[Bug 817114] Re: Oneiric network install fails with "mount: mounting /dev on /target/dev/ failed: Invalid argument"

[Brian Murray]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 817443 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/817443

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** Changed in: base-installer (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 817443
   d-i based images failed to install:  mount: mounting /dev on /target/dev/ failed: Invalid argument

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Title:
  Oneiric network install fails with "mount: mounting /dev on
  /target/dev/ failed: Invalid argument"

Status in “base-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I am attempting a network install on an AMD64 machine using the
  current Oneiric netboot.tar.gz downloaded from archive.ubuntu.com and
  I am encountering the below error causing the installation to fail.

  Jul 27 16:28:22 main-menu[560]: (process:11881): mount: mounting /dev
  on /target/dev/ failed: Invalid argument

  ~ # mount
  rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
  none on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=611224k,mode=755)
  none on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
  none on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
  fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)
  devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600,ptmxmode=000)
  /dev/sda1 on /target type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered)
  /dev/sda1 on /dev/.static/dev type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered)

  A similar bug (LP#300426) was reported in Jaunty-alpha.

  Syslog:

  Jul 27 16:27:36 anna[3777]: DEBUG: retrieving base-installer 1.119ubuntu3
  [...]
  Jul 27 16:28:21 debconf: --> SUBST base-installer/debootstrap/info/configuring SECTION Configuring the base system
  Jul 27 16:28:21 debconf: Adding [SECTION] -> [Configuring the base system]
  Jul 27 16:28:21 debconf: <-- 0
  Jul 27 16:28:21 debconf: --> PROGRESS INFO base-installer/debootstrap/info/configuring
  Jul 27 16:28:21 debconf: <-- 0 OK
  Jul 27 16:28:21 debconf: --> PROGRESS SET 100
  Jul 27 16:28:21 debconf: <-- 0 OK
  Jul 27 16:28:21 debconf: --> METAGET base-installer/debootstrap/info/basesuccess description
  Jul 27 16:28:21 debconf: <-- 0 Base system installed successfully.
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: --> PROGRESS SET 103
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: <-- 0 OK
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: --> PROGRESS INFO base-installer/section/setup_dev
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: <-- 0 OK
  Jul 27 16:28:22 main-menu[560]: (process:11881): mount: mounting /dev on /target/dev/ failed: Invalid argument
  Jul 27 16:28:22 main-menu[560]: WARNING **: Configuring 'bootstrap-base' failed with error code 255
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: --> GET debconf/priority
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: <-- 0 critical
  Jul 27 16:28:22 main-menu[560]: WARNING **: Menu item 'bootstrap-base' failed.
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: --> SETTITLE debian-installer/bootstrap-base/title
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: <-- 0 OK
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: --> CAPB
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: <-- 0 multiselect backup progresscancel align plugin-detect-keyboard plugin-terminal
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: --> METAGET debian-installer/bootstrap-base/title Description
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: <-- 0 Install the base system
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: --> SUBST debian-installer/main-menu/item-failure ITEM Install the base system
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: Adding [ITEM] -> [Install the base system]
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: <-- 0
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: --> INPUT critical debian-installer/main-menu/item-failure
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: <-- 0 question will be asked
  Jul 27 16:28:22 debconf: --> GO

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