[nylug-talk] SUSE on netfinity

[R. Drew Davis]

On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 11:22 -0500, Paul Robbins wrote:
> Sorry for replying to my own post, but as i try new things, I want to put
> them out there to see if it narrows down the issue for someone else to catch
> onto.  I changed the cd drive to be /dev/hdc, but still no change.  However,
> I don't think it is a bad installer. I got a strictly IDE PC and did the
> install and everything went smoothly.  When I get to the same point as where
> it is locking up on the SCSI system and I try and look at /dev/hdc, it is no
> longer mounted, since it is waiting to be eject so disc 2 can be inserted.
> Does this help any? Is it something with my cdrom drivers or scsi drivers?
> 
> Thanks guys.
> 
> On 12/21/06, Paul Robbins <robbins.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > What may be happening is that the installer may be confused about which
> > drive is the cdrom. Since it is a SCSI disc, the main drive is /dev/sda.
> > The cdrom is /dev/hda.  So if the installer is using what most systems have,
> > where the hard drive is hda, then could that be the issue?  If so, how can i
> > tell the installer to mount /dev/loop0 to /dev/sda ( the hard drive) instead
> > of /dev/hda ( the cdrom drive)?
> >
> > Thanks guys.
> >
> > On 12/21/06, Paul Robbins <robbins.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey Peter,
> > > Thanks for the help. When I run mount | grep loop0, i have the following
> > > output line
> > >
> > > /dev/loop0 on /mounts/instsys type cramfs (ro)
> > >
> > > When I try and unmount /mounts/instsys, it gives me the message that it
> > > is busy.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12/21/06, Peter C. Norton < spacey-nylug at lenin.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > It sounds like this is a problem with the sue9 installation. If you
> > > > have a file on the CD bound to /dev/loop0 and that's still mounted,
> > > > you're in trouble.
> > > >
> > > > When you run 'mount | grep loop0' and unmount that filesystem, if it
> > > > says that the filesystem is busy then therey's a bug in that
> > > > installer.
> > > >
> > > > -Peter
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 03:53:38PM -0500, Paul Robbins wrote:
> > > > > OK, a little more info.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have gotten to a command line and can see that /dev/loop0 is what
> > > > is
> > > > > causing /dev/hda (the cdrom) to not allow me to unmount it.  How can
> > > > I point
> > > > > /dev/loop0 somewhere else and let me continue the install?  I tried
> > > > to kill
> > > > > -9 the /dev/loop0 process, but it still is running.
> > > > >
> > > > > On 12/21/06, Paul Robbins <robbins.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hello everyone and happy holidays,
> > > > > > I am trying to install SLES9 on a IBM Netfinity and I am running
> > > > into a
> > > > > > roadblock pretty early on.  I get past all of the install
> > > > questions and it
> > > > > > begins to install the system, but when it asks PLEASE INSTALL CD
> > > > 2, I cannot
> > > > > > get the cdrom drive to open.  Is there some reason why the install
> > > > would be
> > > > > > locking up the drive?  Is there a way to go through CTRL+ALT F5
> > > > and unmount
> > > > > > the cdrom so I can put the second disc in?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Just for some background, this is a SCSI drive system with an IDE
> > > > cdrom.
> > > > > > It is using a Adaptec AHA-2940 SCSI controller.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks so much,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ~Paul
> > > > > >

By any chance do you have access to lsof or equivalent at the point
where the problem occurs?    If the kernel is telling you
that /dev/loop0 can't be unmounted because it is busy, it would be good
to know what files are open on the mounted file system and who has them
open.

Drew