MSI Hermes 845GV - Fedora
Hardware description on main page. This machine is an i686 machine.
I used a temporary drive (80 GB) for Fedora testing.
History / work log
2016-09-06: F24 - another reboot, to check kernel messages about the drive.
[tingo@kg-htpc ~]$ dmesg | grep sd [ 1.081489] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 [ 1.081652] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 156365903 512-byte logical blocks: (80.1 GB/74.6 GiB) [ 1.081767] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off [ 1.081772] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [ 1.081819] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 1.091154] sda: sda1 sda2 [ 1.091684] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk [ 19.610613] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 [ 19.618976] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 1074591 1024-byte logical blocks: (1.10 GB/1.02 GiB) [ 19.621979] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [ 19.621988] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 9f 00 00 08 [ 19.625985] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 19.678418] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk [ 28.706449] Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de). [ 32.889277] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
yep, looks like we have a winner.
2016-09-06: F24 - check if the drive has changed: sg_format
[tingo@kg-htpc ~]$ sudo sg_format /dev/sg1 SEAGATE ST31200N 8008 peripheral_type: disk [0x0] Mode Sense (block descriptor) data, prior to changes: Number of blocks=0 [0x0] Block size=1024 [0x400] Read Capacity (10) results: Number of logical blocks=1074591 Logical block size=1024 bytes No changes made. To format use '--format'. To resize use '--resize'
looks ok. sg_readcap
[tingo@kg-htpc ~]$ sudo sg_readcap /dev/sg1 Read Capacity results: Last logical block address=1074590 (0x10659e), Number of blocks=1074591 Logical block length=1024 bytes Hence: Device size: 1100381184 bytes, 1049.4 MiB, 1.10 GB
looks ok too.
2016-09-06: F24 - install sg3_utils so I can check the drive:
[tingo@kg-htpc ~]$ sudo dnf search sg3_utils Last metadata expiration check: 1:36:22 ago on Tue Sep 6 20:35:59 2016. ============================================= N/S Matched: sg3_utils ============================================= sg3_utils.i686 : Utilities for devices that use SCSI command sets sg3_utils-libs.i686 : Shared library for sg3_utils sg3_utils-devel.i686 : Development library and header files for the sg3_utils library smp_utils-devel.i686 : Development library and header files for the sg3_utils library [tingo@kg-htpc ~]$ sudo dnf install sg3_utils Last metadata expiration check: 1:36:42 ago on Tue Sep 6 20:35:59 2016. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================================== Installing: sg3_utils i686 1.41-3.fc24 fedora 769 k sg3_utils-libs i686 1.41-3.fc24 fedora 67 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================================================== Install 2 Packages Total download size: 836 k Installed size: 2.0 M Is this ok [y/N]: y [...] Installed: sg3_utils.i686 1.41-3.fc24 sg3_utils-libs.i686 1.41-3.fc24 Complete!
ok.
2016-09-06: F24 - now, test if setblocksize will work.
[tingo@kg-htpc ~]$ sudo work/setblocksize/setblocksize -b1024 /dev/sg1 setblocksize V0.2 Checking parameters ... Blocksize specified. Done. New blocksize: 1024 Bytes Format timeout: 120 minutes Open device file ... Done. Prepare command ... Done. Send INQUIRY command ... Done. Check status ... Command successful. Check for LUN ... LUN present. =============================================================================== SCSI ID : 0 LUN : 0 Connected to: Host2 / Channel0 Manufacturer: SEAGATE Model : ST31200N Device type : Disk =============================================================================== Do you really want to reformat this device [y/n]? y Prepare command ... Done. Send MODE SELECT command ... Done. Check status ... Command successful. Prepare command ... Done. Send FORMAT UNIT command ... *** Please wait - Do not manually interrupt or power down! *** (the LED on the drive lights up, now I have to wait) Done. Check status ... Command successful. Close device file ... Done. Exiting ...
it only took about 20 minutes.
