[Bug 1063429] Re: Installing Ubuntu 12.04.1 x64 with Fake RAID 1 partitions not fully recognized

Pekka Hämäläinen 1063429 at bugs.launchpad.net
Fri May 3 18:08:42 UTC 2013


Hi,

just adding two photos about failing installation; the first photo shows
that installer is correctly trying to place grup on the raid root, the
second one shows that instead of placing installation on the raid root
it tries to address one of the raid disks - apparently it fails

** Attachment added: "Pictures.zip"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmraid/+bug/1063429/+attachment/3664120/+files/Pictures.zip

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Title:
  Installing Ubuntu 12.04.1 x64 with Fake RAID 1 partitions not fully
  recognized

Status in “dmraid” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Hi

  I had:

  - Software:

  Dual boot with
    + Windows XP
    + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS x32

  - Hardware
    - Fake RAID 1 (mirroring) with 2x1 TB:

  Partition 1 - Windows
  Partition 2 - SWAP
  Partition 3 - / (root)
  Partition 4 - Extended
  Partition 5 - /home
  Partition 6 - /data

      arek at domek:/var/log/installer$ sudo fdisk -l

      Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
      255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
      Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
      Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
      I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
      Disk identifier: 0x000de1b9

         Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
      /dev/sda1   *          63   524297339   262148638+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
      /dev/sda2       524297340   528506369     2104515   82  Linux swap / Solaris
      /dev/sda3       528506370   570468149    20980890   83  Linux
      /dev/sda4       570468150  1953118439   691325145    5  Extended
      /dev/sda5       570468213   675340469    52436128+  83  Linux
      /dev/sda6       675340533  1953118439   638888953+  83  Linux

      Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
      255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
      Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
      Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
      I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
      Disk identifier: 0x000de1b9

         Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
      /dev/sdb1   *          63   524297339   262148638+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
      /dev/sdb2       524297340   528506369     2104515   82  Linux swap / Solaris
      /dev/sdb3       528506370   570468149    20980890   83  Linux
      /dev/sdb4       570468150  1953118439   691325145    5  Extended
      /dev/sdb5       570468213   675340469    52436128+  83  Linux
      /dev/sdb6       675340533  1953118439   638888953+  83  Linux

      arek at domek:/var/log/installer$ ls -l /dev/mapper/
      total 0
      crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Oct  7 20:17 control
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       7 Oct  7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha -> ../dm-0
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       7 Oct  7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha1 -> ../dm-1
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       7 Oct  7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha2 -> ../dm-2
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       7 Oct  7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha3 -> ../dm-3
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       7 Oct  7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha4 -> ../dm-4
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       7 Oct  7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha5 -> ../dm-5
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       7 Oct  7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha6 -> ../dm-6

  I wanted to upgrade from 10.04 x32 to 12.04 x64 using FRESH installation.
  So, run installation of Ubuntu 12.04.1 x64 LTS using alternate CD.

   During the installation I selected manual partitioning and to:
   - Use and Format / (root)
   - Use and Format SWAP
   - Use and Keep data on /home
   - Use and Keep data on /data

  After I clicked "Continue" I get error creating and formatting SWAP
  partition.

  I go to terminal with Alt + F2 (?) and hit enter.
  I discovered that there was visible RAID as only disk with NO partitions.
  Something like this:

      arek at domek:/var/log/installer$ ls -l /dev/mapper/
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct  7 20:17 /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha -> ../dm-0

      arek at domek:/var/log/installer$ ls -l /dev/dm*
      brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 0 Oct  7 20:17 /dev/dm-0

  So I switched to log console Alt+F3 (?) and saw errors like below:

