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--- Comment From pfsmor...@br.ibm.com 2015-02-23 12:26 EDT--- Hi Mathieu, I'm afraid that this machine doesn't have external access so you are not able to connect into it. Currently it's marked as "UNREPRODUCIBLE" internally as you can see in comment 10. >From my point of view, prep-bootdev (a script from grub-installer) is failing to find the PReP partition for some reason: Jan 28 09:48:45 grub-installer: info: Wiping PReP partition Jan 28 09:48:45 grub-installer: dd: invalid number '' The error above is where grub-installer is finding the PReP partition number in order to wipping its content [1] so I don't believe that it's a problem with the wipe action but a little before. [1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/grub- installer/ubuntu/view/head:/grub-installer#L485 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1415918 Title: ISST-LTE: Ubuntu15.04: Boot loader installation is failing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1415918/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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--- Comment From sowpa...@in.ibm.com 2015-02-19 04:34 EDT--- Hi Canonical, Please use pole2lp2, for testing. Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1415918 Title: ISST-LTE: Ubuntu15.04: Boot loader installation is failing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1415918/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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--- Comment From helle...@us.ibm.com 2015-02-17 16:31 EDT--- Hi Canonical, We once again find this issue unreproducible. We will reopen if we find a reproducible case. Thanks again for your investigation. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1415918 Title: ISST-LTE: Ubuntu15.04: Boot loader installation is failing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1415918/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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--- Comment From sowpa...@in.ibm.com 2015-02-15 09:23 EDT--- (In reply to comment #39) > Seems like a bug -- the installer *should* be wiping the partitions it needs > to deal with, provided they are marked to be wiped. > > As mentioned in a previous comment, could you get the output of the command > 'sudo parted -l' from the installation when it shows the bootloader dialog? > You will need to switch to another VT to do this. Seeing all the partitions > for all disks maybe we can find what the stale data is. The information is > already in the partman log, but quite a lot harder to decipher than looking > at parted output. I tried to get "'sudo parted -l" output, when i was hit with issue, by dropping into shell from installer menu: ~ # sudo parted -l /bin/sh: sudo: not found ~ # parted -l /bin/sh: parted: not found Tried df command: df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on none518336 4032514304 1% /run devtmpfs 2544960 0 2544960 0% /dev /dev/sda2 31483800 1134112 28727316 4% /target /dev/sda2 31483800 1134112 28727316 4% /dev/.static/dev devtmpfs 2544960 0 2544960 0% /target/dev parted_devices /dev/sda34359738368 IBM 2810XIV /dev/sdb34359738368 IBM 2810XIV /dev/sdc34359738368 IBM 2810XIV /dev/sdd34359738368 IBM 2810XIV /dev/sde34359738368 IBM 2810XIV /dev/sdf34359738368 IBM 2810XIV /dev/sdg34359738368 IBM 2810XIV /dev/sdh34359738368 IBM 2810XIV /dev/sdi34359738368 IBM 2810XIV /dev/sdj34359738368 IBM 2810XIV And for installation i selected "dev/sda" disk. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1415918 Title: ISST-LTE: Ubuntu15.04: Boot loader installation is failing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1415918/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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--- Comment From helle...@us.ibm.com 2015-02-13 17:52 EDT--- Hi Canonical. Some recent comments were made private by mistake. Catching you up... Installation of Boot loader failed again, so the reason here might be stale data on disk. --- Comment From helle...@us.ibm.com 2015-02-13 17:54 EDT--- (In reply to comment #22) > > How are you doing the two installs described in the description? Are any > parts preseeded? How is the second install (lpar with single disk), how are > you getting the main menu if the installation is successful? Or does this > mean you are getting this dialog at the end of the installation > automatically? > > I've installed with 4 disks so far, no issues even with multiple prep > partitions on different disks, things appear to be working properly. I have > yet to try a single-disk install. One remaining difference though is that > these have no been done with disks connected over the emulex fibre channel > adapter as it seems to be the case as per syslog. 1. No parts are preseeded ,i am trying single disk installation, and when i hit with the boot loader issue, there is a option which will take us to Main Menu, even at the end of installation we have that option, so it is easy to navigate to Main Menu. ??? [!] Continue without boot loader ? ? ? No boot loader installed? ? No boot loader has been installed, either because you chose not to or ? ? because your specific architecture doesn't support a boot loader yet. ? ? ? ? You will need to boot manually with the /boot/vmlinux kernel on ? ? partition /dev/sda2 and root=/dev/sda2 quiet passed as a kernel ? ? argument. