** Attachment added: "/var/log/installer/partman" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmraid/+bug/1063429/+attachment/3384030/+files/partman.gz
** Description changed: Hi I had: - Software: Dual boot with - + Windows XP - + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS x32 + + Windows XP + + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS x32 - Hardware - - Fake RAID 1 (mirroring) with 2x1 TB: + - Fake RAID 1 (mirroring) with 2x1 TB: Partition 1 - Windows Partition 2 - SWAP Partition 3 - / (root) Partition 4 - Extended Partition 5 - /home Partition 6 - /data + arek@domek:/var/log/installer$ sudo fdisk -l - arek@domek:/var/log/installer$ sudo fdisk -l + Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes + 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors + Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes + Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes + I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes + Disk identifier: 0x000de1b9 - Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes - 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors - Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes - Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes - I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes - Disk identifier: 0x000de1b9 + Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System + /dev/sda1 * 63 524297339 262148638+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT + /dev/sda2 524297340 528506369 2104515 82 Linux swap / Solaris + /dev/sda3 528506370 570468149 20980890 83 Linux + /dev/sda4 570468150 1953118439 691325145 5 Extended + /dev/sda5 570468213 675340469 52436128+ 83 Linux + /dev/sda6 675340533 1953118439 638888953+ 83 Linux - Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System - /dev/sda1 * 63 524297339 262148638+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT - /dev/sda2 524297340 528506369 2104515 82 Linux swap / Solaris - /dev/sda3 528506370 570468149 20980890 83 Linux - /dev/sda4 570468150 1953118439 691325145 5 Extended - /dev/sda5 570468213 675340469 52436128+ 83 Linux - /dev/sda6 675340533 1953118439 638888953+ 83 Linux + Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes + 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors + Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes + Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes + I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes + Disk identifier: 0x000de1b9 - Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes - 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors - Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes - Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes - I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes - Disk identifier: 0x000de1b9 + Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System + /dev/sdb1 * 63 524297339 262148638+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT + /dev/sdb2 524297340 528506369 2104515 82 Linux swap / Solaris + /dev/sdb3 528506370 570468149 20980890 83 Linux + /dev/sdb4 570468150 1953118439 691325145 5 Extended + /dev/sdb5 570468213 675340469 52436128+ 83 Linux + /dev/sdb6 675340533 1953118439 638888953+ 83 Linux - Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System - /dev/sdb1 * 63 524297339 262148638+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT - /dev/sdb2 524297340 528506369 2104515 82 Linux swap / Solaris - /dev/sdb3 528506370 570468149 20980890 83 Linux - /dev/sdb4 570468150 1953118439 691325145 5 Extended - /dev/sdb5 570468213 675340469 52436128+ 83 Linux - /dev/sdb6 675340533 1953118439 638888953+ 83 Linux - - arek@domek:/var/log/installer$ ls -l /dev/mapper/ - total 0 - crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Oct 7 20:17 control - lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha -> ../dm-0 - lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha1 -> ../dm-1 - lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha2 -> ../dm-2 - lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha3 -> ../dm-3 - lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha4 -> ../dm-4 - lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha5 -> ../dm-5 - lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha6 -> ../dm-6 - - + arek@domek:/var/log/installer$ ls -l /dev/mapper/ + total 0 + crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Oct 7 20:17 control + lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha -> ../dm-0 + lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha1 -> ../dm-1 + lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha2 -> ../dm-2 + lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha3 -> ../dm-3 + lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha4 -> ../dm-4 + lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha5 -> ../dm-5 + lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 pdc_jhjbcaha6 -> ../dm-6 I wanted to upgrade from 10.04 x32 to 12.04 x64 using FRESH installation. So, run