Re: Block Size for Windows

On 27/08/2012 21:07, Jonathan Tripathy wrote:

On 27/08/2012 21:00, Jonathan Tripathy wrote:

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2) The windows setup didn't complain that it couldn't install on the 
LV, but once I clicked 'next', the Dom0 crashed and the server 
rebooted. A lot of output was displayed on screen but quickly 
vanished as the system rebooted. I'm trying to see if the output was 
saved anywhere. Any ideas why this could of happened and/or where 
the output might be saved?

I'd also like to add that after the server came back up, the md raid 
array started rebuilding. I wondering if that's just a coincidence 
(due to the forced reboot), or a sign of something wrong with the md 
integration with bcache?

I'm going to see if Windows installs natively on the md array (it's 
RAID 10 btw) and post back here.

Ok, so trying to install Windows directly onto the spindles causes the 
same thing to happen. I'm going to try and boot up into the non-bcache 
kernel (The default ubuntu one) and see if it works there. If it fails 
there, then this is clearly a xen and/or mdraid issue...

Thanks

Ok, so booting into the default Ubuntu kernel, the windows installation 
seems to progress just fine.

Does this mean there is something wrong with the mdraid code in the 
bcache kernel?

Actually, I'm not telling the whole story. The kernel I'm using is the 
bcache-3.2 tree (from evilpriate.org) with changes merged in from 
kernel.org's 3.2.27 tree. There were no merge conflicts when I did the 
git merge.

What do you think I should do?

Thanks