Asus V7-P7H55E - Xubuntu
Hardware info on main page.
The machine runs Linux - Xubuntu x86_64.
new drive: 60 GB OCZ Agility 3 ssd, sliced up like this:
sdc1 - 4 GB - swap sdc2 - 19 GB - / (root) sdc3 - 1 MB - bios_grub
old drive: Installed on a external usb drive, detected as /dev/sdc.
sdc1 - 4 GB - swap sdc2 - 19 GB - / (root) sdc3 - 1 MB - bios_grub
Work log
2012-08-30: sdc2 - update-manager ran, and brought in 22 updates. Among them Firefox 15.0.
2012-08-30: sdc2 - after copying the external drive to the OCZ ssd (Agility3) and removing it, I tried booting from the OCZ (by pressing F8 on the boot screen and selecting the device). That worked, and I'm now running my Xubuntu install from a ssd, which still is sdc:
tingo@kg-v7:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise tingo@kg-v7:~$ uname -a Linux kg-v7 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:03:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Here is what parted thinks:
tingo@kg-v7:~$ sudo parted -l Model: ATA STT_FTM64GX25H (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 64.0GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 31.1GB 31.1GB primary freebsd-ufs boot 2 31.1GB 64.0GB 32.9GB primary Model: ATA SAMSUNG SSD 830 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 128GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 17.4kB 82.9kB 65.5kB 2 82.9kB 32.2GB 32.2GB freebsd-ufs 3 32.2GB 36.5GB 4295MB Model: ATA OCZ-AGILITY3 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdc: 60.0GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 17.4kB 4195MB 4195MB linux-swap(v1) 2 4195MB 24.0GB 19.8GB ext4 3 24.0GB 24.0GB 1049kB bios_grub
good.
2012-08-30: sdc2 - in Xubuntu, the drives are known this way (output from dmesg):
[ 1.463608] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 1.463943] ata1.00: ATA-8: STT_FTM64GX25H, 2142, max UDMA/133 [ 1.463949] ata1.00: 125045424 sectors, multi 1: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA [ 1.466126] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 1.466451] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA STT_FTM64GX25H 2142 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 1.466678] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 [ 1.466737] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 125045424 512-byte logical blocks: (64.0 GB/59.6 GiB) [ 1.467056] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off [ 1.467062] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [ 1.467219] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 1.468993] sda: sda1 sda2 [ 1.468995] sda1: <bsd: sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 sda9 > [ 1.468997] sda2: <bsd: sda10 sda11 sda12 sda13 > [ 1.470850] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
so sda is the Super Talent drive,
[ 1.954316] ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 1.955026] ata2.00: ATA-9: SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series, CXM03B1Q, max UDMA/133 [ 1.955033] ata2.00: 250069680 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA [ 1.955632] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 1.955934] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA SAMSUNG SSD 830 CXM0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 1.956150] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 [ 1.956193] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 250069680 512-byte logical blocks: (128 GB/119 GiB) [ 1.956569] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [ 1.956574] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [ 1.956757] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 1.959662] sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 [ 1.960076] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
and sdb is the Samsung 830 series,
[ 2.444919] ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 2.456945] ata3.00: ATA-8: OCZ-AGILITY3, 2.22, max UDMA/133 [ 2.456951] ata3.00: 117231408 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA [ 2.466917] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 2.467210] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA OCZ-AGILITY3 2.22 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 2.467391] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [ 2.467410] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 117231408 512-byte logical blocks: (60.0 GB/55.8 GiB) [ 2.467802] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off [ 2.467805] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [ 2.467969] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 2.470754] sdc: [ 2.471291] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
the new OCZ Agility 3 is now sdc,
[ 2.845306] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access HTS54804 0M9AT00 A5EA PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS [ 2.846974] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 [ 2.847751] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] 78140160 512-byte logical blocks: (40.0 GB/37.2 GiB) [ 2.848632] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off [ 2.848638] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00 [ 2.849488] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Asking for cache data failed [ 2.849493] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 2.852320] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Asking for cache data failed [ 2.852326] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 2.920168] sdd: sdd1 sdd2 sdd3 [ 2.923089] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Asking for cache data failed [ 2.923094] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 2.923098] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk
finally, the usb-connected external drive is now sdd. Interesting, no complaints from grub during boot. Nice!
