** Description changed: Binary package hint: devicekit-disks After upgrade to Karmic, my machine will no longer boot with a "ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/XXX does not exist." error. I did search the forums but my situation seems different from all of the problems I found in that: - [LIST=1] - [*]/dev/hda1 is also missing - [*]/dev/disk/by-uuid is [B]completely[/B] missing - [/LIST] + 1) /dev/hda1 is also missing + 2) /dev/disk/by-uuid is [B]completely[/B] missing Because of #1, the root partition is not mounted, and I can't get to fdisk or /etc/mtab or any of the usual suggestions. - This is what I see at the boot-recovery (busybox) terminal: [CODE]$ ls /dev/sd* /dev/sda /dev/sdb $ ls /dev/disk/* -l /dev/disk/by-id: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 ata-MAXTOR_6L060J3_663210555230 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 ata-MAXTOR_6L060J3_663217454727 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-11-28 20:32 dm-name-pdc_dgecfaiii -> ../../mapper/pdc_dgecfaiii lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-11-28 20:32 dm-uuid-DMRAID-pdc_dgecfaiii -> ../../mapper/pdc_dgecfaiii lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_6L060J3_663210555230 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_6L060J3_663217454727 -> ../../sda /dev/disk/by-label: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:33 Ubuntu\x209.10\x20i386 -> ../../sr0 /dev/disk/by-path: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 pci-0000:00:0f.1-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 pci-0000:00:0f.1-scsi-0:0:1:0 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 pci-0000:00:0f.1-scsi-1:0:0:0 -> ../../sr0[/CODE] - - Because of #1, the root partition is not mounted, and my machine is not bootable, so I had to file a ticket using this procedure: + Because of #1, the root partition is not mounted, and my machine is not + bootable, so I had to file a ticket using this procedure: (After booting to an Ubuntu Dapper live-CD) sudo -i mount /dev/disk/by-uuid/1d79a35a-566c-4083-a75a-bafc8b0bb545 /mnt mount /dev/disk/by-uuid/17a59b8e-904d-46ed-968c-d8ca2d3c53b7 /mnt/boot/ mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/var/run/resolvconf/resolv.conf chroot /mnt /bin/bash su - golemon ubuntu-bug - I attempted to resolve my issues on the Ubuntu forums, but my problem doesn't seem to be a conventional one. The thread is here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1339024 - ------ Problem: A long time ago I had my disks in a RAID array. The new dmraid package in Karmic detected this and set up my disks to mount as raid. Note the '/dev/sr0' partition shown above. Not very helpful... + This took me four days of intense debugging to figure out and fix, and + I'm not a casual Linux user. If Gramdma or Mom runs into this, they're + looking at an effectively bricked computer. + ------ Solution: Download and boot to a Karmic Live-CD. Run the following to remove lingering RAID meta-data: - [CODE]sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda - sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sdb[/CODE] + sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda + sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sdb + ------ + Bugfix: + + dmraid needs to be more careful when installing. It should not changes + disks from IDE mode to RAID mode without a clear message and + confirmation from the user. + + To automate the detection better, dmraid should check the *content* of + the disks, not just the metadata. If putting the disks in raid mode + makes all the content unusable, then that's a poor guess for + autoconfiguration. + + I note that gparted was able to still detect my partitions correctly + even with the disks configured to RAID. There's probably some good code + to "share" there. ------ ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 CustomUdevRuleFiles: 85-lvm.rules 45-libmtp7.rules 45-logitechmouse.rules 65-libmtp.rules 50-bluez-pcmcia-support.rules 85-mdadm.rules 85-evms.rules 025_logitechmouse.rules 45-libnjb.rules Date: Sat Nov 28 19:47:16 2009 DevkitDisksDump: Error: command ['devkit-disks', '--dump'] failed with exit code 1: (devkit-disks:9529): devkit-disks-WARNING **: Couldn't connect to system bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 NonfreeKernelModules: ipv6 af_packet rfcomm l2cap bluetooth ppdev lp powernow_k8 cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_stats cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand freq_table cpufreq_conservative video output sbs sbshc container dock ac iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables snd_via82xx gameport snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device psmouse snd parport_pc i2c_viapro amd64_agp button serio_raw shpchp parport i2c_core agpgart k8temp evdev pci_hotplug soundcore pcspkr battery squashfs loop unionfs usbhid hid nls_cp437 isofs ext3 jbd mbcache sg sr_mod cdrom sd_mod floppy via_rhine mii ehci_hcd pata_via uhci_hcd sata_via pata_acpi ata_generic usbcore libata scsi_mod thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor fuse Package: devicekit-disks 007-2ubuntu3 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash -- ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.24-24.56-generic SourcePackage: devicekit-disks Symptom: storage UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-generic i686 XsessionErrors: (gnome-settings-daemon:3897): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed (gnome-panel:3908): libglade-WARNING **: Unexpected element <requires-version> inside <glade-interface>. (gnome-terminal:3987): Gtk-WARNING **: PopupLeaveFullscreen: missing action PopupLeaveFullscreen (gnome-terminal:3987): Gtk-WARNING **: PopupLeaveFullscreen: missing action PopupLeaveFullscreen dmi.bios.date: 03/31/2005 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG dmi.board.name: K8M800-M2 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd03/31/2005:svn:pn:pvr:rvn:rnK8M800-M2:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:
** Description changed: Binary package hint: devicekit-disks After upgrade to Karmic, my machine will no longer boot with a "ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/XXX does not exist." error. I did search the forums but my situation seems different from all of the problems I found in that: 1) /dev/hda1 is also missing - 2) /dev/disk/by-uuid is [B]completely[/B] missing + 2) /dev/disk/by-uuid is *completely* missing Because of #1, the root partition is not mounted, and I can't get to fdisk or /etc/mtab or any of the usual suggestions. This is what I see at the boot-recovery (busybox) terminal: - [CODE]$ ls /dev/sd* + $ ls /dev/sd* /dev/sda /dev/sdb $ ls /dev/disk/* -l /dev/disk/by-id: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 ata-MAXTOR_6L060J3_663210555230 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 ata-MAXTOR_6L060J3_663217454727 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-11-28 20:32 dm-name-pdc_dgecfaiii -> ../../mapper/pdc_dgecfaiii lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-11-28 20:32 dm-uuid-DMRAID-pdc_dgecfaiii -> ../../mapper/pdc_dgecfaiii lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_6L060J3_663210555230 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_6L060J3_663217454727 -> ../../sda /dev/disk/by-label: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:33 Ubuntu\x209.10\x20i386 -> ../../sr0 /dev/disk/by-path: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 pci-0000:00:0f.1-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 pci-0000:00:0f.1-scsi-0:0:1:0 -> ../../sdb - lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 pci-0000:00:0f.1-scsi-1:0:0:0 -> ../../sr0[/CODE] + lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-11-28 20:32 pci-0000:00:0f.1-scsi-1:0:0:0 -> ../../sr0 Because of #1, the root partition is not mounted, and my machine is not bootable, so I had to file a ticket using this procedure: (After booting to an Ubuntu Dapper live-CD) sudo -i mount /dev/disk/by-uuid/1d79a35a-566c-4083-a75a-bafc8b0bb545 /mnt mount /dev/disk/by-uuid/17a59b8e-904d-46ed-968c-d8ca2d3c53b7 /mnt/boot/ mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/var/run/resolvconf/resolv.conf chroot /mnt /bin/bash su - golemon ubuntu-bug I attempted to resolve my issues on the Ubuntu forums, but my problem doesn't seem to be a conventional one. The thread is here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1339024 ------ Problem: A long time ago I had my disks in a RAID array. The new dmraid package in Karmic detected this and set up my disks to mount as raid. Note the '/dev/sr0' partition shown above. Not very helpful... This took me four days of intense debugging to figure out and fix, and I'm not a casual Linux user. If Gramdma or Mom runs into this, they're looking at an effectively bricked computer. ------ Solution: Download and boot to a Karmic Live-CD. Run the following to remove lingering RAID meta-data: sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sdb ------ Bugfix: dmraid needs to be more careful when installing. It should not changes disks from IDE mode to RAID mode without a clear message and confirmation from the user. To automate the detection better, dmraid should check the *content* of the disks, not just the metadata. If putting the disks in raid mode makes all the content unusable, then that's a poor guess for autoconfiguration. I note that gparted was able to still detect my partitions correctly even with the disks configured to RAID. There's probably some good code to "share" there. ------ ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 CustomUdevRuleFiles: 85-lvm.rules 45-libmtp7.rules 45-logitechmouse.rules 65-libmtp.rules 50-bluez-pcmcia-support.rules 85-mdadm.rules 85-evms.rules 025_logitechmouse.rules 45-libnjb.rules Date: Sat Nov 28 19:47:16 2009 DevkitDisksDump: Error: command ['devkit-disks', '--dump'] failed with exit code 1: (devkit-disks:9529): devkit-disks-WARNING **: Couldn't connect to system bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 NonfreeKernelModules: ipv6 af_packet rfcomm l2cap bluetooth ppdev lp powernow_k8 cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_stats cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand freq_table cpufreq_conservative video output sbs sbshc container dock ac iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables snd_via82xx gameport snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device psmouse snd parport_pc i2c_viapro amd64_agp button serio_raw shpchp parport i2c_core agpgart k8temp evdev pci_hotplug soundcore pcspkr battery squashfs loop unionfs usbhid hid nls_cp437 isofs ext3 jbd mbcache sg sr_mod cdrom sd_mod floppy via_rhine mii ehci_hcd pata_via uhci_hcd sata_via pata_acpi ata_generic usbcore libata scsi_mod thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor fuse Package: devicekit-disks 007-2ubuntu3 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash -- ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.24-24.56-generic SourcePackage: devicekit-disks Symptom: storage UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-generic i686 XsessionErrors: (gnome-settings-daemon:3897): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed (gnome-panel:3908): libglade-WARNING **: Unexpected element <requires-version> inside <glade-interface>. (gnome-terminal:3987): Gtk-WARNING **: PopupLeaveFullscreen: missing action PopupLeaveFullscreen (gnome-terminal:3987): Gtk-WARNING **: PopupLeaveFullscreen: missing action PopupLeaveFullscreen dmi.bios.date: 03/31/2005 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG dmi.board.name: K8M800-M2 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd03/31/2005:svn:pn:pvr:rvn:rnK8M800-M2:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr: -- Upgrade to Karmic: can't boot, can't mount. Partitions missing from /dev/. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/489826 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs -- universe-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs
