[OpenAFS] OpenAFS client install problem on RH 7.3

[Andrew Bacchi]

Derek,

Thanks for your reply.  I have determined it is not a hardware problem.  I 
have reproduced the event on 4 different machines.  3 IBM XSeries 330, and 
1 IBM XSeries 350, all with dual Xeon CPUs.

I can install RH 7.3 and reboot with no problems.  All file systems, EXT3, 
are dismounted correctly.  I rebuilt one machine this morning to test 
this, and rebooted it many times.  Only after installing OpenAFS 1.2.4, 
does this problem show up.  This is with both the linux kernel 
2.4.18-3smp,  and 2.4.18-4smp.  I do not see this on a small workstation I 
did last week with a single processor, and 2.4.18-3 kernel.

When OpenAFS is installed the /usr file system becomes unstable.  I cannot 
uninstall using rpm -e.  And, the reboot process hangs indefinitely until 
the reset button is pressed.  Not a good situation.

As far as my testing shows, it is either a bug in the OpenAFS 
kernel/client code or the linux kernel.  At least their interaction.

Any response is welcome.  I can provide you with more data if you need.  
Thanks.

AGB

On 4 Jun 2002, Derek Atkins wrote:

> Sounds like a hardware problem to me.
> 
> You don't provide enough information about your configuration, what
> you did, and how to reproduce the problem.
> 
> -derek
> 
> Andrew Bacchi <bacchi@rpi.edu> writes:
> 
> > I am having some problems installing the OpenAFS client on RedHat 7.3.  
> > After the install my /usr file system is unavailable, and I get a 
> > segmentation fault when trying to uninstall them.  Upon a reboot, the 
> > system says /usr not mounted, illegal seek.  This does not happen with my 
> > RH 7.2 clients.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.
> > 
> > I am installing the following RPMs, and updating the correct /usr/vice/etc 
> > files.
> > 
> > openafs-1.2.4-rh7.3.2.i386.rpm
> > openafs-client-1.2.4-rh7.3.2.i386.rpm
> > openafs-kernel-1.2.4-rh7.3.2.i386.rpm
> > openafs-kernel-source-1.2.4-rh7.3.2.i386.rpm
> > 
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> > 
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Andrew Bacchi
Staff Systems Programmer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
phone: 518 276-6415  fax: 518 276-2809

http://www.rpi.edu/~bacchi/