[Bug 1349538] [NEW] grub-install failure on 2T disk and msdos partition table
Scott Moser
smoser at ubuntu.com
Mon Jul 28 18:57:24 UTC 2014
Public bug reported:
This was originally reported with subject 'Greater than 1TiB boot disks
for the Cloud Image' [1]. When running grub-install to a large disk
with MSDOS partition table that has a single partition, we are seeing
errors.
[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-
cloud/2014-July/thread.html#969
## either of these exhibit the problem.
## 'current' for trusty=20140726 utopic=20140728
$ img_url="http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img"
$ img_url="http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/utopic/current/utopic-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img"
## Get the download image
$ wget "$img_url" -O "disk1.img.dist"
## create a seed image for cloud-init.
$ printf "#%s\n%s\n%s\n%s\n" "cloud-config" "password: passw0rd" \
"chpasswd: { expire: False }" "ssh_pwauth: True" > my-user-data
$ cloud-localds my-seed.img my-user-data
## create a raw image from that and resize it to 2T
$ qemu-img convert -O raw disk1.img.dist disk1.img
$ qemu-img resize disk1.img 2T
$ qemu-img info disk1.img
image: disk1.img
file format: raw
virtual size: 2.0T (2199023255552 bytes)
disk size: 799M
## boot it, in qemu
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm \
-drive if=virtio,file=disk1.img -drive if=virtio,file=my-seed.img \
-device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net00 \
-serial file:serial.log \
-netdev type=user,id=net00 -m 1024
##
## now, logged in as 'ubuntu' and 'passw0rd'
##
% lsb_release -sc
utopic
% cat /etc/cloud/build.info
build_name: server
serial: 20140728
% dpkg-query --show grub-pc
grub-pc 2.02~beta2-10
% sudo sfdisk -l -uS /dev/vda
Disk /dev/vda: 4260880 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track
Warning: The partition table looks like it was made
for C/H/S=*/4/32 (instead of 4260880/16/63).
For this listing I'll assume that geometry.
Units = sectors of 512 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End #sectors Id System
/dev/vda1 * 2048 4294967295 4294965248 83 Linux
/dev/vda2 0 - 0 0 Empty
/dev/vda3 0 - 0 0 Empty
/dev/vda4 0 - 0 0 Empty
% df -h /
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda1 2.0T 757M 1.9T 1% /
% cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
253 0 2147483648 vda
253 1 2147482624 vda1
253 16 366 vdb
11 0 1048575 sr0
% grep "resized:" /var/log/cloud-init.log
2014-07-28 18:50:11,906 - cc_growpart.py[INFO]: '/' resized: changed (/dev/vda, 1) from 2146435072 to 2199022206976
% sudo update-grub
Generating grub configuration file ...
grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.
% sudo grub-install /dev/vda
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: error: unknown filesystem.
% sudo grub-install -v /dev/vda > grub-install-verbose-vda.log 2>&1
## see attached.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: grub-pc 2.02~beta2-10
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.16.0-5.10-generic 3.16.0-rc6
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 28 18:10:47 2014
ProcEnviron:
TERM=linux
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cloud-images utopic
** Attachment added: "grub-install -v /dev/vda output"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1349538/+attachment/4164511/+files/grub-install-verbose.log
** Description changed:
- This was originally reported with subject 'Greater than 1TiB boot disks for the
- Cloud Image' [1]. When running grub-install to a large disk with MSDOS
- partition table that has a single partition, we are seeing errors.
+ This was originally reported with subject 'Greater than 1TiB boot disks
+ for the Cloud Image' [1]. When running grub-install to a large disk
+ with MSDOS partition table that has a single partition, we are seeing
+ errors.
- [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-
+ [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-
cloud/2014-July/thread.html#969
## either of these exhibit the problem.
## 'current' for trusty=20140726 utopic=20140728
$ img_url="http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img"
$ img_url="http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/utopic/current/utopic-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img"
## Get the download image
$ wget "$img_url" -O "disk1.img.dist"
## create a seed image for cloud-init.
$ printf "#%s\n%s\n%s\n%s\n" "cloud-config" "password: passw0rd" \
- "chpasswd: { expire: False }" "ssh_pwauth: True" > my-user-data
+ "chpasswd: { expire: False }" "ssh_pwauth: True" > my-user-data
$ cloud-localds my-seed.img my-user-data
## create a raw image from that and resize it to 2T
$ qemu-img convert -O raw disk1.img.dist disk1.img
$ qemu-img resize disk1.img 2T
$ qemu-img info disk1.img
image: disk1.img
file format: raw
virtual size: 2.0T (2199023255552 bytes)
disk size: 799M
## boot it, in qemu
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm \
- -drive if=virtio,file=disk1.img -drive if=virtio,file=my-seed.img \
- -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net00 \
- -serial file:serial.log \
- -netdev type=user,id=net00 -m 1024
+ -drive if=virtio,file=disk1.img -drive if=virtio,file=my-seed.img \
+ -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net00 \
+ -serial file:serial.log \
+ -netdev type=user,id=net00 -m 1024
##
## now, logged in as 'ubuntu' and 'passw0rd'
- ##
+ ##
% lsb_release -sc
utopic
% cat /etc/cloud/build.info
build_name: server
serial: 20140728
% dpkg-query --show grub-pc
grub-pc 2.02~beta2-10
% sudo sfdisk -l -uS /dev/vda
Disk /dev/vda: 4260880 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track
Warning: The partition table looks like it was made
- for C/H/S=*/4/32 (instead of 4260880/16/63).
