[DRBD-user] Re: [Vserver] failed to setup a guest on a DRBD-device

Herbert Poetzl herbert at 13thfloor.at
Sat Jun 18 02:01:48 CEST 2005

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 09:24:32PM +0200, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote:
> Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> 
> >>>>Debian Sarge
> >>>>kernel-patch-vserver 1.9.5.3
> >>>>util-vserver   0.30.204-5sarge
> >>>>kernel-image-2.6.8+vserver_custom01_i386
> >>>>drbd0.7-module-2.6.8+vserver_0.7.10-3+custom01_i386
> [...]
> >okay, please make sure that you compile the kernel
> >yourself and enable the VSERVER_DEBUG* options
> >in the .config, this will allow us to narrow down
> >the issue by some simple tests (2.0-rc4)
> 
> Now it works with a workaround:
> - set 'nonamespace'
> - 'vserver <vs> build'
> - set 'namespace'
> - 'vserver <vs> build' --force
> 
> I submitted a bug to Debian:
> ----snip----
> Package: kernel-patch-vserver
> Version: 1.9.5.3
> Severity: important
> 
> 'chattr' causes the error message 'Function not implemented', which 
> makes it impossible to 'vserver xx build' without workaround (i.e. 
> turning of 'namespace').
> ----snap----
> 
> It seems to have nothing to do with DRBD, but I will retest it.
> As I understand the sources, 'chattr -t "$VDIR"' in 
> 'vserver-build.functions' triggers the problem.

needless to say that chattr -t should never happen
in recent tools (i.e. 0.30.20x) and IIRC does not happen
in mainline ...

anyway, thanks for tracking this down,

best,
Herbert

> Helmut Wollmersdorfer
> 
> 
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