2012-08-22: sdc2 - logging to /var/log/messages didn't work, I had to change owner and group first:
tingo@kg-v7:~$ sudo chown syslog:adm /var/log/messages
That was all.
2012-08-19: sdc2 - I want to have my /var/log/messages back, so I uncomment this part of the file /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf:
*.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\ auth,authpriv.none;\ cron,daemon.none;\ mail,news.none -/var/log/messages
and save the file. That is all.
2012-08-18: sdc2 - install openssh-server so I can have remote access to the machine. First, mount a BSD partition so we can copy some keys:
tingo@kg-v7:~$ sudo mount -r -t ufs -o ufstype=ufs2 /dev/sdb2 /mnt tingo@kg-v7:~$ ls /mnt/etc/ssh/*key* /mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key /mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key /mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_key /mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key /mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub /mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key.pub /mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub /mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub tingo@kg-v7:~$ ls /etc/ssh moduli ssh_config
Copy keys:
tingo@kg-v7:~$ sudo cp -v /mnt/etc/ssh/*key* /etc/ssh/ `/mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key' -> `/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key' `/mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub' -> `/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub' `/mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key' -> `/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key' `/mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key.pub' -> `/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key.pub' `/mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_key' -> `/etc/ssh/ssh_host_key' `/mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub' -> `/etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub' `/mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key' -> `/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key' `/mnt/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub' -> `/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub'
Now install openssh-server:
tingo@kg-v7:~$ apt-cache search openssh-server openssh-server - secure shell (SSH) server, for secure access from remote machines tingo@kg-v7:~$ sudo apt-get install openssh-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: ssh-import-id Suggested packages: ssh-askpass rssh molly-guard openssh-blacklist openssh-blacklist-extra monkeysphere The following NEW packages will be installed: openssh-server ssh-import-id 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 345 kB of archives. After this operation, 881 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main openssh-server amd64 1:5.9p1-5ubuntu1 [339 kB] Get:2 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main ssh-import-id all 2.10-0ubuntu1 [6,598 B] Fetched 345 kB in 0s (883 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package openssh-server. (Reading database ... 153659 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking openssh-server (from .../openssh-server_1%3a5.9p1-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package ssh-import-id. Unpacking ssh-import-id (from .../ssh-import-id_2.10-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot Processing triggers for ufw ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up openssh-server (1:5.9p1-5ubuntu1) ... ssh start/running, process 2572 Setting up ssh-import-id (2.10-0ubuntu1) ...
Is it enabled?
tingo@kg-v7:~$ sudo service ssh status ssh start/running, process 2572 tingo@kg-v7:~$ ps ax | grep 2572 2572 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D 2656 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto 2572
Yes, it is. Alternate ps use:
tingo@kg-v7:~$ ps e -p 2572 PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 2572 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D
Nice to know. ssh works locally at least:
tingo@kg-v7:~$ ssh localhost tingo@localhost's password: Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64) * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ Last login: Sat Aug 18 22:52:32 2012 from localhost
And... it work from other machines too.
2012-08-18: sdc2 - I updated /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf by adding the line:
send dhcp-client-identifier "kg-v7.kg4.no";
Let's reboot and see if it works. Yes, after a reboot I now get the correct ip address:
tingo@kg-v7:~$ ping v7 PING kg-v7.kg4.no (10.1.150.19) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from kg-v7.kg4.no (10.1.150.19): icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.023 ms 64 bytes from kg-v7.kg4.no (10.1.150.19): icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.022 ms ^C --- kg-v7.kg4.no ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.022/0.022/0.023/0.004 ms
Nice!
