[Bug 834731] Re: [Dell PowerEdge R810] 'Prunes' fails to mount file system at /dev/sda1

[Steve Langasek]

On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 06:22:35PM -0000, Brendan Donegan wrote:
> Yeah, 'Prunes' is just the hostname - sorry if that's confusing. Since
> this system is in a datacenter it might take some time to process your
> suggestion, but we'll see if we can give it a try and I'll let you know
> what happens.

Yep, understood.  In that case, maybe imaging the disk that can reproduce
this problem, and stashing the image off somewhere (it should compress well)
and then wiping it would be fastest?

On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 06:25:23PM -0000, Brendan Donegan wrote:
> Also, sorry if this seems like the wrong question but doesn't the fact
> that it worked just fine with Natty indicate it's a genuine bug
> (hardware config would have been identical)? It may be you just want to
> establish that the RAID signature is or isn't causing the bug - in which
> case ignore me.

Oh, I'm absolutely certain that this is a genuine bug.  I'm merely saying
that the trigger for it is probably a "dirty" disk that's somehow ended up
with a software RAID signature on it, and not an issue that's fundamental to
the hardware + installer.  So if this is really blocking you, it should be
possible to work around it by wiping the disk.

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Title:
  Dell PowerEdge R810 fails to mount file system at /dev/sda1

Status in Hardware Labs:
  New
Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  While testing the PowerEdge R810 with hostname 'Prunes' with Oneiric
  Alpha3, during the installation there is the following message:

  The attempt to mount a file system with the type ext4 in /dev/sda1 at
  / failed

  You may resume partitioning from the partitioning menu.

  Would you like to continue?

  See the attached screenshot.

  A similar issue was not seen with the Natty server image.

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