Bug 136170

Summary: linuxrc should load storage modules when swap is needed
Product: [openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1 Reporter: Per Jessen <per>
Component: InstallationAssignee: Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact: Klaus Kämpf <kkaempf>
Severity: Minor    
Priority: P5 - None    
Version: Beta 3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: i586   
OS: Other   
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Attachments: y2log from neptune
y2log from neptune
y2log from neptune
hwinfo output

Description Per Jessen 2005-11-30 20:36:47 UTC
The Toshibas IDE-drive is not recognised, and I have to manually load module ide-generic.  This also causes a problem on the first reboot, as I have to manually fix the initrd to include ide-generic.
Comment 1 Duncan Mac-Vicar 2005-12-02 09:58:24 UTC
Please, attach the YaST logs (http://www.opensuse.org/Bug_Reporting_FAQ#YaST)
Comment 2 Per Jessen 2005-12-02 17:06:22 UTC
Created attachment 59721 [details]
y2log from neptune
Comment 3 Per Jessen 2005-12-02 17:06:53 UTC
Created attachment 59723 [details]
y2log from neptune
Comment 4 Per Jessen 2005-12-02 17:07:22 UTC
Created attachment 59724 [details]
y2log from neptune
Comment 5 Steffen Winterfeldt 2005-12-07 11:02:30 UTC
Hm, what does 'hwinfo --storage' say?
Comment 6 Steffen Winterfeldt 2005-12-07 11:05:22 UTC
On a second note: Where does network install come into play?
Comment 7 Per Jessen 2005-12-07 12:18:16 UTC
hwinfo --storage:

01: None 00.0: 0102 Floppy disk controller
  [Created at floppy.112]
  Unique ID: rdCR.3wRL2_g4d2B
  Hardware Class: storage
  Model: "Floppy disk controller"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

19: None 00.0: 0101 IDE interface
  [Created at misc.345]
  Unique ID: rdCR.Yi+dHiA1ww3
  Hardware Class: storage
  Model: "IDE interface"
  I/O Ports: 0x1f0-0x1f7 (rw)
  I/O Port: 0x3f6 (rw)
  I/O Ports: 0x170-0x177 (rw)
  I/O Port: 0x376 (rw)
  IRQ: 14 (9291 events)
  IRQ: 15 (1273 events)
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Comment 8 Per Jessen 2005-12-07 12:20:13 UTC
Network install - I'm doing a plain network install, that is I boot from CD1 then install over NFS.  The network "card" is a Xircom PCMCIA.
Comment 9 Steffen Winterfeldt 2005-12-07 13:20:28 UTC
fixed in hwinfo 11.30
Comment 10 Per Jessen 2006-02-05 17:21:09 UTC
I'm just trying to start the rescue-system from 10.1 Beta3 - I still have to load ide-generic manually. 
I have updated Product and Version to reflect 10.1 Beta3.
Comment 11 Steffen Winterfeldt 2006-02-06 10:14:19 UTC
What does 'hwinfo --storage --log=xxx' give?
Comment 12 Per Jessen 2006-02-06 11:17:22 UTC
I'm still trying to install 10.1 beta3 - but although I load ide-generic manually, I can't get it to activate the swap-space.  What I do is:

1. boot from CD1, select NFS install. 
2. At some point, the installation system suggest I activate some swap-space, to which I reply /dev/hda2 (already formatted for swap).
3. This doesn't work as ide-generic isn't loaded, so I now manually load ide-generic, and try to resume the installation. 
4. Next time the system suggest I activate some swap-space, it still reports "Error activating swap-space" - on tty3 I can see "swapon: /dev/hda2: no such file or directory.
Comment 13 Steffen Winterfeldt 2006-02-06 11:21:58 UTC
Boot with insmod=ide-generic addswap=1.
Comment 14 Per Jessen 2006-02-06 12:22:48 UTC
Created attachment 66513 [details]
hwinfo output

Thank you - very helpful information.  This is the output from hwinfo --storage --log=xxx.
Comment 15 Steffen Winterfeldt 2006-02-06 13:43:27 UTC
Network install normally does not load storage modules at all in linuxrc
(they're not needed). The swap-activation function doesn't care and
assumes modules are all loaded. It's a bit tricky to fix this in a sensible
way. I'll keep this in mind, but as it is really a corner case, it might
not get fixed for 10.1.
Comment 16 Per Jessen 2006-02-06 14:11:45 UTC
For the time being I'm perfectly happy with the work around 'insmod=ide-generic addswap=1', and although I'd like to see it fixed at some point, I fully agree it's a corner case. 
Comment 17 Steffen Winterfeldt 2006-03-15 10:33:24 UTC
not this time
Comment 18 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:34:15 UTC
mass reopening all SuSE Linux bugs that are set to REMIND+LATER to change the resolution to WONTFIX (adapting to new policy)
Comment 19 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:36:10 UTC
mass reopening all SuSE Linux bugs that are set to REMIND+LATER to change the resolution to WONTFIX (adapting to new policy)
Comment 20 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:41:40 UTC
mass reopening all SuSE Linux bugs that are set to REMIND+LATER to change the resolution to WONTFIX (adapting to new policy)
Comment 21 Stephan Kulow 2008-06-25 09:53:07 UTC
Closing old LATER+REMIND bugs as WONTFIX - if you still plan to work on it, feel free to reopen and set to ASSIGNED.

In case the report saw repeated reopen comments, it's due to bugzilla timing out on the huge request ;(