2012-08-18: sdc2 - after a reboot, I ran update-manager again, which brought in new updates and a new kernel, reboot required. dmesg output: normal.
tingo@kg-v7:~$ uname -a Linux kg-v7 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:03:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux tingo@kg-v7:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise
That's it.
2012-08-18: sdc2 - update-manager and synaptic kept crashing (from /var/log/syslog):
Aug 18 20:02:01 kg-v7 kernel: [ 55.255245] apt-check[1822]: segfault at 7fcee2dcc2a0 ip 00007fcec9341b80 sp 00007fff729e7f00 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[7fcec92b7000+120000] Aug 18 20:02:48 kg-v7 kernel: [ 101.963312] apport-gtk[1926]: segfault at 7f2b3d8562a0 ip 00007f2b2ef7ab80 sp 00007f2b2a2642a0 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[7f2b2eef0000+120000] Aug 18 20:30:47 kg-v7 kernel: [ 1775.879496] update-manager[2300]: segfault at 7f87a332d290 ip 00007f3fd17f7b8e sp 00007fff163a8fb0 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[7f3fd176d000+120000] Aug 18 20:32:49 kg-v7 kernel: [ 1898.122383] apport-gtk[2350]: segfault at 7f81bac332a0 ip 00007f81a84b9b80 sp 00007f81a4f222a0 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[7f81a842f000+120000] Aug 18 20:33:09 kg-v7 kernel: [ 1918.414544] apport-gtk[2377]: segfault at 7f10751fa2a0 ip 00007f105e7c0b80 sp 00007f105adc52a0 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[7f105e736000+120000] Aug 18 20:33:35 kg-v7 kernel: [ 1943.425036] synaptic[2391]: segfault at 7f31160b42a0 ip 00007f3106db9b80 sp 00007fffe8d5c890 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[7f3106d2f000+120000] Aug 18 20:33:38 kg-v7 kernel: [ 1946.355618] update-apt-xapi[2400]: segfault at 7faa732352a0 ip 00007faa5d26ab80 sp 00007fffe5416eb0 error 4 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[7faa5d1e0000+120000]
so I had to update manually:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
Easy enough, let's hope it helps.
2012-08-18: sdc2 - finally, Xubuntu 12.04 installed. dmesg output: normal.
tingo@kg-v7:~/work/1_dmesg$ uname -a Linux kg-v7 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:39:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux tingo@kg-v7:~/work/1_dmesg$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise
More info:
tingo@kg-v7:~$ date;swapon -s;tvlm;df -h;uptime Sat Aug 18 20:25:54 CEST 2012 Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/sdc1 partition 4096552 0 -1 tail: cannot open `/var/log/messages' for reading: No such file or directory Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sdc2 19G 2.8G 15G 16% / udev 3.9G 4.0K 3.9G 1% /dev tmpfs 1.6G 924K 1.6G 1% /run none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 3.9G 88K 3.9G 1% /run/shm 20:25:54 up 24 min, 0 users, load average: 0.15, 0.26, 0.43
pci info
tingo@kg-v7:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 12) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 12) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 06) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a6) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03) 04:02.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01) 3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02) 3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02) 3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02) 3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02) 3f:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02) 3f:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
more pci info (TechnoTrend premium C-2300 card):
tingo@kg-v7:~$ lspci -vv -s 04:02.0 04:02.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01) Subsystem: Technotrend Systemtechnik GmbH Octal/Technotrend DVB-C for iTV Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17 Region 0: Memory at f7fff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512] Kernel modules: dvb-ttpci
Cool!
