rsync clone - ubuntu failure

[dave selby]

On 02/07/07, Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:
> On Monday 02 July 2007, dave selby wrote:
> > I need to move my ubuntu to a different HDD, smaller capacity but
> > faster. Oh yes I am using nowhere near the 80GB of my new drive :)
> >
> > my existing drive is 160GB hda
> > my new drive is 80GB hdb
> >
> > boot knoppix, mount drives and ...
> >
> > rsync -aHxq /mnt/hda1 /mnt/hdb1
> >
> > no error messages shown - all good, change jumpers of hdb from slave to
> > master
> >
> > put new HDD in master slot, boot, enters GRUB menu, bootsplash starts
> > and freezes. Boot into single user diagnostic mode ...
> >
> > kernel boots, runs through a ton of startup script then gets to
> >
> > USB mass storage registration ...
> > ....
> > ....
> > sd 2:0:0:3 attatched scsi generic sg3 type 0
> > and hangs :(
> >
> > OK ... so I cleared & re- rsynced the drive, did the jumpers - same
> > result. Im stuck, looks to all the world like its a clone but
> > mysteriously fails in the kernel.
>
> Possibly stupid question, but what did you do with the original hda?
> disconnect completely?  disconnect power?
>

I run with caddies, hda was physically removed, hdb caddy was removed,
jumpers moved on hdb and slotted where hda was.


> Are you certain your bootloader is identical?
>
> Do you have and LVM/RAID partitions?  Moving these around can cause
> significant boot lag (like, it took me days to figure out my box wasn't just
> hanging...

Nope, no LVM no RAID. 160GB was stock ubuntu install, 80GB was
partitioned by stock ubuntu install, files deleted & rsynced ...



>
> Just thoughts.  Not sure what you may not be including :)  Are you running
> without quiet?  Is it a hard-lockup?

Yep its a hard kernel lockup :(


What specifics can you add?  When
> boot-issues cause a mysterious "lock", often there is some indicator, or it
> happens very soon in the boot process... which doesn't describe your problem.
> You are making it through many scripts, as you say.
>

Im getting up to ...

[   53.768621] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[   53.768696] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[   53.768737] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[   56.799761] usb-storage: device scan complete
[   56.802745] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic  USB SD Reader
  1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[   56.805733] scsi 2:0:0:1: Direct-Access     Generic  USB CF Reader
  1.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[   56.808725] scsi 2:0:0:2: Direct-Access     Generic  USB SM Reader
  1.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[   56.811720] scsi 2:0:0:3: Direct-Access     Generic  USB MS Reader
  1.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[   56.878630] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
[   56.921607] sd 2:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
[   56.965416] sd 2:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc
[   57.008414] sd 2:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
[   57.016636] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[   57.016653] sd 2:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[   57.016669] sd 2:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[   57.016687] sd 2:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0

and thats the last line before the lock. Looking at dmesg on my
working 160GB, the next few lines would be ...

[   57.886610] input: Power Button (FF) as /class/input/input4
[   57.890880] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
[   57.921936] input: Power Button (CM) as /class/input/input5
[   57.926162] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
[   57.936552] Using specific hotkey driver
[   57.956894] No dock devices found.
[   58.085543] ibm_acpi: ec object not found

no clues there :(


> Are you running an IDE drive that requires that you leave the jumper off
> completely?  Some behave strangely when the Master jumper is set.
>

I have been playing with this HDD & caddy for a while including
dumping a fresh ubuntu install on it as master - the jumpers are OK,
it works a treat ... got to be something I am missing ...

> Can you simplify the problem?  Maybe try changing to boot from runlevel 4,
> then hack up rl4 to be empty or something along those lines.
>

Problem is it aint getting past the kernel boot.
I am sooo stumped



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