Re: Problems trying to install Debian GNU/Hurd 2021 in SATA AHCI mode, o

From:

Almudena Garcia

Subject:

Re: Problems trying to install Debian GNU/Hurd 2021 in SATA AHCI mode, over Thinkpad T410

Date:

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 21:11:56 +0200

> Is it really in AHCI mode?

Check first and second image

> we need to know what
> is actually showing up exactly in lspci, to be sure that the card is
> showing up really in AHCI-compatible mode.

Next images

El lun, 16 ago 2021 a las 20:47, Almudena Garcia (<liberamenso10000@gmail.com>) escribió:

> Is it really in AHCI mode?

Yes, I enabled AHCI SATA mode in the BIOS

> This is talking about wd0, i.e. the rumpdisk device, i.e. gnumach
> didn't detect the AHCI card. That's not expected, we need to know what
> is actually showing up exactly in lspci, to be sure that the card is
> showing up really in AHCI-compatible mode.

I will try to execute it in rescue mode (the current Debian GNU/Hurd 2021 installation in compatibility mode has generate some errors and I can't access to tty. Next report)

> Alternatively you could try to reboot to have the partition re-read. But
> still it's not expected that partition re-read doesn't work, it is
> implemented and works in my tests. As usual, actual error messages are
> what you want to show, i.e. console 4 (or posssibly more conveniently,
> /var/log/syslog)

I tried it many times. If I do a installation in IDE mode and, after this, I try a new installation in AHCI mode, the installer detects the partitions correctly. But then fails in the "base system packages" step.

> "no more room" looks like somehow rumpdisk is trying to handle more data
> than it can. What is the actual size of your disk? I don't know what
> sizes where actually tested at all.

My harddisk has ~ 320 GB

Thanks for your response, I will try to get more information

El lun, 16 ago 2021 a las 20:34, Samuel Thibault (<samuel.thibault@gnu.org>) escribió:
Hello,

Almudena Garcia, le dim. 15 août 2021 02:04:38 +0200, a ecrit:
> Tonight I'm trying to install Debian GNU/Hurd 2021 in a Thinkpad T410,
> configuring SATA disk in AHCI mode,

Is it really in AHCI mode?

> The installer loads, but in partitioning step, after format the partitions, I
> found this advice (first attached image)

This is talking about wd0, i.e. the rumpdisk device, i.e. gnumach
didn't detect the AHCI card. That's not expected, we need to know what
is actually showing up exactly in lspci, to be sure that the card is
showing up really in AHCI-compatible mode.

> If I try to continue,

Alternatively you could try to reboot to have the partition re-read. But
still it's not expected that partition re-read doesn't work, it is
implemented and works in my tests. As usual, actual error messages are
what you want to show, i.e. console 4 (or posssibly more conveniently,
/var/log/syslog)

> the installer format the partitions and then appears
> these errors (rest of images)

"no more room" looks like somehow rumpdisk is trying to handle more data
than it can. What is the actual size of your disk? I don't know what
sizes where actually tested at all.

Samuel