[Bug 1322182] [NEW] fatal error on clean install to existing RAID10

Bruce Braley 1322182 at bugs.launchpad.net
Thu May 22 13:30:02 UTC 2014


Public bug reported:

I booted from the dvd, clicked "Try Kubuntu", downloaded and set up mdadm, ran mdadm --assemble --scan, and got the following from mdadm --detail /dev/md1
/dev/md1:
        Version : 1.2
  Creation Time : Thu Oct 27 00:34:39 2011
     Raid Level : raid10
     Array Size : 3875288064 (3695.76 GiB 3968.29 GB)
  Used Dev Size : 1937644032 (1847.88 GiB 1984.15 GB)
   Raid Devices : 4
  Total Devices : 4
    Persistence : Superblock is persistent

    Update Time : Wed May 21 03:05:57 2014
          State : clean 
 Active Devices : 4
Working Devices : 4
 Failed Devices : 0
  Spare Devices : 0

         Layout : near=2
     Chunk Size : 512K

           Name : bruce-kubuntu-RAID10:1
           UUID : dc641f0e:34c13fe3:2ccda182:7a42822f
         Events : 689

    Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
       0       8        3        0      active sync   /dev/sda3
       1       8       19        1      active sync   /dev/sdb3
       2       8       35        2      active sync   /dev/sdc3
       3       8       51        3      active sync   /dev/sdd3

Next, I clicked "Install Kubuntu 14.04 LTS". When I got to "Disk Setup Installation type" I chose "Manual".
The installer found /dev/md0, which is my swap, and /dev/md1, which is my main RAID. I selected it and clicked "change". I changed "do not use the partition" to "ext4 journaling file system", chose "Format the partition", and the automatically selected Mount point "/". I then selected "/dev/sda1", which is a 1MB partition, and clicked "change", selected "Reserved BIOS boot area", and "Ok" because "Format the partition" and "Mount point:" were grayed out.

Next, since "Device for boot loader installation:" defaulted to "/dev/sda", I selected "/dev/sda1".
The installer continued, downloaded and installed files, then presented a text box "Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error." I clicked "Ok" and got "Installer Crashed We're sorry, the installer crashed. Please file a new bug report..." which brought me here. 

I also tried allowing "Device for boot loader installation:" to default
to "/dev/sda", with the same fatal error resulting.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.7 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340
Date: Thu May 22 05:47:12 2014
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed boot=casper maybe-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug kubuntu trusty ubiquity-2.18.7

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Title:
  fatal error on clean install to existing RAID10

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I booted from the dvd, clicked "Try Kubuntu", downloaded and set up mdadm, ran mdadm --assemble --scan, and got the following from mdadm --detail /dev/md1
  /dev/md1:
          Version : 1.2
    Creation Time : Thu Oct 27 00:34:39 2011
       Raid Level : raid10
       Array Size : 3875288064 (3695.76 GiB 3968.29 GB)
    Used Dev Size : 1937644032 (1847.88 GiB 1984.15 GB)
     Raid Devices : 4
    Total Devices : 4
      Persistence : Superblock is persistent

      Update Time : Wed May 21 03:05:57 2014
            State : clean 
   Active Devices : 4
  Working Devices : 4
   Failed Devices : 0
    Spare Devices : 0

           Layout : near=2
       Chunk Size : 512K

             Name : bruce-kubuntu-RAID10:1
             UUID : dc641f0e:34c13fe3:2ccda182:7a42822f
           Events : 689

      Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State
         0       8        3        0      active sync   /dev/sda3
         1       8       19        1      active sync   /dev/sdb3
         2       8       35        2      active sync   /dev/sdc3
         3       8       51        3      active sync   /dev/sdd3

  Next, I clicked "Install Kubuntu 14.04 LTS". When I got to "Disk Setup Installation type" I chose "Manual".
  The installer found /dev/md0, which is my swap, and /dev/md1, which is my main RAID. I selected it and clicked "change". I changed "do not use the partition" to "ext4 journaling file system", chose "Format the partition", and the automatically selected Mount point "/". I then selected "/dev/sda1", which is a 1MB partition, and clicked "change", selected "Reserved BIOS boot area", and "Ok" because "Format the partition" and "Mount point:" were grayed out.

  Next, since "Device for boot loader installation:" defaulted to "/dev/sda", I selected "/dev/sda1".
  The installer continued, downloaded and installed files, then presented a text box "Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error." I clicked "Ok" and got "Installer Crashed We're sorry, the installer crashed. Please file a new bug report..." which brought me here. 

  I also tried allowing "Device for boot loader installation:" to
  default to "/dev/sda", with the same fatal error resulting.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.7 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  Date: Thu May 22 05:47:12 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed boot=casper maybe-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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