2016-09-06: F24 - after connecting the SCSI drive and booting the machine I find this:
[tingo@kg-htpc ~]$ ls -l /dev/sd* brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 0 Sep 6 21:34 /dev/sda brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 1 Sep 6 21:34 /dev/sda1 brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 2 Sep 6 21:34 /dev/sda2 brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 16 Sep 6 21:34 /dev/sdb [tingo@kg-htpc ~]$ ls -l /dev/sg* crw-rw----. 1 root disk 21, 0 Sep 6 21:34 /dev/sg0 crw-rw----. 1 root disk 21, 1 Sep 6 21:34 /dev/sg1
checking dmesg:
[tingo@kg-htpc ~]$ dmesg | grep sd [ 1.081478] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 [ 1.081650] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 156365903 512-byte logical blocks: (80.1 GB/74.6 GiB) [ 1.081766] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off [ 1.081771] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [ 1.081818] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 1.091600] sda: sda1 sda2 [ 1.092182] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk [ 19.581428] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 [ 19.599840] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Read Capacity(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 19.599851] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [ 19.599858] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: Medium format corrupted [ 19.602945] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [ 19.602955] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 9f 00 00 08 [ 19.606941] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 19.626816] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Read Capacity(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 19.626828] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [ 19.626835] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: Medium format corrupted [ 19.635282] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk [ 27.912324] Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de). [ 32.063637] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
ok, so the real SCSI drive is sdb / sg1. Good to know.
2016-09-06: F24 - try to compile setblocksize. Unpack:
[tingo@kg-htpc setblocksize]$ tar xvf ~/dl/setblocksize-V0.2.tar.bz2 ./LICENSE ./Makefile ./README ./doc/ ./doc/scsi-generic_long.txt ./doc/Example.txt ./include/ ./include/sg_err.h ./setblocksize.c ./sg_err.c
install kernel headers, we need them:
[tingo@kg-htpc setblocksize]$ sudo dnf install kernel-headers Last metadata expiration check: 0:15:25 ago on Tue Sep 6 20:35:59 2016. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================================== Installing: kernel-headers i686 4.7.2-201.fc24 updates 1.0 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================================================== Install 1 Package Total download size: 1.0 M Installed size: 3.7 M Is this ok [y/N]: y [...] Installed: kernel-headers.i686 4.7.2-201.fc24 Complete!
now try to compile
[tingo@kg-htpc setblocksize]$ make all Creating main object file ... gcc -I ./include -D_REENTRANT -Wall -pipe -c -o setblocksize.o setblocksize.c make: gcc: Command not found Makefile:101: recipe for target 'setblock
ok, we need gcc as well
[tingo@kg-htpc setblocksize]$ sudo dnf install gcc Last metadata expiration check: 0:18:54 ago on Tue Sep 6 20:35:59 2016. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================================== Installing: binutils i686 2.26.1-1.fc24 updates 6.2 M cpp i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 updates 8.7 M gcc i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 updates 18 M glibc-devel i686 2.23.1-7.fc24 fedora 935 k glibc-headers i686 2.23.1-7.fc24 fedora 500 k isl i686 0.14-5.fc24 fedora 507 k libasan i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 updates 325 k libatomic i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 updates 31 k libcilkrts i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 updates 65 k libmpc i686 1.0.2-5.fc24 fedora 56 k libmpx i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 updates 34 k libubsan i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 updates 136 k mpfr i686 3.1.4-1.fc24 fedora 218 k Upgrading: libgcc i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 updates 93 k libgomp i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 updates 190 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================================================== Install 13 Packages Upgrade 2 Packages Total download size: 36 M Is this ok [y/N]: y [...] Installed: binutils.i686 2.26.1-1.fc24 cpp.i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 gcc.i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 glibc-devel.i686 2.23.1-7.fc24 glibc-headers.i686 2.23.1-7.fc24 isl.i686 0.14-5.fc24 libasan.i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 libatomic.i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 libcilkrts.i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 libmpc.i686 1.0.2-5.fc24 libmpx.i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 libubsan.i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 mpfr.i686 3.1.4-1.fc24 Upgraded: libgcc.i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 libgomp.i686 6.1.1-3.fc24 Complete!
another try at compiling:
[tingo@kg-htpc setblocksize]$ make all Creating main object file ... gcc -I ./include -D_REENTRANT -Wall -pipe -c -o setblocksize.o setblocksize.c setblocksize.c: In function ‘main’: setblocksize.c:302:18: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of ‘strncpy’ differ in signedness [-Wpointer-sign] strncpy(sbuf, scsi_buf + sizeof(struct sg_header) + 0x08, 0x08); ^~~~~~~~ In file included from setblocksize.c:69:0: /usr/include/string.h:128:14: note: expected ‘const char * restrict’ but argument is of type ‘unsigned char *’ extern char *strncpy (char *__restrict __dest, ^~~~~~~ setblocksize.c:305:18: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of ‘strncpy’ differ in signedness [-Wpointer-sign] strncpy(sbuf, scsi_buf + sizeof(struct sg_header) + 0x10, 0x10); ^~~~~~~~ In file included from setblocksize.c:69:0: /usr/include/string.h:128:14: note: expected ‘const char * restrict’ but argument is of type ‘unsigned char *’ extern char *strncpy (char *__restrict __dest, ^~~~~~~ Creating error handling object file ... gcc -I ./include -D_REENTRANT -Wall -pipe -c -o sg_err.o sg_err.c Creating binary ... gcc -o setblocksize setblocksize.o sg_err.o Finished.