installation of Ubuntu 12.04.1 x64 LTS using alternate CD. - During the installation I selected manual partitioning and to: - - Use and Format / (root) - - Use and Format SWAP - - Use and Keep data on /home - - Use and Keep data on /data + During the installation I selected manual partitioning and to: + - Use and Format / (root) + - Use and Format SWAP + - Use and Keep data on /home + - Use and Keep data on /data - - After I clicked "Continue" I get error creating and formatting SWAP partition. + After I clicked "Continue" I get error creating and formatting SWAP + partition. I go to terminal with Alt + F2 (?) and hit enter. I discovered that there was visible RAID as only disk with NO partitions. Something like this: - arek@domek:/var/log/installer$ ls -l /dev/mapper/ - lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha -> ../dm-0 + arek@domek:/var/log/installer$ ls -l /dev/mapper/ + lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 7 20:17 /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha -> ../dm-0 - - arek@domek:/var/log/installer$ ls -l /dev/dm* - brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 0 Oct 7 20:17 /dev/dm-0 - + arek@domek:/var/log/installer$ ls -l /dev/dm* + brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 0 Oct 7 20:17 /dev/dm-0 So I switched to log console Alt+F3 (?) and saw errors like below: - - Oct 7 14:02:45 check-missing-firmware: /dev/.udev/firmware-missing does not exist, skipping - Oct 7 14:02:45 check-missing-firmware: /run/udev/firmware-missing does not exist, skipping - Oct 7 14:02:45 check-missing-firmware: no missing firmware in /dev/.udev/firmware-missing /run/udev/firmware-missing - Oct 7 14:02:45 anna-install: Installing dmraid-udeb - Oct 7 14:02:45 anna[12599]: DEBUG: retrieving dmraid-udeb 1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu8 - Oct 7 14:02:49 anna[12599]: DEBUG: retrieving libdmraid1.0.0.rc16-udeb 1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu8 - Oct 7 14:02:49 anna[12599]: DEBUG: retrieving kpartx-udeb 0.4.9-3ubuntu5 - Oct 7 14:02:49 disk-detect: Serial ATA RAID disk(s) detected. - Oct 7 14:02:55 disk-detect: Enabling dmraid support. - Oct 7 14:02:55 disk-detect: RAID set "pdc_jhjbcaha" was activated - Oct 7 14:02:55 HERE --> dmraid-activate: ERROR: Cannot retrieve RAID set information for pdc_jhjbcaha - Oct 7 14:02:56 check-missing-firmware: /dev/.udev/firmware-missing does not exist, skipping - Oct 7 14:02:56 check-missing-firmware: /run/udev/firmware-missing does not exist, skipping - Oct 7 14:02:56 check-missing-firmware: no missing firmware in /dev/.udev/firmware-missing /run/udev/firmware-missing - Oct 7 14:02:57 main-menu[428]: DEBUG: resolver (libnewt0.52): package doesn't exist (ignored) - Oct 7 14:02:57 main-menu[428]: DEBUG: resolver (ext2-modules): package doesn't exist (ignored) - Oct 7 14:02:57 main-menu[428]: INFO: Menu item 'partman-base' selected - Oct 7 14:02:57 kernel: [ 316.512999] NTFS driver 2.1.30 [Flags: R/O MODULE]. - Oct 7 14:02:57 kernel: [ 316.523221] Btrfs loaded - Oct 7 14:02:57 kernel: [ 316.534781] JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536 - Oct 7 14:02:57 kernel: [ 316.554749] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, large block/inode numbers, no debug enabled - Oct 7 14:02:57 kernel: [ 316.555336] SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem - Oct 7 14:02:58 md-devices: mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically - Oct 7 14:02:58 partman: No matching physical volumes found - Oct 7 14:02:58 partman: No volume groups found - Oct 7 14:02:58 partman: Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... - Oct 7 14:02:58 partman-lvm: No volume groups found - Oct 7 14:02:58 partman: Error running 'tune2fs -l /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha' - Oct 7 14:02:58 partman: Error running 'tune2fs -l /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha' - Oct 7 14:02:58 partman: Error running 'tune2fs -l /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha' - Oct 7 14:06:11 HERE --> partman: mkswap: can't open '/dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha2': No such file or directory - Oct 7 14:07:28 init: starting pid 401, tty '/dev/tty2': '-/bin/sh' - Oct 7 14:15:00 net/hw-detect.hotplug: Detected hotpluggable network interface eth0 - Oct 7 14:15:00 net/hw-detect.hotplug: Detected hotpluggable network interface lo - + Oct 7 14:02:45 check-missing-firmware: /dev/.udev/firmware-missing does not exist, skipping + Oct 7 14:02:45 check-missing-firmware: /run/udev/firmware-missing does not exist, skipping + Oct 7 14:02:45 check-missing-firmware: no missing firmware in /dev/.udev/firmware-missing /run/udev/firmware-missing + Oct 7 14:02:45 anna-install: Installing dmraid-udeb + Oct 7 14:02:45 anna[12599]: DEBUG: retrieving dmraid-udeb 1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu8 + Oct 7 14:02:49 anna[12599]: DEBUG: retrieving libdmraid1.0.0.rc16-udeb 1.0.0.rc16-4.1ubuntu8 + Oct 7 14:02:49 anna[12599]: DEBUG: