setup-storage : Error: Error initialising SCSI device /dev/sda - Invalid argument

[Rudy Gevaert]

Citeren Thomas Lange <lange at informatik.uni-koeln.de>:

>>>>>> On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:18:36 +0100, Rudy Gevaert  
>>>>>> <rudy.gevaert at ugent.be> said:
>
>     > INTERNAL ERROR in setup-storage:
>     > Table header not seen yet
>     > Please report this error to the Debian Bug Tracking System.
>     > (STDOUT) Error: Error initialising SCSI device /dev/sda -  
> Invalid argument
>     > Starting setup-storage 1.0.3
> You are using an old version of setup-storage (and FAI). Could you try
> a newer version. IIRC a fix had been added to setup-storage for the
> "Table header not seen yet" problem.

Thanks, you are right.  I didn't have the experimental koeln source in  
my nfsroot sources.list and remade my nfsroot.

I now have in my nfsroot (and on the server)
# $Id: setup-storage 5686 2009-12-01 20:43:35Z mt $


shibidp1:~# apt-cache policy fai-client
fai-client:
   Installed: 3.3.3+experimental1
   Candidate: 3.3.3+experimental1
   Version table:
  *** 3.3.3+experimental1 0
         500 http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de experimental/koeln Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
      3.2.17~lenny1 0
         500 http://cdn.debian.net lenny/main Packages
shibidp1:~#


However that didn't help:

Partitioning local harddisks using setup-storage
Starting setup-storage 1.2+exp
disklist was: sda
Using config file: /var/lib/fai/config/disk_config/SHIBBOLETH_IDP
Input was:
disk_config disk1 fstabkey:label bootable:1
primary /boot       200       ext3    rw createopts="-L boot"
primary swap        2048      swap    sw createopts="-L swap"
primary /           6000-      ext3    rw createopts="-L root"
(CMD) parted -s /dev/sda unit TiB print 1> /tmp/UXGbXHwzKb 2> /tmp/7eDHVb2DO7
Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit TiB print
Command parted -s /dev/sda unit TiB print had exit code 1
INTERNAL ERROR in setup-storage:
Table header not seen yet
Please report this error to the Debian Bug Tracking System.
(STDOUT) Error: Error initialising SCSI device /dev/sda - Invalid argument
Error in task partition. Traceback: task_error task_partition task  
task_install task task_action task main
Save log files via ssh to fai at wopr.ugent.be:shibidp1//install-20091202_074732
FATAL ERROR. Installation stopped.
bash: no job control in this shell

Thanks in advance,

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Rudy Gevaert          Rudy.Gevaert at UGent.be          tel:+32 9 264 4734
Directie ICT, afd. Infrastructuur  Direction ICT, Infrastructure dept.
Groep Systemen                     Systems group
Universiteit Gent                  Ghent University
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