Problem to boot HP Proliant ML350 G6

[rubenm]

I've installed gentoo linux 2.6.39 r3 in HP Proliant ML350 G6 Server after reboot the system I get this message

>> Block device /dev/sda3 is not a valid root device...
>> Could not find the root block device in .
Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell..
boot() ::

This is The lspci information :
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5520 I/O Hub to ESI Port (rev 13)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 13)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 13)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 13)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 13)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 13)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 13)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev 13)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev 13)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 9 (rev 13)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub PCI Express Root Port 10 (rev 13)
00:0d.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 343a (rev 13)
00:0d.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 343b (rev 13)
00:0d.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 343c (rev 13)
00:0d.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 343d (rev 13)
00:0d.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 Physical Layer Port 0 (rev 13)
00:0d.5 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5520/5500 Physical Layer Port 1 (rev 13)
00:0d.6 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 341a (rev 13)
00:0e.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 341c (rev 13)
00:0e.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 341d (rev 13)
00:0e.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 341e (rev 13)
00:0e.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 341f (rev 13)
00:0e.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 3439 (rev 13)
00:14.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub System Management Registers (rev 13)
00:14.1 PIC: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub GPIO and Scratch Pad Registers (rev 13)
00:14.2 PIC: Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub Control Status and RAS Registers (rev 13)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 1
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JIB (ICH10) LPC Interface Controller
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller #2
01:03.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc ES1000 (rev 02)
01:04.0 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation Integrated Lights Out Controller (rev 03)
01:04.2 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation Integrated Lights Out Processor (rev 03)
01:04.4 USB Controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Integrated Lights-Out Standard Virtual USB Controller
01:04.6 IPMI SMIC interface: Hewlett-Packard Company Integrated Lights-Out Standard KCS Interface
02:00.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom EPB PCI-Express to PCI-X Bridge (rev b5)
03:04.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5715 Gigabit Ethernet (rev a3)
03:04.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5715 Gigabit Ethernet (rev a3)
04:00.0 RAID bus controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Smart Array G6 controllers (rev 01)
3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Mirror Port Link 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Mirror Port Link 1 (rev 02)
3f:02.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series QPI Link 1 (rev 02)
3f:02.5 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series QPI Physical 1 (rev 02)
3f:03.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Registers (rev 02)
3f:03.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder (rev 02)
3f:03.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller RAS Registers (rev 02)
3f:03.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers (rev 02)
3f:04.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control (rev 02)
3f:04.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address (rev 02)
3f:04.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank (rev 02)
3f:04.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control (rev 02)
3f:05.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control (rev 02)
3f:05.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address (rev 02)
3f:05.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank (rev 02)
3f:05.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control (rev 02)
3f:06.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Control (rev 02)
3f:06.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Address (rev 02)
3f:06.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Rank (rev 02)
3f:06.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series Integrated Memory Controller Channel 2 Thermal Control
(rev 02)

This is the fstab configuration :

/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2
/dev/sda2 swap sw 0 0
/dev/sda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1

This is the grub.conf configuration :

default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Gentoo Linux 2.6.39-r3
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc rmadisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda3
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-gentoo-r3

I know that is a controller problem buy how i can solved this problem?

Thanks for your attention.

[krinn]

[cach0rr0]

i dont believe it's /dev/sd*

i had an ML350 G5 a couple years back, forgotten most of what they use, but i believe it's the case they use the same type of raid setup and disk driver as the DL380 (which, i *do* actually have one now, and is fresh on my mind)

have a gander at this:

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/HP_ProLiant_DL380_G5

namely, it tells you to select the driver for the compaq raid array nonsense, as well points out the naming scheme (which isnt /dev/sd*)

[rubenm]

Thanks cach0rr0, krinn for your answer.

I've done what krinn written to me and that is what i get :

Gentoo-11 ~ # lspci -k | grep -A4 RAID | grep driver
Kernel driver in use: hpsa
Gentoo-11 ~ #

About cach0rro0 wrote, i think that the device is not the /dev/c0d0 because when i start whith the cd live and i write :

fdisk /dev/c(tab)(tab) and i get :

card0 char/ controlD64 cpu/
cdrom console core cpu_dma_latency

there's no a c0d0

if the sda was not a valid device i never could have done the partition and formatting it. This is just a my point of view, not if i'm right.

I start the cd live whith the default kernel.

I don't know what is the next step or what should i have to do.

