------- Comment From [email protected] 2016-10-04 01:15 EDT------- (In reply to comment #6) > Is this an installation done with manual partitioning? It seems to me like > this is an unsupported partitioning scheme. > > For ppc64el, GRUB typically expects a small (8Mb) partition at the start of > the disk to use as a location to install PReP. > > In this kind of cases, we should still have partman-prep warn the user about > the lack of a PReP partition, so there is a bug in this case if that doesn't > happen, regardless of whether this is manual or automatic partitioning. > > FWIW, I know that booting from petitboot is a slightly different > subarchitecture for d-i, but I haven't been able to find the special code > paths for it at a quick glance in partman; I will dig more once we have the > information requested above.
Hi, Yes,this installation is done manually creating 3 partitions as below. 1.8mb-->PowerPC PReP boot partition 2.50 gb-->Swap 3.600 gb-->root as JFS file system ?????????????????????????? [!!] Partition disks ??????????????????????????? ? ? ? This is an overview of your currently configured partitions and mount ? ? points. Select a partition to modify its settings (file system, mount ? ? point, etc.), a free space to create partitions, or a device to ? ? initialize its partition table. ? ? ? ? Configure encrypted volumes ? ? Configure iSCSI volumes ? ? ? ? ? ? SCSI4 (0,0,0) (sdj) - 1.0 TB ATA ST1000NX0313 ? ? ? > 1.0 MB FREE SPACE ? ? ? > #1 7.3 MB K ? ============>> PowerPC PReP boot partition ? > #2 50.0 GB f swap swap ? ? > #3 600.0 GB f jfs / ? ? ? > 350.2 GB FREE SPACE ? ? ? SCSI5 (0,0,0) (sdk) - 1.0 TB ATA ST1000NX0313 ? ? ? ? <Go Back> ? ? ? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? <F1> for help; <Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons ?? [!!] Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk ?? ???????????? ? ????????? ? ? Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sdj1 ? ? ? ? Executing 'grub-install /dev/sdj1' failed. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Running "? This is a fatal error. ? ? ? ? ? ? ???????????? <Go Back> <Continue> ? ????????? ? ? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? <Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons Thanks, Pooja -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1630017 Title: Ubuntu 16.10 installation with root as JFS file system fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-prep/+bug/1630017/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
