HP ProLiant DL360 G6 has debootstrap errors during install of Precise Alpha 1

It looks to me like there is an issue with the hard disk in this system:

Dec 21 13:54:54 kernel: [ 111.167248] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Unhandled error code
Dec 21 13:54:54 kernel: [ 111.167252] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
Dec 21 13:54:54 kernel: [ 111.167256] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB: Write(10): 2a 00 06 84 08 00 00 00 08 00
Dec 21 13:54:54 kernel: [ 111.167265] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 109316096
Dec 21 13:54:54 kernel: [ 111.167269] Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 13664256

Could you investigate the health of the disk?

Yeah. that is certainly what it look like. I'll test it again with Oneiric (which we certified it for) to see what happens.

Ran with Oneiric and it installs perfectly fine and it running tests now. I think the disk is healthy and this is a driver problem.

@Brendan,

Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Available at:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.2-rc7-precise/

You should be able to install this kernel after booting into Oneiric.

Also, it would be helpful if you could gather some apport logs with:
apport-collect 907377

Thanks in advance

I opened a linux task since this seems to be a driver issue.

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Joe,

If the problem is with the kernel in the installer, how am I supposed to test with the upstream kernel? Maybe there is a way, but I could do with some pointers.

Brendan,

I'm going to add this to the kernel team hot-list since it could be an issue with the current development kernel.

Can we confirm if this issue persists with the latest dalies please. Please report any testing back here.

This is still present in the latest dailies, same error.

The installer kernel is just the same as the normal kernel. Closing the debian-installer task, then - I can't do anything about this from the installer side.

This is where things start to go south: in the syslog attached to comment #3:

Dec 21 13:54:37 kernel: [ 94.417294] NMI: PCI system error (SERR) for reason b1 on CPU 0.
Dec 21 13:54:37 kernel: [ 94.417298] Dazed and confused, but trying to continue
Dec 21 13:54:37 kernel: [ 94.417305] DRHD: handling fault status reg 2
Dec 21 13:54:37 kernel: [ 94.417311] DMAR:[DMA Read] Request device [03:00.0] fault addr ffeec000
Dec 21 13:54:37 kernel: [ 94.417313] DMAR:[fault reason 06] PTE Read access is not set
Dec 21 13:54:54 kernel: [ 111.087385] hpsa 0000:03:00.0: Controller lockup detected: 0xffff0000
Dec 21 13:54:54 kernel: [ 111.087398] hpsa 0000:03:00.0: cp ffff88018ce00000 had hardware error
Dec 21 13:54:54 kernel: [ 111.127427] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Unhandled error code
Dec 21 13:54:54 kernel: [ 111.127431] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
Dec 21 13:54:54 kernel: [ 111.127436] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB: Write(10): 2a 00 06 84 ef b8 00 00 d0 00
Dec 21 13:54:54 kernel: [ 111.127446] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 109375416
Dec 21 13:54:54 kernel: [ 111.127556] Aborting journal on device sda1-8.
Dec 21 13:54:54 kernel: [ 111.127564] EXT4-fs error (device sda1) in ext4_reserve_inode_write:4501: Journal has aborted
Dec 21 13:54:54 kernel: [ 111.127586] EXT4-fs error (device sda1) in ext4_init_inode_table:1195: Journal has aborted

DMAR errors, interesting. Can we try booting the installer kernel with the additional kernel command line option: intel_iommu=off

Please report any testing here. Ta.

intel_iommu=off worked a charm. What does that mean then?

I've commited a patch to disable CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_DEFAULT_ON. I plan to upload shortly. This should work around the install issue being seen here. I've also escalated this and similar intel_iommu issues upstream. Thanks.

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.2.0-10.17

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linux (3.2.0-10.17) precise; urgency=low

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * Revert "SAUCE: overlayfs -- fs: limit filesystem stacking depth"
  * Revert "SAUCE: overlayfs -- overlay: overlay filesystem documentation"
  * Revert "SAUCE: overlayfs -- overlayfs: implement show_options"
  * Revert "SAUCE: overlayfs -- overlayfs: add statfs support"
  * Revert "SAUCE: overlayfs -- overlay filesystem"
  * Revert "SAUCE: overlayfs -- vfs: introduce clone_private_mount()"
  * Revert "SAUCE: overlayfs -- vfs: export do_splice_direct() to modules"
  * Revert "SAUCE: overlayfs -- vfs: add i_op->open()"
  * ensure debian/ is not excluded from git by default
  * add new scripting to handle buglinks in rebases
  * ubuntu: overlayfs -- overlayfs: add statfs support
  * ubuntu: overlayfs -- overlayfs: apply device cgroup and security
    permissions to overlay files
    - LP: #915941, #918212
    - CVE-2012-0055

  [ Erez Zadok ]

  * ubuntu: overlayfs -- overlayfs: implement show_options

  [ Leann Ogasawara ]

  * Revert "SAUCE: dmar: disable if ricoh multifunction detected"
  * [Config] Disable CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_DEFAULT_ON
    - LP: #907377, #911236
  * [Config] Enable CONFIG_IRQ_REMAP

  [ Miklos Szeredi ]

  * ubuntu: overlayfs -- vfs: pass struct path to __dentry_open()
  * ubuntu: overlayfs -- vfs: add i_op->open()
  * ubuntu: overlayfs -- vfs: export do_splice_direct() to modules
  * ubuntu: overlayfs -- vfs: introduce clone_private_mount()
  * ubuntu: overlayfs -- overlay filesystem
  * ubuntu: overlayfs -- fs: limit filesystem stacking depth

  [ Neil Brown ]

  * ubuntu: overlayfs -- overlay: overlay filesystem documentation

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * (pre-stable) x86/PCI: amd: factor out MMCONFIG discovery
    - LP: #647043
  * (pre-stable) PNP: work around Dell 1536/1546 BIOS MMCONFIG bug that
    breaks USB
    - LP: #647043
 -- Leann Ogasawara <email address hidden> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:10:08 -0800