Using new hook scripts for kernel and initrd only one time
       when needed. (Closes: #599934)
     - Include diffs for NMUs. (Closes: #504267, #409663)
     - Fix error with LVM partition. (Closes: #244741)
     - Compatible with devmapper version. (Closes: #325235)
   * Solved upstream bugs of Ubuntu:
     - Raid related error while upgrading (LP: #242879)
     - Warn if initrd is too large (LP: #260059)
     - Allow using LVM as root partition (LP: #274972)
     - Stack overlaping on second stage (LP: #438177)
     - Raid setup fatal errors (LP: #470502)
     - Use hook scripts while updating kernel/initrd
       (LP: #43869, #345482, #628858, #636211, #691975)
 .
   * Remove all old patches.
   * Remove very old lilo.conf examples.
   * Remove obsolete file debian/NEWS.
   * Bump to Standards Version 3.9.1.
   * Move to debhelper compatibility level 7.
   * Move to source format 3.0 (quilt).
   * Update and new formatting of debian/copyright.
   * debian/control:
     - Move source dependency debhelper to version >= 7.0.15.
     - Update some versions of source dependencies and remove quilt.
     - Add VCS urls in Alioth.
     - Add in package lilo-doc dependency to lilo.
     - Optimize package descriptions.
 .
   * Update all debian/lilo.* and debian/lilo-doc.* files.
   * Add new debian/lilo-doc.doc-base file.
   * Remove lilo.sh wrapper script, used because of devfsd.
   * Remove obsolete script lilo_find_mbr and its manpage.
   * Remove configured link update-lilo to liloconfig.
   * Remove some obsolete manpages.
   * Move script liloconfig into directory debian/scripts.
   * Add new script update-lilo and its manual page. (Closes: #335084)
   * Add new script lilo-uuid-diskid for ID conversion and its manual page.
 .
   * Update scripts lilo.postinst, lilo.postrm, lilo.preinst. Using
       dpkg-maintscript-helper for preserving old modified hook scripts.
   * Add link creation for menu background sarge.bmp and sid.bmp
       for compatibility in file debian/lilo.postinst.
   * Remove hook scripts for kernel and initramfs and use upstream scripts.
       (Closes: #590022, #306472, #389328)
   * debian/patches:
     - Add new patches for Debian.
     - Add patches for simple rules using dh 7.
   * debian/rules:
     - Use simple rules with dh 7 capabilities.
   * Move debian/Makefile.floppy into debian/floppy directory
       and fix this Makefile. (Closes: #158955)
   * Add debian/lilo.install file.
   * Add lintian-overrides for package lilo.
   * Update debian/README.Debian file.
   * Remove obsolete file debian/NEWS.
   * Remove obsolete debian/TODO file.
   * Remove obsolete debian/lilo.changelogs file.
   * Add patchset and changelog entries for use in Ubuntu.
 .
   * debconf files:
     - Remove message above old bitmap path. (Closes: #304065)
     - Update of debian/lilo.templates and debian/lilo.config.
     - Add some code to these files using lilo-uuid-diskid.
     - Small update of german translation.
     - Add updated Danish debconf translation. (Closes: #596258)
 .
   * Some more bugfixes:
     - Add usage hints about -H option in src/lilo.c. (Closes: #459714)
     - su-to-root command without path in debian/lilo.menu. (Closes: #431077)
     - Diffs for NMUs already included. (Closes: #504267, #409663)
     - Remove old obsolete workaround (see bugreport 146350#25).
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