      Oct  7 14:02:45 check-missing-firmware: /dev/.udev/firmware-missing does not exist, skipping
      Oct  7 14:02:45 check-missing-firmware: /run/udev/firmware-missing does not exist, skipping
      Oct  7 14:02:45 check-missing-firmware: no missing firmware in /dev/.udev/firmware-missing /run/udev/firmware-missing
      Oct  7 14:02:45 anna-install: Installing dmraid-udeb
      Oct  7 14:02:45 anna[12599]: DEBUG: retrieving dmraid-udeb 1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu8
      Oct  7 14:02:49 anna[12599]: DEBUG: retrieving libdmraid1.0.0.rc16-udeb 1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu8
      Oct  7 14:02:49 anna[12599]: DEBUG: retrieving kpartx-udeb 0.4.9-3ubuntu5
      Oct  7 14:02:49 disk-detect: Serial ATA RAID disk(s) detected.
      Oct  7 14:02:55 disk-detect: Enabling dmraid support.
      Oct  7 14:02:55 disk-detect: RAID set "pdc_jhjbcaha" was activated
      Oct  7 14:02:55 HERE --> dmraid-activate: ERROR: Cannot retrieve RAID set information for pdc_jhjbcaha
      Oct  7 14:02:56 check-missing-firmware: /dev/.udev/firmware-missing does not exist, skipping
      Oct  7 14:02:56 check-missing-firmware: /run/udev/firmware-missing does not exist, skipping
      Oct  7 14:02:56 check-missing-firmware: no missing firmware in /dev/.udev/firmware-missing /run/udev/firmware-missing
      Oct  7 14:02:57 main-menu[428]: DEBUG: resolver (libnewt0.52): package doesn't exist (ignored)
      Oct  7 14:02:57 main-menu[428]: DEBUG: resolver (ext2-modules): package doesn't exist (ignored)
      Oct  7 14:02:57 main-menu[428]: INFO: Menu item 'partman-base' selected
      Oct  7 14:02:57 kernel: [  316.512999] NTFS driver 2.1.30 [Flags: R/O MODULE].
      Oct  7 14:02:57 kernel: [  316.523221] Btrfs loaded
      Oct  7 14:02:57 kernel: [  316.534781] JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536
      Oct  7 14:02:57 kernel: [  316.554749] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, large block/inode numbers, no debug enabled
      Oct  7 14:02:57 kernel: [  316.555336] SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem
      Oct  7 14:02:58 md-devices: mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
      Oct  7 14:02:58 partman:   No matching physical volumes found
      Oct  7 14:02:58 partman:   No volume groups found
      Oct  7 14:02:58 partman:   Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
      Oct  7 14:02:58 partman-lvm:   No volume groups found
      Oct  7 14:02:58 partman: Error running 'tune2fs -l /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha'
      Oct  7 14:02:58 partman: Error running 'tune2fs -l /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha'
      Oct  7 14:02:58 partman: Error running 'tune2fs -l /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha'
      Oct  7 14:06:11 HERE --> partman: mkswap: can't open '/dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha2': No such file or directory
      Oct  7 14:07:28 init: starting pid 401, tty '/dev/tty2': '-/bin/sh'
      Oct  7 14:15:00 net/hw-detect.hotplug: Detected hotpluggable network interface eth0
      Oct  7 14:15:00 net/hw-detect.hotplug: Detected hotpluggable network interface lo

  As You can see there are 2 errors

      Oct  7 14:02:55 dmraid-activate: ERROR: Cannot retrieve RAID set
  information for pdc_jhjbcaha

  and

      Oct  7 14:06:11 partman: mkswap: can't open
  '/dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha2': No such file or directory

  I looked in the internet and try to run command "dmraid -ay" and get
  something like that:

      dmraid -ay
      /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha -> Already activated
      /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha1 -> Successfully activated
      /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha2 -> Successfully activated
      /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha3 -> Successfully activated
      /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha4 -> Successfully activated
      /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha5 -> Successfully activated
      /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha6 -> Successfully activated

  Then I returned to installer with Alt+F1 (?) and click "Return" to
  return to partitioning menu. I did NOT change anything just selected
  again "Continue" and everything goes smoothly.

  I hope this will help someone.

  arkadius

  Idon't know, but maybe this is connected with bug:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmraid/+bug/941874

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