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sanboot:debian_and_ubuntu [2007/10/25 12:32]
gervystar
sanboot:debian_and_ubuntu [2007/12/12 06:09]
bengen local-top/aoetools: replace sleep with call to udevsettle
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 ====== ​ Debian or Ubuntu ​ ====== ====== ​ Debian or Ubuntu ​ ======
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 ===== Preparing an existing installation for AoE ===== ===== Preparing an existing installation for AoE =====
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 Note that this setup still requires the scripts provided on this page, the creation of /etc/fstab, and the creation of /​boot/​grub/​menu.lst. Some users may have difficulty using Gnome unless they add ''​ iface lo inet loopback''​ and ''​auto lo''​ to /​etc/​network/​interfaces. Always make certain to run ''​update-initramfs -c -k all -v''​ after any changes to keep your system booting happily. When you are finished creating/​customizing /etc/fstab, /​boot/​grub/​menu.lst and /​etc/​network/​interfaces you will have a basic bootable image suitable for reuse. Setting up a new client is as simple as: copy the image, use vblade to make the new image available, mount the image, edit the specifics (ie: /​boot/​grub/​menu.lst,​ /etc/hosts, etc) then boot from your new client. Once you have booted this basic image, making it a full system is as simple as apt-get install ubuntu-desktop,​ ubuntu-server,​ xubuntu-desktop,​ kubuntu-desktop,​ or whichever you choose. Note that this setup still requires the scripts provided on this page, the creation of /etc/fstab, and the creation of /​boot/​grub/​menu.lst. Some users may have difficulty using Gnome unless they add ''​ iface lo inet loopback''​ and ''​auto lo''​ to /​etc/​network/​interfaces. Always make certain to run ''​update-initramfs -c -k all -v''​ after any changes to keep your system booting happily. When you are finished creating/​customizing /etc/fstab, /​boot/​grub/​menu.lst and /​etc/​network/​interfaces you will have a basic bootable image suitable for reuse. Setting up a new client is as simple as: copy the image, use vblade to make the new image available, mount the image, edit the specifics (ie: /​boot/​grub/​menu.lst,​ /etc/hosts, etc) then boot from your new client. Once you have booted this basic image, making it a full system is as simple as apt-get install ubuntu-desktop,​ ubuntu-server,​ xubuntu-desktop,​ kubuntu-desktop,​ or whichever you choose.
  
 +==== Troubleshooting ====
  
-==== Hint ==== +It is possible to get a shell in Debian'​s and Ubuntu'​s initial 
-   * If the system hangs before the root device has been mounted, ​passing ''​break=mount'' ​on the command line will spawn shell before ​''​scripts/​local-top/​aoetools''​ is run. This should allow for further debugging.+ramdisks at various stages by passing ''​debug=<​WHEN>​'' ​to the kernel. 
 +For debugging issues related to boot device not being found, 
 +''​debug=mount''​ is probably most useful.
  
 +See ''​initramfs-tools(8)''​ for further details.
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 +Things to look out for include:
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 +   * Has the driver for the NIC been loaded?
 +   * Is the interface "​up"?​
 +   * Has the ''​aoe''​ kernel module ben loaded?
 +   * Does ''/​dev/​aoe/''​ exist, does it contain the necessary entries?
  
  
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 case $ROOT in case $ROOT in
 /​dev/​etherd/​e*) /​dev/​etherd/​e*)
- # INTERFACES=`awk -F: '/​eth[0-9]*:/​ { print $1 }' < /​proc/​net/​dev` 
  INTERFACES=`sed -ne '/​eth.*:/​{s/:​.*$//;​p;​}'​ < /​proc/​net/​dev`  INTERFACES=`sed -ne '/​eth.*:/​{s/:​.*$//;​p;​}'​ < /​proc/​net/​dev`
  for i in $INTERFACES;​ do  for i in $INTERFACES;​ do
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  ifconfig $i up  ifconfig $i up
  done  done
- sleep 5+ # Make sure udev has processed all events from adding the NIC 
 + # modules before loading aoe 
 + [ -x /​sbin/​settle ] && /​sbin/​udevsettle --timeout=30
  modprobe aoe  modprobe aoe
 + # Wait until aoe device files have been generated.
 + [ -x /​sbin/​settle ] && /​sbin/​udevsettle --timeout=30
  aoe-discover  aoe-discover
  ;;  ;;
 esac esac
 </​code>​ </​code>​
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