[Bug 1366736] Re: Build7: ubuntu 14.10 guest installation failed with file system sitting on LVM

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Title:
  Build7: ubuntu 14.10 guest installation failed with file system
  sitting on LVM

Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Problem Description 
  ===================
  While installing ubuntu 14.10 LE guest with LVM setup , it failed with below parttiton table error on PowerKVM build7.

  
        ????????????????????? [!!] Partition disks ?????????????????????
    ???????                                                              ? ????
    ?     ?            Failed to partition the selected disk             ?    ?
    ?     ? This probably happened because there are too many (primary)  ?    ?
    ?     ? partitions in the partition table.                           ?    ?
    ? Comp?                                                              ?    ?
    ?     ?     <Go Back>                                 <Continue>     ?    ?
    ???????                                                              ? ????
          ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????


                ?????????????? [!!] Partition disks ???????????????
    ?????????????                                                 ? ???????????
    ?           ?               No root file system               ?           ?
    ?           ? No root file system is defined.                 ?           ?
    ?           ?                                                 ?           ?
    ? Computing ? Please correct this from the partitioning menu. ?           ?
    ?           ?                                                 ?           ?
    ?????????????                   <Continue>                    ? ???????????
                ?                                                 ?
                ???????????????????????????????????????????????????

  
    ?????????????????????????? [!!] Partition disks ???????????????????????????
    ?                                                                         ?
    ? This is an overview of your currently configured partitions and mount   ?
    ? points. Select a partition to modify its settings (file system, mount   ?
    ? point, etc.), a free space to create partitions, or a device to         ?
    ? initialize its partition table.                                         ?
    ?                                                                         ?
    ?  >     #1     20.3 GB                                                   ?
    ?  Virtual disk 1 (vda) - 21.5 GB Virtio Block Device                 ?   ?
    ?  >             1.0 MB       FREE SPACE                              ?   ?
    ?  >     #1      7.3 MB    K                                          ?   ?
    ?  >     #2    255.9 MB    f  ext2          /boot                     ?   ?
    ?  >     #3     21.2 GB    K  lvm                                     ?   ?
    ?  >             1.0 MB       FREE SPACE                              ?   ?
    ?                                                                     ?   ?
    ?  Undo changes to partitions                                             ?
    ?  Finish partitioning and write changes to disk                          ?
    ?                                                                         ?
    ?     <Go Back>                                                           ?
    ?                                                                         ?
    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

  Steps to Reproduce 
  ==================
  1) qemuimg create -f raw manas_ubuntu1410_12thAug_VM1.img 20G
  2) Use attached XML file to create a ubuntu 14.10 guest  (manas_ubuntu1410_12thAug_VM1.xml)
  3) Follow on screen intruction and under partition disks screen , select "Guided - use entire disk and set up LVM". Follow on screen instructions , and once you select disks , it will hit above error.

  For more detail steps please refer "ubuntu-raw-lvm-install.txt"

  [root at powerkvm4-lp1 ~]# uname -a
  Linux powerkvm4-lp1.austin.ibm.com 3.10.42-2005.pkvm2_1_1.13.ppc64 #1 SMP Fri Aug 8 11:06:51 CDT 2014 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux

  [root at powerkvm4-lp1 ~]# lsmcode 
  Version of System Firmware is FW810.10 (TV810_069) (t) FW810.10 (TV810_069) (p) FW810.10 (TV810_069) (b)

  [root at powerkvm4-lp1 ~]# tail -9 /proc/cpuinfo 
  cpu		: POWER8E (raw), altivec supported
  clock		: 2061.000000MHz
  revision	: 2.0 (pvr 004b 0200)
  timebase	: 512000000
  platform	: PowerNV
  model		: 8286-42A
  machine		: PowerNV 8286-42A
  firmware	: OPAL v3

  Ubuntu guest ISO: ubuntu-14.10-Aug12.iso

  == Comment: #1 - Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <sjonas at au1.ibm.com> - ==
  Looked at the system and VM. There are no error messages in the VM or in the host.
  I was able to reproduce the problem with the XML. Infact, I removed cache=none and
  io=native to see if it still happens. It does happen without those options.

  It seems to be a ubuntu installer bug (nothing to do with PowerKVM).

  Installer is able to partition the disk correctly. Use /dev/vda3 as a LVM partition.
  It created a volume group and root volume correctly.  After that it seems to fail.

  I was able to access the partitions and root volume fine (with a
  shell):

  ~ # cat /proc/partitions
  major minor  #blocks  name

   253        0   26214400 vda
   253        1       7168 vda1
   253        2     249856 vda2
   253        3   25955328 vda3
    11        0     584460 sr0
   252        0   24829952 dm-0

  ~ # pvdisplay
    --- Physical volume ---
    PV Name               /dev/vda3
    VG Name               ubuntu-vg
    PV Size               24.75 GiB / not usable 3.00 MiB
    Allocatable           yes
    PE Size               4.00 MiB
    Total PE              6336
    Free PE               274
    Allocated PE          6062
    PV UUID               GwW1sN-rDDU-1VEq-Rof4-hQ0W-ADfL-fhOglP

  ~ # vgdisplay
    --- Volume group ---
    VG Name               ubuntu-vg
    System ID
    Format                lvm2
    Metadata Areas        1
    Metadata Sequence No  2
    VG Access             read/write
    VG Status             resizable
    MAX LV                0
    Cur LV                1
    Open LV               0
    Max PV                0
    Cur PV                1
    Act PV                1
    VG Size               24.75 GiB
    PE Size               4.00 MiB
    Total PE              6336
    Alloc PE / Size       6062 / 23.68 GiB
    Free  PE / Size       274 / 1.07 GiB
    VG UUID               BUib66-2Yj6-jDK7-yRuC-8fNy-x5vq-s5TeaN

  ~ # lvdisplay
    --- Logical volume ---
    LV Path                /dev/ubuntu-vg/root
    LV Name                root
    VG Name                ubuntu-vg
    LV UUID                jMexy8-CCOU-skuc-9b0w-5Qv1-9KdF-wokJeH
    LV Write Access        read/write
    LV Creation host, time ubuntu, 2014-08-28 21:13:57 +0000
    LV Status              available
    # open                 0
    LV Size                23.68 GiB
    Current LE             6062
    Segments               1
    Allocation             inherit
    Read ahead sectors     auto
    - currently set to     256
    Block device           252:0

  
  So, definitely a ubuntu installer bug.

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