Public bug reported: Binary package hint: debian-installer
Using the server install CD, setting up separate RAID devices fails in 10.04, while the same process successfully completes in 9.10. System used: Standard x86_64 PC with two 500GB WD Sata Drives (freshly and completely zero'd with dd), standard x86_64 server install cd Steps to reproduce: 1.) Start the server installer 2.) Continue to the partitioning menu 3.) Select manual partitioning 4.) Create two primary raid partitions on /dev/sda (one 20GB, one 480GB) 5.) Create two primary raid partitions on /dev/sdb (one 20GB, one 480GB) 6.) Create a new RAID 1 array (md0), with members sda1 and sdb1 and no spare drives. 6.) Create a new RAID 1 array (md1), with members sda2 and sdb2 and no spare drives. 7.) Please note, that the installer indicates some "unuseable" space on the RAID devices - the installer in 9.10 does not so. 8.) Create one partition on the first RAID1 array (md0) for / and one on the second RAID array (md1) for /home 9.) Continue with the installation as usual, install grub into /dev/sda and /dev/sdb 10.) Reboot the system Expected behavior: The system should boot up normally, and we should have the following partitioning scheme: /dev/md0p1 - ext4, 20GB /dev/md1p1 - ext4, 480GB Actual behavior: The system fails to boot and has the following scheme (recorded from the rescue CD): /dev/md0 - no filesystems (!!) /dev/md1p1 - ext4, 20GB /dev/md1p2 - ext4, 480GB The prompt gives a message similar to this one (this message is actually extracted from a forum thread http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1120840 - i could not capture the real message from screen): Log of fsck -C3 -R -A -a Tue Apr 7 22:04:47 2009 fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) /dev/md0: The filesystem size (according to the superblock) is 122096000 blocks The physical size of the device is 122095984 blocks Either the superblock or the partition table is likely to be corrupt! /dev/md0: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. (i.e., without -a or -p options) fsck died with exit status 4 Tue Apr 7 22:04:48 2009 ---------------- Workarounds: a.) Do manual partitioning and RAID creating, then boot the 10.04 server install cd b.) Install 9.10 to get the partition layout done right, then boot the 10.04 server install cd and re-use the partitions, saying "yes, format it". For me this is a huge regression, since everything worked fine in 9.10 and for a LTS release I would have never expected such a major breakage in the installer! ** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- installer fails creating two separate RAID devices and boot fails (regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591721 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