+ for C/H/S=*/4/32 (instead of 4260880/16/63).
For this listing I'll assume that geometry.
Units = sectors of 512 bytes, counting from 0
- Device Boot Start End #sectors Id System
+ Device Boot Start End #sectors Id System
/dev/vda1 * 2048 4294967295 4294965248 83 Linux
/dev/vda2 0 - 0 0 Empty
/dev/vda3 0 - 0 0 Empty
/dev/vda4 0 - 0 0 Empty
% df -h /
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda1 2.0T 757M 1.9T 1% /
% cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
- 253 0 2147483648 vda
- 253 1 2147482624 vda1
- 253 16 366 vdb
- 11 0 1048575 sr0
+ 253 0 2147483648 vda
+ 253 1 2147482624 vda1
+ 253 16 366 vdb
+ 11 0 1048575 sr0
- % grep "resized:" /var/log/cloud-init.log
+ % grep "resized:" /var/log/cloud-init.log
2014-07-28 18:50:11,906 - cc_growpart.py[INFO]: '/' resized: changed (/dev/vda, 1) from 2146435072 to 2199022206976
% sudo update-grub
Generating grub configuration file ...
grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.
% sudo grub-install /dev/vda
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: error: unknown filesystem.
- % sudo grub-install -v /dev/vda > grub-install-verbose-vda.log 2>&1
+ % sudo grub-install -v /dev/vda > grub-install-verbose-vda.log 2>&1
## see attached.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: grub-pc 2.02~beta2-10
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.16.0-5.10-generic 3.16.0-rc6
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 28 18:10:47 2014
ProcEnviron:
- TERM=linux
- PATH=(custom, no user)
- XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
- LANG=en_US.UTF-8
- SHELL=/bin/bash
+ TERM=linux
+ PATH=(custom, no user)
+ XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+ LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+ SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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Title:
grub-install failure on 2T disk and msdos partition table
Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
This was originally reported with subject 'Greater than 1TiB boot
disks for the Cloud Image' [1]. When running grub-install to a large
disk with MSDOS partition table that has a single partition, we are
seeing errors.
[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-
cloud/2014-July/thread.html#969
## either of these exhibit the problem.
## 'current' for trusty=20140726 utopic=20140728
$ img_url="http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img"
$ img_url="http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/utopic/current/utopic-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img"
## Get the download image
$ wget "$img_url" -O "disk1.img.dist"
## create a seed image for cloud-init.
$ printf "#%s\n%s\n%s\n%s\n" "cloud-config" "password: passw0rd" \
"chpasswd: { expire: False }" "ssh_pwauth: True" > my-user-data
$ cloud-localds my-seed.img my-user-data
## create a raw image from that and resize it to 2T
$ qemu-img convert -O raw disk1.img.dist disk1.img
$ qemu-img resize disk1.img 2T
$ qemu-img info disk1.img
image: disk1.img
file format: raw
virtual size: 2.0T (2199023255552 bytes)
disk size: 799M
## boot it, in qemu
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm \
-drive if=virtio,file=disk1.img -drive if=virtio,file=my-seed.img \
-device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net00 \
-serial file:serial.log \
-netdev type=user,id=net00 -m 1024
##
## now, logged in as 'ubuntu' and 'passw0rd'
##
% lsb_release -sc
utopic
% cat /etc/cloud/build.info
build_name: server
serial: 20140728
% dpkg-query --show grub-pc
grub-pc 2.02~beta2-10
% sudo sfdisk -l -uS /dev/vda
Disk /dev/vda: 4260880 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track
Warning: The partition table looks like it was made
for C/H/S=*/4/32 (instead of 4260880/16/63).
For this listing I'll assume that geometry.
Units = sectors of 512 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End #sectors Id System
/dev/vda1 * 2048 4294967295 4294965248 83 Linux
/dev/vda2 0 - 0 0 Empty
/dev/vda3 0 - 0 0 Empty
/dev/vda4 0 - 0 0 Empty
% df -h /
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda1 2.0T 757M 1.9T 1% /
% cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
253 0 2147483648 vda
253 1 2147482624 vda1
253 16 366 vdb
11 0 1048575 sr0
% grep "resized:" /var/log/cloud-init.log
2014-07-28 18:50:11,906 - cc_growpart.py[INFO]: '/' resized: changed (/dev/vda, 1) from 2146435072 to 2199022206976
% sudo update-grub
Generating grub configuration file ...
grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.
% sudo grub-install /dev/vda
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: error: unknown filesystem.
% sudo grub-install -v /dev/vda > grub-install-verbose-vda.log 2>&1
## see attached.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: grub-pc 2.02~beta2-10
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.16.0-5.10-generic 3.16.0-rc6
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 28 18:10:47 2014
ProcEnviron:
TERM=linux
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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