2012-08-18: another try. I deleted and re-created the partitions with gparted (I didn't touch the bios_grub partition). Then I installed Ubuntu again. This time the partitions ended up like this:
sdc1 - swp sdc2 - / (root) sdc3 - bios_grub partition
Details:
tingo@kg-v7:~$ uname -a Linux kg-v7 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:39:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux tingo@kg-v7:~$ swapon -s Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/sdc1 partition 4096552 0 -1 tingo@kg-v7:~$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sdc2 19G 2.7G 15G 16% / udev 3.9G 4.0K 3.9G 1% /dev tmpfs 1.6G 924K 1.6G 1% /run none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 3.9G 88K 3.9G 1% /run/shm
From /boot/grub/grub.cfg:
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.2.0-23-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,gpt2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 66e02681-0e04-4b30-a6f8-e9485de5429e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=66e02681-0e04-4b30-a6f8-e9485de5429e ro quiet splash nomodeset $vt
_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.2.0-23-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,gpt2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 66e02681-0e04-4b30-a6f8-e9485de5429e
echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-23-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=66e02681-0e04-4b30-a6f8-e9485de5429e ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-generic
}
I had to add nomodeset to /etc/default/grub, or the Xorg server would crash all the time:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset"
Still, lots of crashes reported, better update.
2012-08-18: back into the liveCD again, see if I can fix it:
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ sudo su - root@xubuntu:~# mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt root@xubuntu:~# grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/boot /dev/sdc Installation finished. No error reported.
And still I need a grub.cfg file.
root@xubuntu:~# grub-mkconfig -o /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?).
Ok, let's try the trick from last time:
root@xubuntu:~# mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev root@xubuntu:~# chroot /mnt /bin/bash
and retry grub-mkconfig:
root@xubuntu:/# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin grep: /proc/mounts: No such file or directory grep: /proc/swaps: No such file or directory Cannot find list of partitions! (Try mounting /sys.) done
Ok, getting closer.
root@xubuntu:/# mount /sys root@xubuntu:/# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin grep: /proc/mounts: No such file or directory grep: /proc/swaps: No such file or directory /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: 17: /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: gawk: not found /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: 17: /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: gawk: not found /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: 17: /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: gawk: not found /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: 17: /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: gawk: not found /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: 17: /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: gawk: not found /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: 17: /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: gawk: not found /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: 17: /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: gawk: not found /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: 17: /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: gawk: not found /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: 17: /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: gawk: not found /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: 17: /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: gawk: not found /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: 17: /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90bsd-distro: gawk: not found Found unknown Linux distribution on /dev/sda1 Found unknown Linux distribution on /dev/sda10 Found unknown Linux distribution on /dev/sda5 Found unknown Linux distribution on /dev/sdb2 Found Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (12.04) on /dev/sdc1 done
Hmm, what does grub.cfg look like? It looks ok. Now, try a boot again.
2012-08-18: Ok, it booted, but dumped me straight into grub:
grub>
Great. After a bit of searching, reading and testing, I figured out that the hard drive in question is called hd0:
grub> set prints out (among other info) prefix=(hd0,gpt1)/boot/grub root=hd0,gpt1
So now I am trying my hand at grub:
grub> linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sdc1 grub> initrd /initrd error: file not found grub> initrd /initrd.img error: file not found grub> boot
which boots, but ends up with Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) Not good. Why is this so hard, dammit?
2012-08-18: after a good nights sleep (ok, a few hours then), I try again. This time I'll try to fix it manually, like this: first, set up a chroot environment.
root@xubuntu:~# mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt root@xubuntu:~# mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev root@xubuntu:~# chroot /mnt /bin/bash
Ready, now try to install grub again:
root@xubuntu:/# grub-install /dev/sdc Installation finished. No error reported.
Really? That simple? Let's download the Boot Info Script from SF.net and see what it reports: From RESULTS.txt:
sdc1: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ext4 Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Operating System: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Boot files: /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img sdc2: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: swap Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: sdc3: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: BIOS Boot partition Boot sector type: Grub2's core.img Boot sector info:
more info:
Drive: sdc _____________________________________________________________________ Disk /dev/sdc: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders, total 78140160 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System /dev/sdc1 1 78,140,159 78,140,159 ee GPT GUID Partition Table detected. Partition Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors System /dev/sdc1 34 39,062,534 39,062,501 Data partition (Windows/Linux) /dev/sdc2 39,062,535 46,875,035 7,812,501 Swap partition (Linux) /dev/sdc3 46,876,672 46,878,719 2,048 BIOS Boot partition
I wonder if the "Data partition" is important? Even more info:
"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________ Device UUID TYPE LABEL /dev/sdc1 6823dca2-53ab-4ca0-8fa1-6c4108073d60 ext4 /dev/sdc2 0ee9b686-5154-4e07-a3d5-326b69814925 swap
and more:
=============================== sdc1/etc/fstab: ================================ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0 # / was on /dev/sdc1 during installation UUID=6823dca2-53ab-4ca0-8fa1-6c4108073d60 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 # swap was on /dev/sdc2 during installation UUID=0ee9b686-5154-4e07-a3d5-326b69814925 none swap sw 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =================== sdc1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ==================== GiB - GB File Fragment(s) = boot/grub/core.img 1 = boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic 1 = vmlinuz 1
Looks ok so far. Does it boot?
