Public bug reported:
When installing Ubuntu Server 13.10 (as well as 13.04, 12.10, and
12.04.{2,3}) on Advanced Format hard drives with native 4k/4k sectors,
we encounter a crash in partman_server when electing to auto-partition
using LVM. This also happens on the desktop versions.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Obtain a 4k/4k Advanced Format drive.
2) Begin installing Ubuntu Server 13.10.
3) At the partitioning phase select the "Guided - Use Entire Disk and Configure
LVM" option.
Actual Results:
Once that is selected, the installer will try to partition the disk, but then
it won't move past that point. If you switch over the Ctrl+Alt+F4 screen
you'll see a segfault in parted_server. I've attached the crash dump from a
recent attempt on the 13.10 desktp version.
Expected Results:
Successful auto-partitioning using LVM.
Notes:
Manual partitioning and auto-partitioning without LVM works fine. No crashes
and the installer runs to completion.
If no Advanced Format disk is available, this could possibly be
replicated using qemu like so:
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -monitor stdio -m 1024 -bios
/usr/share/ovmf/OVMF.fd -cdrom raring-mini-amd64.iso -global ide-
drive.physical_block_size=4096 -global ide-drive.logical_block_size=4096
-drive file=t.img,if=ide,index=0,media=disk
** Affects: partman-basicfilesystems (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Auto-partitioning with LVM on Advanced Format Disks causes
parted_server segfault
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