Hi Phillip, I deployed that server :)
I don't have another one of that same supermicro MB available . . . I might have one soon that I could test again. Todd Todd Williams Network and Systems Manager Division of Social Sciences - Cognitive Science, Communication, Linguistics & Psychology University of California San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr. MS 0109 858-534-8231 [email protected] [email protected] On Oct 22, 2014, at 2:00 PM, Phillip Susi <[email protected]> wrote: > We need to have a look at your /var/log/syslog after the installation > failure, so please copy it to another disk and attach it to this report. > > > ** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1373161 > > Title: > server 14.04.1 fails to install grub to /dev/sda /dev/sdb > > Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > First Bug post, looked through the list and didn't see anything > similar. Sorry if its a duplicate. > > This issue (bug?) Grub fails to install on a Software RAID mirror, has > occurred on all(6 installations) of our Supermicro X9DRH server > motherboards when installing Ubuntu 14.04 AND using 2 drives in a > Software mirror. > > We've come up with a solution, but I think the installer IS trying to > do the correct process, its just getting lost. > > We create identical partitions on each disk(formatted Software RAID), > and in the same order so everything lines up. > > When the first Software RAID partition is created, a 1MB partition in > the first section of the disk is created(as is should be for the > GRUBbios). > > Then we use the RAID Tools to Mirror the partitions. > > Then we start the install process. > > When it gets to the Install Grub process it attempts to install to > /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, which should be correct for the boot loader to > be on both Mirrors. It then fails and can't be fixed by any process > short of aborting grub install, completing the install without GRUB. > Then booting from another source and attempting repairs to GRUB. > > I can solve the problem by re-formatting the disks creating a /boot > partition on each disk of 10MB and formatting them GRUBbios(Im going > from memory). > > Then GRUB installs fine. > > Our partitioning schema is below. > > 0. /boot (10MB) -choose grubbios formatting(Ubuntu only) > 1: / (50GB) > 2: /tmp (50GB) > 3: /var (50GB) > 4 extended > 5: swap (256GB) > 6: /Local (remainder) > 7 /Scratch if you need scratch space for server. > > Our Ubuntu boxes are used for CPU and GPU computations. > > For fun I made a single SW RAID partition on each disk, mirrored the > partitions and installed Ubuntu, the same result occurred. > > I attached a photo of our partitioning schema. > > Thanks! > > Todd > Todd Williams > Network and Systems Manager > Division of Social Sciences - Cognitive Science, Communication, Linguistics > & Psychology > University of California San Diego > 9500 Gilman Dr. MS 0109 > 858-534-8231 > [email protected] > [email protected] > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1373161/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1373161 Title: server 14.04.1 fails to install grub to /dev/sda /dev/sdb To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1373161/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
