Your message dated Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:42:03 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Re: Bug#852012: Debian-Installer: mount of partition failed has caused the Debian Bug report #852012, regarding Debian-Installer: mount of partition failed to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: debian-installer Dear Maintainer, I tried to install Debian Jessie 8.7 over the network with a preseed-file. After partitioning I get the following message: " The attempt to mount a file system with type ext4 in SCSI1 (2,0,0), partition #3 (sda) at / failed. [...] " The partitions are created as defined in preseed (checked with fdisk). Partitioning Definition: d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda grub-installer grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/sda d-i partman-auto/method string lvm d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true #d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition \\ #select Guided - use entire disk and set up LVM d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string raid0 d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select boot-root d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \\ boot-root :: \ 1000 1000 1000 ext3 \ $primary{ } $bootable{ } \ method{ format } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } \ filesystem{ ext4 } \ mountpoint{ /boot } \ . \ 4000 4000 4000 linux-swap \ $primary{ } \ method{ swap } format{ } \ . \ 20000 20000 20000 ext3 \ $primary{ } \ method{ format } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } \ filesystem{ ext4 } \ mountpoint{ / } \ . \ 30000 30000 -1 ext3 \ $lvmok{ } \ lv_name{ dummy } \ use_filesystem{ } \ filesystem{ ext3 } \ method{ keep } \ . d-i partman/default_filesystem string ext4 d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true d-i partman/choose_partition select finish d-i partman/confirm boolean true d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true d-i partman-basicfilesystems/no_mount_point yes ############# The installation with this partition layout worked without problems with Debian Jessie 8.1 - 8.6. I get the same error when I try the example preseed from here: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/example-preseed.txt d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda d-i partman-auto/method string lvm d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic Trying to mount /dev/sda1 to /mnt gives the message: "mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /mnt/ failed: No such file or directory" Bind-Mount of /etc to /mnt is working (this was only a test) Cheers Manuel -- System Information: Debian Release: Jessie Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.36-1+deb8u1 (2016-09-03) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/busybox
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--- Begin Message ---On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 01:47:35PM +0100, Manuel Ambauen wrote: >Close bug report 852012 > > >Booting with a newer kernel version via PXE fixes the problem. Cool, closing with this mail. Thanks for confirming! -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] "Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten." -- Malcolm Ray
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