Public bug reported:
== Comment: #0 - Haren Myneni <hb...@us.ibm.com> - 2015-01-07 21:34:09 ==
---Problem Description---
Using preseed partman/early-command to select the disk based on user selection
with location ID. But the 'iprconfig show-config' command could not see all
expected disks. Looking at the dmesg at the time of this command execution, all
disks are not probed. On our system, only HDD disks are probed and SDD disks
are not available.
After some time, the dmesg shows the kernel found other disks. we are
seeing the same behavior even with kernel parameter 'scsi_mod.scan=sync'
So with this issue, user can not select some disks with automated installation.
Contact Information = hb...@us.ibm.com
---uname output---
14.10 release
Machine Type = Any power system with more disks
---Debugger---
A debugger is not configured
---Steps to Reproduce---
Select system which has more disks. Select last disk in automated installation
Install method: NFS
Install disk info: SDD
Install ISO Information: Ubuntu Utopia
== Comment: #3 - Haren Myneni <hb...@us.ibm.com> - 2015-01-07 21:42:54 ==
preseed file:
d-i partman/early_command string \
mkdir /tmp/updates; cd /tmp/updates; \
wget -o /tmp/wget_log
http://9.18.10.27/install/ppc/Ubuntu14_1410/preload_updates.tar.gz; \
tar zxvf preload_updates.tar.gz; \
/bin/sh /tmp/updates/preload/hooks/preseed/pre.sh; \
DISKA=; \
debconf-set partman-auto/disk "$DISKA";
We execute ipcronfig comamnd as part of pre.sh. As we see in the log
file, only disks sda-sdf are listed.
(In reply to comment #6)
> (In reply to comment #5)
...
> But it is installer issue - means all disks should be probed first, then the
> installer should start downloading preseed file and execute
> partman/early-command. As I mentioned before, 'scsi_mod.scan=sync' dis not
> solve the issue. Please note that even now we can install the default disk
> sda since it is already probed, but we should be able to select any disk for
> install which is requirement for preload in manufacturing.
== Comment: #8 - Haren Myneni <hb...@us.ibm.com> - 2015-01-16 11:40:32 ==
It is not the issue of not recognizing some disks. As you see in the final
dmesg output, all disks are probed and recognized. But the issue here is only
few are probed before the installer started. So the problem is why the
installer started before probing all storage devices.
== Comment: #10 - Haren Myneni <hb...@us.ibm.com> - 2015-01-21 15:24:51 ==
As mentioned in the bug description, first dmesg was collected at the time of
partman/early-command execution. It shows only sda-sdf disks are probed. We
were attempting to install on sdh and set this disk as install disk with
partman/early-command. Since the iprconfig command could not list sdh (since it
is not probed at this time), the installer could not set this disk and then
failed.
We collected the final dmesg later when we noticed the the failure. The
final dmesg shows all expected disks sda- sdl are probed and we verified
with iprconfig command.
So this issue could be timing of starting the installer before all
devices are probed. We should expect that the kernel boot should be
completed and then the installer should start.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-120044 severity-high
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** Tags added: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-120044 severity-high
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