Installation using devfs

[wegu]

I am trying to install Proxmox on a server that uses a SCSI raid. After having resolved the VGA card issue (the onboard VGA does not support VESA 2.0, so we installed a second VGA), we are running into a problem partitioning the HDs.

Proxmox loads devfs and detects the array on /devfs/discs/disc0. However, partitioning does not work, as the installer tries to partition

/devfs/disc/disc0

instead of

/devfs/disc/disc0/disc

This appears to be an error in the proxmox installing utility.

Devfs exhibits the whole disc at /devfs/disc/disc<x>/disc and allows partitioning on that node. After that, the individual partitions are available at /devfs/discs/disc<x>/part1, /devfs/discs/disc<x>/part2, ...

Could you please modify the installing utility to handle this situation? Please get in touch with us, as we have a small time window to install the solution.

Thank you very much!

Jörg Bliesener

 

[dietmar]

Hi Jörg,

I found the bug in our installer, but it is inside some code normally not triggered. So please can you give me some further information abou your Hardware:

- what kind of SCSI controller do you use?

- what is the Major:Minor number of disk0 (ls -l /devfs/disc/disc0/disc)

- is ther a corresponding block device in /sys/block/ (ls -l /sys/block)

Best regards,

Dietmar

 

[wegu]

Hi, Dietmar!

Could you please get in touch with me by eMail? I have some information that is not appropriate to post via the board.

Regards

Jörg