F17 Beta DVD install options [OT]

Thu Apr 19 02:45:41 UTC 2012

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Tommy Pham <tommyhp2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Tommy Pham <tommyhp2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> On 2012/04/18 09:42 (GMT-0700) Tommy Pham composed:
>>>
>>>> Tried a i386 F17 Beta on an old Dell Optiplex GX280 machine here at
>>>> work and works fine.  However my new upgraded home machine fails :(
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hardware info:
>>>
>>>
>>>> * Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
>>>> * 3ware 9650SE-8LPML with 4x HDD on RAID5
>>>> * DVD-RW connected to a mobo SATA connection.
>>>
>>>
>>>> All mobo SATAs (including eSATA) are set to AHCI, only the DVD-RW is
>>>> connected to the mobo SATA.
>>>
>>>
>>> Presumably you mean all SATA on the new machine are set to AHCI? I can't
>>> find an AHCI setting in my GX280's BIOS, and would like to know where you
>>> did if you did. cf. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757426#c23
>>> --
>>> "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant
>>> words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)
>>>
>>>  Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks!
>>>
>>> Felix Miata  ***  http://fm.no-ip.com/
>>> --
>>
>> Yes, I'm sorry I wasn't explicit about the problems and the hardware
>> info with related settings.  The AHCI are set on my new Gigabyte mobo.
>>  (I only tested the F17 beta on GX280 just to make sure that the GUI
>> install process should work.)  Side note, I think there's like 3 SATA
>> chip for that Gigabyte mobo: 1 AMD SB950 (4 SATA ports) and 2 x
>> Marvell 88SE9172 chips (2 internal + 2 eSATA).  I also remembering
>> seeing that the kernel did detect that Marvell chip.  I'll check on
>> the messages later when I get home to get the details.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tommy
>
> I did something last night that really broke F17.  Unfortunately, I
> was a bit tired and didn't keep track of the things I did so I
> couldn't restore it.  So I reinstalled F16 and about to do preupgrade
> to F17 again because the F17 alpha would only give me bare minimal
> install.  Haven't had the chance to burn a F17 beta DVD yet.  OK here
> is the info on new upgraded system (UUID
> 1e8f3c02-9ccd-45f7-9060-68f4d0aea671 - ID of submitted system profile
> - of reinstalled F16 from DVD)...
>
> [root at fedora /]# yum update
> Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
> No Packages marked for Update
>
> [root at fedora /]# uname -a
> Linux fedora.workgroup.domain 3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Apr 10
> 19:56:52 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> [root at fedora /]# grep -i 'sata' /var/log/messages
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    0.939482] ahci 0000:00:11.0: AHCI
> 0001.0200 32 slots 4 ports 6 Gbps 0xf impl SATA mode
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    0.940336] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133
> abar m1024 at 0xfdfff000 port 0xfdfff100 irq 19
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    0.940340] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133
> abar m1024 at 0xfdfff000 port 0xfdfff180 irq 19
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    0.940343] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133
> abar m1024 at 0xfdfff000 port 0xfdfff200 irq 19
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    0.940346] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133
> abar m1024 at 0xfdfff000 port 0xfdfff280 irq 19
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    0.940482] ahci 0000:03:00.0: AHCI
> 0001.0000 32 slots 2 ports 6 Gbps 0x3 impl SATA mode
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    0.940864] ata5: SATA max UDMA/133
> abar m512 at 0xfdaff000 port 0xfdaff100 irq 41
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    0.940867] ata6: SATA max UDMA/133
> abar m512 at 0xfdaff000 port 0xfdaff180 irq 41
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    0.940994] ahci 0000:0a:00.0: AHCI
> 0001.0000 32 slots 2 ports 6 Gbps 0x3 impl SATA mode
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    0.941390] ata7: SATA max UDMA/133
> abar m512 at 0xfd0ff000 port 0xfd0ff100 irq 42
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    0.941393] ata8: SATA max UDMA/133
> abar m512 at 0xfd0ff000 port 0xfd0ff180 irq 42
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    1.245074] ata5: SATA link down
> (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    1.245080] ata4: SATA link down
> (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    1.245109] ata6: SATA link down
> (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    1.245116] ata2: SATA link down
> (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    1.245149] ata1: SATA link down
> (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    1.245172] ata3: SATA link down
> (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    1.247052] ata7: SATA link down
> (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    1.401071] ata8: SATA link up 1.5
> Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    1.404803] ata8: limiting SATA link
> speed to 1.5 Gbps
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [    6.861230] ata8: SATA link up 1.5
> Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
> Apr 18 18:02:14 fedora kernel: [   12.321242] ata8: SATA link up 1.5
> Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
>
> ** Note that my DVD-RW is installed on ata8 since that's the only port
> with link up.
>
> [root at fedora /]# lspci|egrep -i '(sb9x|marvell)'
> 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA
> Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 40) << provide 4 ports as seen in messages
> 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB
> OHCI0 Controller
> 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB
> EHCI Controller
> 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB
> OHCI0 Controller
> 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB
> EHCI Controller
> 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE
> Controller (rev 40)
> 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host
> controller (rev 40)
> 00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB
> OHCI2 Controller
> 00:16.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB
> OHCI0 Controller
> 00:16.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB
> EHCI Controller
> 03:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device 9172
> (rev 11) << provide 2 ports as seen in messages
> 0a:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device 9172
> (rev 11) << provide 2 ports as seen in messages
>
> for total of 8 SATA (including 2 eSATA) ports.
>
> [root at fedora /]# ls /dev/s*
> /dev/sda  /dev/sda1  /dev/sda2  /dev/sda3  /dev/sda4  /dev/sda5
> /dev/sda6  /dev/sda7  /dev/sg0  /dev/snapshot  /dev/stderr  /dev/stdin
>  /dev/stdout  /dev/systty
>
> IIRC, the removable optical drive is usually sr0, sr1, etc... right?
>
> And snippet of menuentry from /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
> menuentry 'Fedora Linux, with Linux 3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64' --class
> fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
>        load_video
>        set gfxpayload=keep
>        insmod gzio
>        insmod part_msdos
>        insmod ext2
>        set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
>        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
> e807fecb-ecff-458b-8822-8a743cac1f58
>        echo    'Loading Linux 3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64 ...'
>        linux   /vmlinuz-3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64
> root=UUID=ddd4e85b-05d5-496b-9c1c-4776efaec55c ro nomodeset rd.md=0
> rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 acpi=no  KEYTABLE=us quiet SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16
> rhgb rd.luks=0 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>        echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
>        initrd  /initramfs-3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64.img
> }
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tommy

After posting that, I realize my noobness with Linux.  I had the acpi
value wrong.  It should be acpi=off ....  :face+palm:  Anyway, since I
do need to have that off in order to see the DVD-RW, then I'll lose
out all of the benefits of the ACPI.  Per [1]:

"When first published in 1996, ACPI evolved an existing collection of
power management BIOS code, Advanced Power Management (APM)
application programming interfaces (APIs), PNPBIOS APIs, and
Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) tables into a well-defined power
management and configuration interface specification."

Since this is an 8 core system, I'd lose out more on MPS than the
others.  So why then with ACPI left out in the kernel parameters, my
DVD-RW isn't shown in /dev when all the other detections are in place
as shown in lspci and /var/log/messages?

Thanks,
Tommy

[1]http://www.acpi.info/