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2013/8/24 Josef Klotzner <[email protected]> > Sorry, but in the moment it will not be a good idea to destroy my RAID > again only to know, if this would work also with new install. > I have several OS Systems on the Raid besides ~ 1 TB data. > It would take me days of work to test and bring my machine back to state > of before via Backup. > I need it currently every day an am not able to. > > I have already tested was P. Susi created to fix that bug. You can trust > it works and implement as it is. > Fact is: if you don't implement susi's fix ubuntu installs will still > TOTALLY fail if you want to install on extended partitions of a Raid. If > you implement it only can improve. > > What i can imagine to do, is to test with a life CD, updated to include > fix, if the Raid is mounted and accessible, because either this did not > work properly as far as i can remember. But please don't ask me to destroy > my RAID for a further test. Thank You. > > kind regards > Josef > > > 2013/8/18 Launchpad Bug Tracker <[email protected]> > >> ** Branch linked: lp:~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/precise/multipath-tools >> /precise-proposed >> >> -- >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug >> report. >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1093918 >> >> Title: >> grub-probe auto-detection fails on raid >> >> Status in “multipath-tools” package in Ubuntu: >> Fix Released >> Status in “multipath-tools” source package in Precise: >> Fix Committed >> Status in “multipath-tools” source package in Quantal: >> Triaged >> >> Bug description: >> kpartx was mapping the entire extended partition then stacking the >> logical partitions on that device. This exposes a device that >> otherwise appears to be an entire disk device containing the logical >> partitions, and this confuses grub. The extended partition is >> supposed to only expose the first two sectors to allow LILO to be >> installed. >> >> The patch has been applied upstream now, and since this is the only >> change since quantal, a simple copy to quantal-updates should resolve >> it there as well. I have done this in my ppa and the reporter has >> verified it has fixed the issue. >> >> TEST CASE: >> >> Use fdisk to create an extended parition either on a fakeraid disk or >> an LVM logical volume. Run kpartx -a /dev/mapper/whatever to activate >> the partitions on the disk. Assuming the extended partition is number >> 3, then sudo blockdev --getsz /dev/mapper/whatever3 will report the >> apparent size of the extended partition. The size should only be 2 >> sectors regardless of the size of the extended partition. >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/multipath-tools/+bug/1093918/+subscriptions >> > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1093918 Title: grub-probe auto-detection fails on raid To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/multipath-tools/+bug/1093918/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