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? On Press of ? [!!] 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 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? On Press of [?] Ubuntu installer main menu ? ? ? Choose the next step in the install process: ? ? ? ? Choose language ? ? Configure the keyboard ? ? ? Detect virtual driver disks from hardware manufacturer ? ? ? Detect network hardware ? ? ? Configure the network ? ? ? Choose a mirror of the Ubuntu archive ? ? ? Download installer components ? ? ? Set up users and passwords ? ? ? Configure the clock ? ? ? Detect disks? ? Partition disks ? ? ? Install the base system ? ? ? Configure the package manager ? ? ? Select and install software ? ? ? Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk ? ? ? I was hit with the same issue even with multipath disk installation. I will attach logs for further investigation --- Comment From helle...@us.ibm.com 2015-02-13 17:56 EDT--- And *these* are the logs for the recent test... (In reply to comment #30) > Created attachment 96081 [details] > Logs collected when hit with the issue > > These logs are collected uisng "Save debug logs" option from installer menu > main --- Comment From helle...@us.ibm.com 2015-02-13 17:59 EDT--- To sum up where we are: It looks like this error is *not* seen after we wipe the disks, but then is seen on the first install following that. -- You received this bug notification because you are
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--- Comment From helle...@us.ibm.com 2015-02-12 19:30 EDT--- Ok, good news. So I'm going to put this in REJECTED UNREPRODUCIBLE state, but will not close it just yet as you said you wanted to run one more test. This is common, that the installers get confused by stale data on the disks. It could in fact be a bug, if the installer is supposed to clear the disks but fails to do so. But if we don't have a reproduce, it is hard to say for sure. Canonical: thank you for investigating this. If we find the sequence that led to this we will report back here. Otherwise, just for your awareness for now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1415918 Title: ISST-LTE: Ubuntu15.04: Boot loader installation is failing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1415918/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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--- Comment From sowpa...@in.ibm.com 2015-02-12 18:09 EDT--- Installation went smoothly after wiping up disks with 'dd' command. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1415918 Title: ISST-LTE: Ubuntu15.04: Boot loader installation is failing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1415918/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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--- Comment From pfsmor...@br.ibm.com 2015-02-09 18:39 EDT--- David, Besides that the message shows sda2, the wipping function from grub- installer uses [1] an auxiliary program called prep-bootdev to search for the PReP partition. It seems that prep-bootdev is not returning the PReP partition: Jan 28 09:48:45 grub-installer: info: Wiping PReP partition Jan 28 09:48:45 grub-installer: dd: invalid number '' Can I test it using pole2lp2? [1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/grub-installer/ubuntu/view/head:/grub-installer#L485 [2] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/grub-installer/ubuntu/view/head:/prep-bootdev.c -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1415918 Title: ISST-LTE: Ubuntu15.04: Boot loader installation is failing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1415918/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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--- Comment From helle...@us.ibm.com 2015-02-07 02:35 EDT--- *** Bug 121377 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1415918 Title: ISST-LTE: Ubuntu15.04: Boot loader installation is failing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1415918/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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--- Comment From helle...@us.ibm.com 2015-02-04 16:44 EDT--- *** Bug 121377 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1415918 Title: ISST-LTE: Ubuntu15.04: Boot loader installation is failing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1415918/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
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--- Comment From helle...@us.ibm.com 2015-01-30 18:18 EDT--- *** Bug 121222 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1415918 Title: ISST-LTE: Ubuntu15.04: Boot loader installation is failing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1415918/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