2012-08-18: I used gparted to create a 1 MB partition on /dev/sdc (it became /dev/sdc3) and mark it with the bios_grub flag. I couldn't find out how to install grub manually, so I just redid the installation. Oh well. This time I selected /dev/sdc3 for grub installation.
2012-08-18: sdc: I installed Xubuntu 12.04 on the removable usb drive (sdc) by selecting the third option ("do something else") and selecting drive sdc to install on, and manually creating a 20 GB root partition and a 4 GB swap partition, and specifying that the boot loader should install on sdc. We'll see if it works out. For some reason, the intaller warned about an error in migrating data? I haven't requested any migration. Then I get a dialog box about grub: "unable to install GRUB in /dev/sdc", "Executing grub-install /dev/sdc failed. This is a fatal error.". From /var/log/syslog:
Aug 18 00:19:26 xubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sdc' Aug 18 00:19:26 xubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy Aug 18 00:19:26 xubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --no-floppy --force "/dev/sdc" Aug 18 00:19:26 xubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem. Aug 18 00:19:26 xubuntu grub-installer: Auto-detection of a filesystem of /dev/sdc1 failed. Aug 18 00:19:26 xubuntu grub-installer: Try with --recheck. Aug 18 00:19:26 xubuntu grub-installer: If the problem persists please report this together with the output of "/usr/sbin/grub-probe --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v /boot/grub" to <bug-grub@gnu.org> Aug 18 00:19:26 xubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --no-floppy --force "/dev/sdc"' failed.
Now, that is kinda interesting.
2012-08-18: I inserted a hard drive (usb) that I plan to install Xubuntu on. From /var/log/syslog:
Aug 17 23:58:14 xubuntu kernel: [ 1775.042944] usb 1-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd Aug 17 23:58:14 xubuntu kernel: [ 1775.138092] scsi7 : usb-storage 1-1.4:1.0 Aug 17 23:58:15 xubuntu kernel: [ 1776.133177] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access HTS54804 0M9AT00 A5EA PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS Aug 17 23:58:15 xubuntu kernel: [ 1776.134660] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 Aug 17 23:58:15 xubuntu kernel: [ 1776.137386] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] 78140160 512-byte logical blocks: (40.0 GB/37.2 GiB) Aug 17 23:58:15 xubuntu kernel: [ 1776.138163] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off Aug 17 23:58:15 xubuntu kernel: [ 1776.138169] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00 Aug 17 23:58:15 xubuntu kernel: [ 1776.138901] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Asking for cache data failed Aug 17 23:58:15 xubuntu kernel: [ 1776.138904] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through Aug 17 23:58:15 xubuntu kernel: [ 1776.141175] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Asking for cache data failed Aug 17 23:58:15 xubuntu kernel: [ 1776.141180] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through Aug 17 23:58:15 xubuntu kernel: [ 1776.207171] sdc: Aug 17 23:58:15 xubuntu kernel: [ 1776.210479] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Asking for cache data failed Aug 17 23:58:15 xubuntu kernel: [ 1776.210486] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through Aug 17 23:58:15 xubuntu kernel: [ 1776.210492] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk Aug 17 23:58:15 xubuntu ata_id[4120]: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for '/dev/sdc': Invalid argument
That is it.
