I verified this on Trusty w/ apt-setup/proposed=true. The installation finishes fine (no errors on grub-installer), and the system boots fine. Marking verification-done.
Installation instructions for Software RAID have been documented in the SoftwareRAID [1] wiki page, and linked from the ppc64el wiki page [2]. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ppc64el/SoftwareRAID [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ppc64el/ Details from the installer (end of installation) and booted system: Installer: --------- ~ # grep grub-installer /var/log/syslog Jan 22 12:53:23 anna[6673]: DEBUG: retrieving grub-installer 1.78ubuntu20.3 Jan 22 13:23:37 main-menu[1674]: INFO: Menu item 'grub-installer' selected Jan 22 13:23:37 grub-installer: info: architecture: ppc64el/chrp_ibm Jan 22 13:23:53 grub-installer: info: Identified partition label for /dev/md0p2: loop Jan 22 13:23:54 grub-installer: info: Wiping PReP partition /dev/sda1 Jan 22 13:24:07 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda1' Jan 22 13:24:07 grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support --no-floppy Jan 22 13:24:07 grub-installer: info: Wiping PReP partition /dev/sda1 Jan 22 13:24:07 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --force "/dev/sda1" Jan 22 13:24:07 grub-installer: Installing for powerpc-ieee1275 platform. Jan 22 13:24:13 grub-installer: Installation finished. No error reported. Jan 22 13:24:13 grub-installer: info: grub-install ran successfully ~ # parted_devices /dev/sda 17179869184 QEMU QEMU HARDDISK /dev/sdb 17179869184 QEMU QEMU HARDDISK /dev/mapper/mauricfo4--vg-swap_1 754974720 Linux device-mapper (linear) /dev/mapper/mauricfo4--vg-root 16139681792 Linux device-mapper (linear) /dev/md0 17161912320 Linux Software RAID Array ~ # /usr/lib/grub-installer/prep-bootdev -l /dev/sda1 Booted: ------ $ cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinux-4.2.0-26-generic root=/dev/mapper/mauricfo4--vg-root ro splash quiet nomdmonddf nomdmonisw vt.handoff=7 $ mount | grep ' / ' /dev/mapper/mauricfo4--vg-root on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro) $ sudo lvm pvs PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree /dev/md0p3 mauricfo4-vg lvm2 a-- 15.73g 0 $ cat /proc/swaps Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/dm-1 partition 737216 0 -1 $ ls -l /dev/mapper/mauricfo4--vg-swap_1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jan 22 09:13 /dev/mapper/mauricfo4--vg-swap_1 -> ../dm-1 ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487365 Title: Ubuntu14.04 .3 RAID installation fails on firestone To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1487365/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