Here are the specifications of the product :

Procesador
Intel® Xeon® E5645 (6 núcleos, 2,40 GHz, 12 MB L3, 80W)
Número de procesadores
1
Processor core available
6
Memoria, estándar
6 GB
Ranuras de memoria
18 ranuras DIMM
Tipo de memoria
PC3-10600R (RDIMM)
Ranuras de expansión
Seis (6) ranuras PCI-E Gen2. El ampliador PCI-X opcional ofrece dos ranuras PCI X adicionales
Controlador de red
(1) 2 Puertos 1 GbE NC326i
Tipo de fuente de alimentación
(1) 750 W conexión en caliente redundante
Controlador de almacenamiento
(1) Smart Array P410i/256 MB
Software de gestión
N/D
Tipo de unidad óptica
DVD-ROM SATA media altura
Administración de infraestructura
HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2)

[krinn]

You've done the hardest part.

Now just follow the handbook on howto build your kernel (seems you handle that part already), but this time, lookout for the "hpsa" driver in the kernel and build that one as include in your kernel.
Rebuild your kernel then and once done, install that new kernel and reboot (take a bit of care it's an easy part too, but many users fail to copy/install the new kernel)

And because now your kernel have the controller driver, it will create /dev/sda and booting procedure could continue.

[cach0rr0]

[rubenm]

Thanks for your answer.

I've checked the Handbook, there explain how to configure the Kernel, but isn't too clear to me.

Firts things firts : When i'm load the server whit CD-Live i excecute the command that krinn suggest me :

lspci -k | grep A4 RAID | grep driver

and then i get this :

Kernel driver in use: hpsa

In this point every thing all right, then i mount my partitions :

mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot

i use the :

chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile

then i wrote the command :

lscpci

and i get :

bash: lspci: command not found

When i use the command that the handbook suggest :

find /lib/modules/2.6.39-gentoo-r3/ -type f -iname '*.o' -or -ina
me '*.ko' | less

i didn't see a hpsa module

if i use :

modprobe hpsa

i get :

FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/3.0.0-gentoo/modules.dep: No such file or directory

in the handbook only show the way to do what i need, but not in an specific situation or a controler driver.
I know that i have to "include" that into the kernel, it's seems to do that whith the :

genkernel --splash --no-install --no-clean --menuconfig all

But when i excecute that comand i don't know where i have to go...

Sorry, my english is not too good.

Thanks
Ruben

[NeddySeagoon]

rubenm,


If you must use Genkernel, you need to go into menuconfig and add the hpsa driver as built in. Thats <*>, not <M>
When genkernel stops in menuconfig press / (for search) and enter hpsa. You will see

[rubenm]

Thanks NeddySeagoon...

Then the command that i have to excecute to go there is :

genkernel --no-clean --menuconfig all

I only see this :

.config - Linux/i386 2.6.39-gentoo-r3 Kernel Configuration q General setup ---> q Linux/i386 2.6.39-gentoo-r3 Kernel Configuration q┐ Arrow keys navigate the menu. <Enter> selects submenus --->. │ Highlighted letters are hotkeys. Pressing <Y> includes, <N> excludes, │ <M> modularizes features. Press <Esc><Esc> to exit, <?> for Help, </> │ for Search. Legend: [*] built-in [ ] excluded <M> module < > │ ┌q┐ │ │ General setup ---> │ │ │ [*] Enable loadable module support ---> │ │ │ -*- Enable the block layer ---> │ │ │ Processor type and features ---> │ │ │ Power management and ACPI options ---> │ │ │ Bus options (PCI etc.) ---> │ │ │ Executable file formats / Emulations ---> │ │ │ -*- Networking support ---> │ │ │ Device Drivers ---> │ │ │ Firmware Drivers ---> │ │ └q┘ │↓(+) q┤ │ <Select> < Exit > < Help > q┘

Thanks.
Ruben

[cach0rr0]

yes, "Device Drivers" is correct. in the code NeddySeagoon pasted above, it shows you the path to get to this driver
it is beneath "Device Drivers"
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[NeddySeagoon]

rubenm,

In your post, it says

[rubenm]

Thanks to everybody.

That's correct, I only configure to assign (*) to the HpSmart Array SCSI Driver and ready.

Thanks again to all of you, cach0rr0, NeddySeagoon, krinn.

Ruben.

[krinn]

you're welcome,
It was easy no? (specially when NeddySeagoon explain something, i'm still amaze by his patience and teacher skills)

[tnt]

is HPSA module safe for older (P800) controllers?

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-898884.html
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