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Title:
Ubuntu16.04.3 Installation fails for JFS file system
Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project:
Opinion
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
---Problem Description---
Ubuntu16.04.3 installation fails for JFS file system.
---Environment---
Garrison Power8
---Steps to reproduce---
Install Ubuntu 16.04.3 with
- prepboot
- /root [JFS filesystem]
- swap space
---Fails in below step---
?? [!!] Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk ??
???????????? ? ?????????
? ? Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sdi1 ? ?
? ? Executing 'grub-install /dev/sdi1' failed. ? ?
? ? ? ?
? Running "? This is a fatal error. ? ?
? ? ? ?
???????????? <Go Back> <Continue> ? ?????????
? ?
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????
<Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons
????????? [!!] Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk ??????????
? ?
? Installation step failed ?
? An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item ?
? again from the menu, or skip it and choose something else. The ?
? failing step is: Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk ?
? ?
? <Continue> ?
? ?
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
<Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons
Comment 3 2017-07-20 04:31:05 CDT
Based on your error, may be you deleted partition 1 (8MB the PReP boot
partition) which is required for installing the boot loader in IBM
power systems. Or maybe you changed the use type to JFS from PReP
boot.
Partition 1 (PReP boot) does NOT contain a filesystem and is not
mounted.Grub is written to it raw and the firmware loads the contents
of the partition into ram and executes it raw.
Can you try one more time,
Pick the default guided partitioning, then change the root
partition(partition 2) from ext4(or <xyz> filesystem) to JFS.Do not delete and
create any partitions from the default guided setup. Paste the results.
Comment 4 2017-07-20 09:22:22 CDT
(In reply to comment #3)
> Based on your error, may be you deleted partition 1 (8MB the PReP boot
> partition) which is required for installing the boot loader in IBM power
> systems. Or maybe you changed the use type to JFS from PReP boot.
>
> Partition 1 (PReP boot) does NOT contain a filesystem and is not
> mounted.Grub is written to it raw and the firmware loads the contents of the
> partition into ram and executes it raw.
>
> Can you try one more time,
> Pick the default guided partitioning, then change the root
> partition(partition 2) from ext4(or <xyz> filesystem) to JFS.Do not delete
> and create any partitions from the default guided setup. Paste the results.
No, I have not deleted partition and I have not changed the use type
to JFS from PReP boot.
Any ways I tried again and it still fails.
?????????????????????????? [!!] 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. ?
? ?
? SCSI4 (0,0,0) (sdi) - 1.0 TB ATA ST1000NX0313 ?
? > 1.0 MB FREE SPACE ? ?
? > #1 7.3 MB K ? ?
? > #2 959.7 GB F ext4 / ? ?
? > #3 40.5 GB f swap swap ?
? > 728.6 kB FREE SPACE ? ?
? SCSI5 (0,0,0) (sdj) - 1.0 TB ATA ST1000NX0313 ? ?
? > #1 primary 4.2 MB B ? ?
? > #2 primary 1.1 GB xfs ? ?
? > #3 primary 214.7 GB xfs ?
? ?
? <Go Back> ?
? ?
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
<F1> for help; <Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons
?????????????????????????? [!!] Partition disks ???????????????????????????
? ?
? You are editing partition #1 of SCSI4 (0,0,0) (sdi). No existing file ?
? system was detected in this partition. ?
? ?
? Partition settings: ?
? ?
? Name: ?
? Use as: PowerPC PReP boot partition ?
? ?
? Bootable flag: off ?
? ?
? Erase data on this partition ?
? Delete the partition ?
? Done setting up the partition ?
? ?
? <Go Back> ?
? ?
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
<F1> for help; <Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons
?????????????????????????? [!!] 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. ?
? ?
? > #1 51.6 GB xfs ?
? LVM VG rhelp_ltc-garri3, LV swap - 4.3 GB Linux device-mapper (li ? ?
? > #1 4.3 GB swap ? ?
? SCSI4 (0,0,0) (sdi) - 1.0 TB ATA ST1000NX0313 ? ?
? > 1.0 MB FREE SPACE ? ?
? > #1 7.3 MB K ?
? > #2 959.7 GB F jfs / ? ?
? > #3 40.5 GB f swap swap ? ?
? > 728.6 kB FREE SPACE ? ?
? SCSI5 (0,0,0) (sdj) - 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/sdi1 ? ?
? ? Executing 'grub-install /dev/sdi1' failed. ? ?
? ? ? ?
? Running "? This is a fatal error. ? ?
? ? ? ?
???????????? <Go Back> <Continue> ? ?????????
? ?
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????
<Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons
Thanks,
Pooja
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