[OpenAFS] OpenAFS client install problem on RH 7.3

[Derek Atkins]

Is /usr/vice/cache it's own partition?

-derek

Andrew Bacchi <bacchi@rpi.edu> writes:

> 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
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Andrew Bacchi
> > > Staff Systems Programmer
> > > Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
> > > phone: 518 276-6415  fax: 518 276-2809
> > > 
> > > http://www.rpi.edu/~bacchi/
> > > 
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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/
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