[Bug 1062625] Re: Ubuquity partitioning fails to find /dev/sda

Tue Oct 16 21:28:09 UTC 2012

Yes, I noticed that.  I would say there was, indeed, a raid install:
this machine comes with a small (39G SSD); one of the original
partitions on the SATA was around 39G, and IIRC, it had what looked like
a Windows install (see below for a dmesg fragment from now).

So, I am guessing Dell raided the SSD and this small partition; it
happened that something in the installer did not like it.

It *is* an interesting idea, though, to explore this small SSD.

For rebooting with the install media... Not a chance, anymore. The
original Dell install was scratched.

[    0.948367] ata5: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[    0.948390] ata2: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
[    0.948409] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    0.949310] ata2.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:06:00:00:00:00 (SET FEATURES) succeeded
[    0.949314] ata2.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:00 (SECURITY FREEZE LOCK) filtered out
[    0.949316] ata2.00: ACPI cmd b1/c1:00:00:00:00:00 (DEVICE CONFIGURATION OVERLAY) filtered out
[    0.949556] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:06:00:00:00:00 (SET FEATURES) succeeded
[    0.949562] ata1.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:00 (SECURITY FREEZE LOCK) filtered out
[    0.949564] ata1.00: ACPI cmd b1/c1:00:00:00:00:00 (DEVICE CONFIGURATION OVERLAY) filtered out
[    0.949731] ata2.00: ATA-8: SAMSUNG SSD PM830 mSATA 32GB, CXM12D1Q, max UDMA/133
[    0.949739] ata2.00: 62533296 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[    0.950408] ata2.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:06:00:00:00:00 (SET FEATURES) succeeded
[    0.950412] ata2.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:00 (SECURITY FREEZE LOCK) filtered out
[    0.950414] ata2.00: ACPI cmd b1/c1:00:00:00:00:00 (DEVICE CONFIGURATION OVERLAY) filtered out
[    0.950639] ata1.00: ATA-8: Hitachi HTS545050A7E380, GG2OA7A0, max UDMA/133
[    0.950654] ata1.00: 976773168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[    0.950827] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    0.951625] ata5.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST DVD+/-RW GU60N, A103, max UDMA/133
[    0.951796] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:06:00:00:00:00 (SET FEATURES) succeeded
[    0.951805] ata1.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:00 (SECURITY FREEZE LOCK) filtered out
[    0.951811] ata1.00: ACPI cmd b1/c1:00:00:00:00:00 (DEVICE CONFIGURATION OVERLAY) filtered out
[    0.952743] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    0.952932] ata5.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    0.952938] scsi 0:0:0:0: >Direct-Access     ATA      Hitachi HTS54505 GG2O PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    0.953117] sd 0:0:0:0: >Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[    0.953121] sd 0:0:0:0: >[sda] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
[    0.953123] sd 0:0:0:0: >[sda] 4096-byte physical blocks
[    0.953259] sd 0:0:0:0: >[sda] Write Protect is off
[    0.953263] sd 0:0:0:0: >[sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    0.953340] sd 0:0:0:0: >[sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    0.956310] usb 1-1: >new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[    1.049923]  sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 sda7 >
[    1.050929] sd 0:0:0:0: >[sda] Attached SCSI disk
[    1.051078] scsi 1:0:0:0: >Direct-Access     ATA      SAMSUNG SSD PM83 CXM1 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    1.051194] sd 1:0:0:0: >Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[    1.051198] sd 1:0:0:0: >[sdb] 62533296 512-byte logical blocks: (32.0 GB/29.8 GiB)
[    1.051330] sd 1:0:0:0: >[sdb] Write Protect is off
[    1.051333] sd 1:0:0:0: >[sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    1.051384] sd 1:0:0:0: >[sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    1.052084]  sdb: sdb1
[    1.052284] sd 1:0:0:0: >[sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[    1.055067] scsi 4:0:0:0: >CD-ROM            HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GU60N    A103 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    1.058080] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/8x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[    1.058084] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[    1.058293] sr 4:0:0:0: >Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[    1.058381] sr 4:0:0:0: >Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
    Milestone: ubuntu-12.10 => None

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Title:
  Ubuquity partitioning fails to find /dev/sda

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  DVD image from 20121005. Booted brand-new system with it, selected
  "try Ubuntu", verified Ubuntu worked on the system. Tried to install,
  partitioning tries to install on /dev/sdc (memory stick, boot device),
  and suggests /dev/sdb (DVD) for Grub.

  Cancelled, opened Nautilus. Nautilus shows a disk "OS". Mounted it,
  got the original Windows installed system, using all disk.

  Unmounted, opened gparted -- /dev/sda is show. Resized /dev/sda3 so
  that Windows will only use 100G.

  Rebooted, tried to install Ubuntu -- again Ubiquity does not show
  /dev/sda.

  Opened this bug.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.11.5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-5.11-generic 3.4.0
  Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.1.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.317
  Date: Fri Oct  5 23:57:18 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120612)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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