[Bug 1065281] Re: Installer crashed when trying to partition 4k/4k sector hard disks

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 2.00-19ubuntu1

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grub2 (2.00-19ubuntu1) saucy; urgency=low

  * Resynchronise with Debian.  Remaining changes:
    - Default to hiding the menu; holding down Shift at boot will show it.
    - Add crashkernel option.
    - Bypass menu unless other OSes are installed or Shift is pressed.
    - Show the boot menu if the previous boot failed.
    - Check hardware support before using gfxpayload=keep.
    - Set vt.handoff=7 for smooth handoff to kernel graphical mode.
    - In recovery mode, add nomodeset to the Linux kernel arguments, and
      remove the 'set gfxpayload=keep' command.
    - Handle probing striped DM-RAID devices.

grub2 (2.00-19) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Merge from Ubuntu:
    - debian/build-efi-images: Where possible, make use of the device path
      derived from the EFI Loaded Image Protocol to compute the prefix
      (LP: #1097570).
    - debian/build-efi-images: Add a netboot image target to our set of
      prebuilt EFI images (thanks, Steve Langasek).
  * Backport from upstream:
    - Handle partitions on non-512B EFI disks (LP: #1065281).

  [ Phillip Susi ]
  * restore_mkdevicemap.patch: Fix dmraid uuid check to look for "DMRAID-"
    anywhere instead of only at the start, since kpartx prefixes it with
    "partN-" (LP: #1183915).
 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com>   Wed, 18 Sep 2013 21:20:28 +0100

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  Installer crashed when trying to partition 4k/4k sector hard disks

Status in The Dell PowerEdge project:
  In Progress
Status in OEM Priority Project:
  Fix Committed
Status in OEM Priority Project precise series:
  In Progress
Status in OEM Priority Project quantal series:
  In Progress
Status in OEM Priority Project raring series:
  Fix Released
Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu quantal series:
  Triaged
Status in “dosfstools” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “efibootmgr” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-auto” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-base” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-basicfilesystems” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-efi” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “dosfstools” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “efibootmgr” source package in Precise:
  Triaged
Status in “grub2” source package in Precise:
  Triaged
Status in “partman-auto” source package in Precise:
  In Progress
Status in “partman-base” source package in Precise:
  Triaged
Status in “partman-basicfilesystems” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-efi” source package in Precise:
  Triaged
Status in “dosfstools” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in “efibootmgr” source package in Quantal:
  Triaged
Status in “grub2” source package in Quantal:
  Triaged
Status in “partman-auto” source package in Quantal:
  Triaged
Status in “partman-base” source package in Quantal:
  Triaged
Status in “partman-basicfilesystems” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-efi” source package in Quantal:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  partman_server crashes on Ubuntu 12.10 server for amd64 when trying to
  partition an Advanced Format (4k / 4k sector) hard disk.

  Disks that utilize 4k sectors with 512 emulation work fine.  The
  installer has no problems with those.

  Steps to Reproduce:
  1) Begin the installation in EFI mode. 
  2) At the disk partitioning stage, select "Guided use Entire Disk" or "Manual"
  3) Review and accept the proposed partitioning scheme and write changes to disk. 

  Actual Results:
  The system will attempt to create a the EFIboot partition.  At this stage the installer appears to hang.   Pressing Ctrl+AltF4 reveals that parted_server has crashed with the following message:

  parted_server[13865]: segfault at 22fa000 ip 00007fa6eb74bee7 sp
  00007fffec3ab500 error 4 in libparted.so.0.0.1[7fa6eb735000+64000]

  Expected results:
  Installation should carry on without a crash.

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