looks like it worked
[tingo@kg-htpc setblocksize]$ ./setblocksize setblocksize V0.2 Checking parameters ... Parameter error! Usage: 'setblocksize [-b<Blocksize in Byte>] [-t<Timeout in Minutes>] <sg_device>'
ok, install hard drive then try it.
2016-09-06: F24 - get setblocksize onto the machine:
[tingo@kg-htpc dl]$ wget http://micha.freeshell.org/scsi/setblocksize-V0.2.tar.bz2 --2016-09-06 20:46:17-- http://micha.freeshell.org/scsi/setblocksize-V0.2.tar.bz2 Resolving micha.freeshell.org (micha.freeshell.org)... 192.94.73.31 Connecting to micha.freeshell.org (micha.freeshell.org)|192.94.73.31|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 45741 (45K) [application/x-bzip2] Saving to: ‘setblocksize-V0.2.tar.bz2’ setblocksize-V0.2.tar.bz2 100%[============================================>] 44.67K 107KB/s in 0.4s 2016-09-06 20:46:18 (107 KB/s) - ‘setblocksize-V0.2.tar.bz2’ saved [45741/45741]
ok.
2016-09-06: F24 server - LVM on sda2. It comes up with a web console (https) on port 9090, hmm...
[tingo@kg-htpc ~]$ cat /etc/fedora-release Fedora release 24 (Twenty Four) [tingo@kg-htpc ~]$ uname -a Linux kg-htpc.kg4.no 4.5.5-300.fc24.i686 #1 SMP Thu May 19 13:42:13 UTC 2016 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
disk layout:
[tingo@kg-htpc ~]$ lsblk -i NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 74.6G 0 disk |-sda1 8:1 0 500M 0 part /boot `-sda2 8:2 0 74.1G 0 part |-fedora_kg--htpc-root 253:0 0 15G 0 lvm / `-fedora_kg--htpc-swap 253:1 0 2G 0 lvm [SWAP] sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom sr1 11:1 1 1.9G 0 rom Hmm, sr1 is probably my removable Plextor - yes it was.
filesystem layout:
[tingo@kg-htpc ~]$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on devtmpfs 490M 0 490M 0% /dev tmpfs 501M 0 501M 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 501M 696K 500M 1% /run tmpfs 501M 0 501M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/mapper/fedora_kg--htpc-root 15G 970M 15G 7% / tmpfs 501M 4.0K 501M 1% /tmp /dev/sda1 477M 98M 350M 22% /boot tmpfs 101M 0 101M 0% /run/user/1000
ok. PCI devices:
[tingo@kg-htpc ~]$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) 01:01.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7850T/7856T [AVA-2902/4/6 / AHA-2910] (rev 03) 01:02.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01) 01:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): NEC Corporation uPD72874 [Firewarden] IEEE1394a OHCI 1.1 Link/3-port PHY Controller (rev 01) 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 82)
The AVA-2904 SCSI card is recognized - good.
2016-09-06: Fedora 24 server installation - I opted to install from av (physical) DVD, using my Plextor portable drive (usb connected). It is a bit slower, but it works. English language for install. Settings - Norwegian keyboard, set the name to kg-htpc.kg4.no, I selected free space (about 20 GB) on the hard drive to install on. Unfortunately, the installer program (anaconda) crashed while setting up the rest of the install. I try again. And it crashed again in the same spot. Next, I try text installation, by adding inst.text to the cmdline in the boot menu. I am allowed a choice of VNC - I'll try that. I must set a password, then it asks me to connect to 10.1.161.34:1. From my FreeBSD workstation, I start vncviewer 10.1.161.34:1, it asks for the password and the Fedora 24 install screen shows. I set up automatic partitioning (this time the installer doesn't crash), create a user (admin)and off I go. After quite a while it is installed, and I reboot to start it.
2016-09-05: I tried several different usb sticks and images, but the machine simply doesn't want to boot from them, it has options for a "USB RMD-FDD" and it thinks it is a floppy. Gross.