[Bug 862903] [NEW] Partman looks confused by the virtual disk name on the EC2 (/dev/xvda1)

[Charles Plessy]

Public bug reported:

Hello,

I am trying to install Ubuntu on the EC2 from scratch by booting on a
preseeded debian-installer (see
http://charles.plessy.org/Debian/debi%C3%A2neries/nuage/) that starts
the SSH network-console.

Using the Oneiric installer, this strategy works well until disk
partitioning.  The EBS volume of the instance is detected as /dev/xvda1
(not /dev/xvda).  Partman then partitions this as the following:

Disk /dev/xvda1: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 130 cylinders, total 2097152 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000e9d61

      Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/xvda1p1            2048     1161215      579584   83  Linux
/dev/xvda1p2         1163262     2095103      465921    5  Extended
/dev/xvda1p5         1163264     1370111      103424   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/xvda1p6         1372160     2095103      361472   83  Linux

Unfortunately, the formatting can not be started because of the
following error:

Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/xvda1p1
-- Invalid argument.  This means Linux won't know about any changes you
made to /dev/xvda1p1 until you reboot -- so you shouldn't mount it or
use it in any way before rebooting.

During its preparation, the EBS volume from which the installer was
booted was not partitioned and was formatted as a ext2 filesystem on the
whole disk (/dev/sdb). It was booted accordingly with the aki-ec5df7ed
kernel and ‘root  (hd0)’ in GRUB (see above blog post).

The Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/637784 is probably related to
this.

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan

** Affects: partman-base (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Partman looks confused by the virtual disk name on the EC2
  (/dev/xvda1)

Status in “partman-base” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hello,

  I am trying to install Ubuntu on the EC2 from scratch by booting on a
  preseeded debian-installer (see
  http://charles.plessy.org/Debian/debi%C3%A2neries/nuage/) that starts
  the SSH network-console.

  Using the Oneiric installer, this strategy works well until disk
  partitioning.  The EBS volume of the instance is detected as
  /dev/xvda1 (not /dev/xvda).  Partman then partitions this as the
  following:

  Disk /dev/xvda1: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 130 cylinders, total 2097152 sectors
  Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  Disk identifier: 0x000e9d61

        Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
  /dev/xvda1p1            2048     1161215      579584   83  Linux
  /dev/xvda1p2         1163262     2095103      465921    5  Extended
  /dev/xvda1p5         1163264     1370111      103424   82  Linux swap / Solaris
  /dev/xvda1p6         1372160     2095103      361472   83  Linux

  Unfortunately, the formatting can not be started because of the
  following error:

  Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition
  /dev/xvda1p1 -- Invalid argument.  This means Linux won't know about
  any changes you made to /dev/xvda1p1 until you reboot -- so you
  shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting.

  During its preparation, the EBS volume from which the installer was
  booted was not partitioned and was formatted as a ext2 filesystem on
  the whole disk (/dev/sdb). It was booted accordingly with the aki-
  ec5df7ed kernel and ‘root  (hd0)’ in GRUB (see above blog post).

  The Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/637784 is probably related to
  this.

  Have a nice day,

  -- 
  Charles Plessy
  Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan

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