Re: [Wp-mirror-list] [PATCH RFC] hdparm: tolerate being in a Virtual Machine

[Jason Cooper]

Kent,

The mirroring of en.wikipedia.org finished last night some time (no
images), so here's the output:

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 01:59:37PM -0500, wp mirror wrote:
> 3) virtual machine
> 
> You should now see the following output:
> 
> (root-shell)# wp-mirror --mirror
> ...
> [ ok ]warn-if-disk-space-low-p
> [....]warn-if-database-stored-on-virtual-disk-p
> [info]/dev/vda: disk identification NOT found
> [warn]warn-if-database-stored-on-virtual-disk-p
> [fail]assert-hdd-write-cache-p
> [ ok ]assert-internet-access-to-wikimedia-site-p
> -----mirror-mode-begin-------------------------
> ...
> 
> Please test this and let me know the outcome.

-----asserting-prerequisite-hardware-begin----
[ ok ]count-cpu
[ ok ]assert-disk-space-if-large-wikipedia-p
[ ok ]assert-physical-memory-if-large-wikipedia-p
[ ok ]assert-partition-free-images
[ ok ]warn-if-disk-space-low-p
[....]warn-if-database-stored-on-virtual-disk-p
 HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
[info]/dev/vda: disk identification NOT found
[warn]warn-if-database-stored-on-virtual-disk-p
[fail]assert-hdd-write-cache-p
[ ok ]assert-internet-access-to-wikimedia-site-p
-----mirror-mode-begin------------------------
[ ok ]fsm-boot
[ ok ]release-all-file-semaphores
-----finalizing-begin-------------------------
[ ok ]clear-pidfile
[ ok ]log-stop

> 4) Update wp-mirror
> 
> Please download and install wp-mirror to get the update.
> 
> (shell)$ wget
> http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/wp-mirror/wp-mirror_0.6-1_all.deb
> (shell)$ sha1sum wp-mirror_0.6-1_all.deb
> 43119d9d9f04228aae0a7582d186cc77c8c661e2  wp-mirror_0.6-1_all.deb
> (root-shell)# dpkg --install wp-mirror_0.6-1_all.deb
> (root-shell)# wp-mirror --mirror

Done.  Works like a champ.  Thanks for taking the time to add this
detection code.  I now have some questions I'll put in a new email
thread.

thx,

Jason.