retrieving kpartx-udeb 0.4.9-3ubuntu5 + Oct 7 14:02:49 disk-detect: Serial ATA RAID disk(s) detected. + Oct 7 14:02:55 disk-detect: Enabling dmraid support. + Oct 7 14:02:55 disk-detect: RAID set "pdc_jhjbcaha" was activated + Oct 7 14:02:55 HERE --> dmraid-activate: ERROR: Cannot retrieve RAID set information for pdc_jhjbcaha + Oct 7 14:02:56 check-missing-firmware: /dev/.udev/firmware-missing does not exist, skipping + Oct 7 14:02:56 check-missing-firmware: /run/udev/firmware-missing does not exist, skipping + Oct 7 14:02:56 check-missing-firmware: no missing firmware in /dev/.udev/firmware-missing /run/udev/firmware-missing + Oct 7 14:02:57 main-menu[428]: DEBUG: resolver (libnewt0.52): package doesn't exist (ignored) + Oct 7 14:02:57 main-menu[428]: DEBUG: resolver (ext2-modules): package doesn't exist (ignored) + Oct 7 14:02:57 main-menu[428]: INFO: Menu item 'partman-base' selected + Oct 7 14:02:57 kernel: [ 316.512999] NTFS driver 2.1.30 [Flags: R/O MODULE]. + Oct 7 14:02:57 kernel: [ 316.523221] Btrfs loaded + Oct 7 14:02:57 kernel: [ 316.534781] JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536 + Oct 7 14:02:57 kernel: [ 316.554749] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, large block/inode numbers, no debug enabled + Oct 7 14:02:57 kernel: [ 316.555336] SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem + Oct 7 14:02:58 md-devices: mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically + Oct 7 14:02:58 partman: No matching physical volumes found + Oct 7 14:02:58 partman: No volume groups found + Oct 7 14:02:58 partman: Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... + Oct 7 14:02:58 partman-lvm: No volume groups found + Oct 7 14:02:58 partman: Error running 'tune2fs -l /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha' + Oct 7 14:02:58 partman: Error running 'tune2fs -l /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha' + Oct 7 14:02:58 partman: Error running 'tune2fs -l /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha' + Oct 7 14:06:11 HERE --> partman: mkswap: can't open '/dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha2': No such file or directory + Oct 7 14:07:28 init: starting pid 401, tty '/dev/tty2': '-/bin/sh' + Oct 7 14:15:00 net/hw-detect.hotplug: Detected hotpluggable network interface eth0 + Oct 7 14:15:00 net/hw-detect.hotplug: Detected hotpluggable network interface lo As You can see there are 2 errors + Oct 7 14:02:55 dmraid-activate: ERROR: Cannot retrieve RAID set + information for pdc_jhjbcaha - Oct 7 14:02:55 dmraid-activate: ERROR: Cannot retrieve RAID set information for pdc_jhjbcaha + and - - and - - - Oct 7 14:06:11 partman: mkswap: can't open '/dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha2': No such file or directory - + Oct 7 14:06:11 partman: mkswap: can't open + '/dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha2': No such file or directory I looked in the internet and try to run command "dmraid -ay" and get something like that: + dmraid -ay + /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha -> Already activated + /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha1 -> Successfully activated + /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha2 -> Successfully activated + /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha3 -> Successfully activated + /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha4 -> Successfully activated + /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha5 -> Successfully activated + /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha6 -> Successfully activated - dmraid -ay - /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha -> Already activated - /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha1 -> Successfully activated - /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha2 -> Successfully activated - /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha3 -> Successfully activated - /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha4 -> Successfully activated - /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha5 -> Successfully activated - /dev/mapper/pdc_jhjbcaha6 -> Successfully activated - - - - Then I returned to installer with Alt+F1 (?) and click "Return" to return to partitioning menu. I did NOT change anything just selected again "Continue" and everything goes smoothly. - + Then I returned to installer with Alt+F1 (?) and click "Return" to + return to partitioning menu. I did NOT change anything just selected + again "Continue" and everything goes smoothly. I hope this will help someone. + arkadius - arkadius + Idon't know, but maybe this is connected with bug: + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmraid/+bug/941874 + + . -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1063429 Title: Installing Ubuntu 12.04.1 x64 with Fake RAID 1 partitions not fully recognized To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmraid/+bug/1063429/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
