Bug#925414: debian-installer: fails to install on xfs

[Cyril Brulebois]

Hey,

Colin Watson  (2019-03-24):
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 06:59:31PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> > This is with a daily from 2019-03-24 but I'm not sure this is due to
> > some kernel module mismatch between d-i and the installed system…
> 
> For future reference, kernel module mismatches can't cause this type
> of error.  The relevant bit of GRUB's filesystem handling runs in
> userspace, and only needs access to the block device.

Sure, it's just a common enough gotcha that's a #1 topic on my list to
check before doing anything else; I didn't mean to imply this was
particularly relevant in this specific context. Sorry for the incomplete
brain dump…

> > Installing with default ext4, with or without encrypted LVM works just
> > fine, but grub fails when trying to install on plain xfs:
> > 
> > Mar 24 17:35:57 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda'
> > Mar 24 17:35:57 grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support 
> > --no-floppy
> > Mar 24 17:35:57 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target 
> > grub-install  --force "/dev/sda"
> > Mar 24 17:35:57 grub-installer: Installing for i386-pc platform.
> > Mar 24 17:35:58 grub-installer: grub-install: error:
> > Mar 24 17:35:58 grub-installer:
> > Mar 24 17:35:58 grub-installer: unknown filesystem
> > Mar 24 17:35:58 grub-installer: .
> > Mar 24 17:35:58 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --force 
> > "/dev/sda"' failed.
> 
> The syslog shows that 2.02+dfsg1-13 was installed.  I already fixed this
> in 2.02+dfsg1-14 - it's just not in testing yet:
> 
> grub2 (2.02+dfsg1-14) unstable; urgency=medium
> 
>   * Make signed packages depend on a matching version of grub-common, in an
> attempt to prevent incorrect testing migrations (closes: #924814).
>   * Cherry-pick from upstream:
> - xfs: Accept filesystem with sparse inodes (closes: #924760).
>   * Minimise writes to EFI variable storage (closes: #891434).
> 
>  -- Colin Watson   Sat, 23 Mar 2019 09:47:10 +

OK, great.

Sorry for the noise; I didn't report it when I first encountered it a
couple of weeks ago and lost track; didn't want to do that again, so I
filed it right away before hoping into a train.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org)
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant


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Bug#925414: debian-installer: fails to install on xfs

[Colin Watson]

Control: reassign -1 src:grub2 2.02+dfsg1-13
Control: close -1 2.02+dfsg1-14
Control: merge 924760 -1

On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 06:59:31PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> This is with a daily from 2019-03-24 but I'm not sure this is due to
> some kernel module mismatch between d-i and the installed system…

For future reference, kernel module mismatches can't cause this type of
error.  The relevant bit of GRUB's filesystem handling runs in
userspace, and only needs access to the block device.

> Installing with default ext4, with or without encrypted LVM works just
> fine, but grub fails when trying to install on plain xfs:
> 
> Mar 24 17:35:57 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda'
> Mar 24 17:35:57 grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support 
> --no-floppy
> Mar 24 17:35:57 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install 
>  --force "/dev/sda"
> Mar 24 17:35:57 grub-installer: Installing for i386-pc platform.
> Mar 24 17:35:58 grub-installer: grub-install: error:
> Mar 24 17:35:58 grub-installer:
> Mar 24 17:35:58 grub-installer: unknown filesystem
> Mar 24 17:35:58 grub-installer: .
> Mar 24 17:35:58 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --force 
> "/dev/sda"' failed.

The syslog shows that 2.02+dfsg1-13 was installed.  I already fixed this
in 2.02+dfsg1-14 - it's just not in testing yet:

grub2 (2.02+dfsg1-14) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Make signed packages depend on a matching version of grub-common, in an
attempt to prevent incorrect testing migrations (closes: #924814).
  * Cherry-pick from upstream:
- xfs: Accept filesystem with sparse inodes (closes: #924760).
  * Minimise writes to EFI variable storage (closes: #891434).

 -- Colin Watson   Sat, 23 Mar 2019 09:47:10 +

Thanks,

-- 
Colin Watson   [cjwat...@debian.org]

Bug#925414: debian-installer: fails to install on xfs

[Cyril Brulebois]

Package: debian-installer
Severity: important

[grub2 maintainers in copy.]

This is with a daily from 2019-03-24 but I'm not sure this is due to
some kernel module mismatch between d-i and the installed system…

Installing with default ext4, with or without encrypted LVM works just
fine, but grub fails when trying to install on plain xfs:

Mar 24 17:35:57 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda'
Mar 24 17:35:57 grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support 
--no-floppy
Mar 24 17:35:57 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  
--force "/dev/sda"
Mar 24 17:35:57 grub-installer: Installing for i386-pc platform.
Mar 24 17:35:58 grub-installer: grub-install: error:
Mar 24 17:35:58 grub-installer:
Mar 24 17:35:58 grub-installer: unknown filesystem
Mar 24 17:35:58 grub-installer: .
Mar 24 17:35:58 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --force 
"/dev/sda"' failed.

dmesg & syslog attached.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org)
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant


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