2012-08-18: I booted Xubuntu 12.04 (amd64) from a liveCD (using a usb cd writer). I had to set the option nomodeset from the menu (see this thread), without it I was just getting a black screen with a blinking mouse pointer on.
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ uname -a Linux xubuntu 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:39:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Interesting tidbits from dmesg output:
[ 0.000000] Command line: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- nomodeset keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=no [ 0.000000] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 0.000000] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-3.2.0/drivers/iommu/dmar.c:492 warn_invalid_dmar+0x8f/0xa0() [ 0.000000] Hardware name: V-P7H55E [ 0.000000] Your BIOS is broken; DMAR reported at address fed91000 returns all ones! [ 0.000000] BIOS vendor: American Megatrends Inc.; Ver: 0504 ; Product Version: X.0x [ 0.000000] Modules linked in: [ 0.000000] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu [ 0.000000] Call Trace: [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8106712f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff810671cf>] warn_slowpath_fmt_taint+0x3f/0x50 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81d111e0>] ? __early_set_fixmap+0x96/0x9d [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff8151b7df>] warn_invalid_dmar+0x8f/0xa0 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81d11649>] ? early_iounmap+0xe4/0x12e [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81d38721>] check_zero_address+0xc8/0xf7 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff816699ac>] ? bad_to_user+0x7f6/0x7f6 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81d38767>] detect_intel_iommu+0x17/0xb8 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81d03b3b>] pci_iommu_alloc+0x44/0x6f [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81d10fa3>] mem_init+0x19/0xec [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81cfba2d>] start_kernel+0x1da/0x3c7 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81cfb388>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x132/0x136 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81cfb140>] ? early_idt_handlers+0x140/0x140 [ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81cfb459>] x86_64_start_kernel+0xcd/0xdc [ 0.000000] ---[ end trace a7919e7f17c0a725 ]--- [ 0.506148] Brought up 4 CPUs [ 0.506150] Total of 4 processors activated (24532.19 BogoMIPS). [ 4.076054] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel HD Graphics Chipset [ 4.076125] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected gtt size: 2097152K total, 262144K mappable [ 4.076948] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 32768K stolen memory [ 4.077070] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xe0000000 [ 4.625151] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 4.625468] ata1.00: ATA-8: STT_FTM64GX25H, 2142, max UDMA/133 [ 4.625474] ata1.00: 125045424 sectors, multi 1: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA [ 4.627320] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 4.627578] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA STT_FTM64GX25H 2142 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 4.627844] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 125045424 512-byte logical blocks: (64.0 GB/59.6 GiB) [ 5.111992] usb 2-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd [ 5.115838] ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 5.116559] ata2.00: ATA-9: SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series, CXM03B1Q, max UDMA/133 [ 5.116566] ata2.00: 250069680 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA [ 5.117163] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 5.117499] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA SAMSUNG SSD 830 CXM0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 5.117706] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 [ 5.117745] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 250069680 512-byte logical blocks: (128 GB/119 GiB) [ 6.447597] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded [ 6.447618] r8169 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 [ 6.447650] r8169 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 6.447703] r8169 0000:02:00.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X [ 6.448135] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: RTL8168d/8111d at 0xffffc90000c2e000, e0:cb:4e:bb:5a:fe, XID 083000c0 IRQ 41 [ 6.448138] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: jumbo features [frames: 9200 bytes, tx checksumming: ko] [ 99.746587] Linux video capture interface: v2.00 [ 101.602795] saa7146: register extension 'av7110' [ 101.602830] av7110 0000:04:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 [ 101.602878] saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem ffffc90000c60000 (revision 1, irq 17) (0x13c2,0x000a) [ 102.308385] dvb-ttpci: could not load firmware, file not found: dvb-ttpci-01.fw [ 102.308410] dvb-ttpci: usually this should be in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware or /lib/firmware [ 102.308432] dvb-ttpci: and can be downloaded from http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/firmware/ [ 102.308490] av7110 0000:04:02.0: PCI INT A disabled
Interesting, it even detects the TechnoTrend C-2300 card.