[Bug 1479213] Re: ISST-SAN: fsp-chip: Alpine: LE-UBUNTU 15.10: LPAR chip01 unable to install base OS due to inability to install the GRUB boot loader on hard disk
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre
mathieu.tl at gmail.com
Wed Sep 16 19:35:57 UTC 2015
** Description changed:
+ [Impact]
+ Administrators installing Ubuntu on systems with more than 26 hard disks.
+
+ [Test case]
+ 1) start a Ubuntu Server install on a server with > 26 disks: /dev/sdaa should exist.
+ 2) Complete the installation
+
+ Without the fix, the installation should fail at the "Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk" task.
+ With the fix, the installation should complete successfully.
+
+ [Regression Potential]
+ This has a low regression potential as it only changes enough of grub-installer to allow matching of disks of the naming scheme /dev/[shv]d[a-z]*, where it was previously only matching for one occurrence of the drive letter ([a-z]). This matching only happens when doing the initial installation of a system; further runs will rely directly on grub-install without trying to match device names.
+
+ --
+
== Comment: #0 - RODOLFO LOPEZ <lopezro at us.ibm.com> - 2015-07-27 12:55:29 ==
---Problem Description---
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
------------------------------------
I start the installation of the base operating system in UBUNTU 15.10
and at the end of the install I get the below pop-up message:
lqqqqqqqu [!!] Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk tqqqqqqqqk
- x x
- x Installation step failed x
- x An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item x
- x again from the menu, or skip it and choose something else. The x
- x failing step is: Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk x
- x x
- x <Continue> x
- x x
- mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj
-
+ x x
+ x Installation step failed x
+ x An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item x
+ x again from the menu, or skip it and choose something else. The x
+ x failing step is: Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk x
+ x x
+ x <Continue> x
+ x x
+ mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj
<Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons
-
- Contact Information = Pablo Marquez, pablom at us.ibm.com
-
+
+ Contact Information = Pablo Marquez, pablom at us.ibm.com
+
---uname output---
do not have that information available for the moment.
-
- Machine Type = 8408-E8E
-
+
+ Machine Type = 8408-E8E
+
---boot type---
Network boot
-
+
---bootloader---
grub
-
+
---Kernel cmdline used to launch install---
SMS
-
+
---Bootloader protocol---
tftp
-
+
---Install repository type---
install image is in kte.isst.aus.stglabs.ibm.com
-
+
---Point of failure---
Other failure during installation (stage 1)
== Comment: #2 - SANDHYA VENUGOPALA <vsandhya at in.ibm.com> - 2015-07-29
01:39:49 ==
We require patches to partman-multipath, parman-base and grub-installer
packages for Ubuntu 15.10 version to address this installation problem.
- These packages have already been updated to Ubuntu Trusty and Ubuntu Vivid.
+ These packages have already been updated to Ubuntu Trusty and Ubuntu Vivid.
LP bug - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1430074
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Title:
ISST-SAN: fsp-chip: Alpine: LE-UBUNTU 15.10: LPAR chip01 unable to
install base OS due to inability to install the GRUB boot loader on
hard disk
Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in grub-installer source package in Trusty:
In Progress
Status in grub-installer source package in Vivid:
In Progress
Bug description:
[Impact]
Administrators installing Ubuntu on systems with more than 26 hard disks.
[Test case]
1) start a Ubuntu Server install on a server with > 26 disks: /dev/sdaa should exist.
2) Complete the installation
Without the fix, the installation should fail at the "Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk" task.
With the fix, the installation should complete successfully.
[Regression Potential]
This has a low regression potential as it only changes enough of grub-installer to allow matching of disks of the naming scheme /dev/[shv]d[a-z]*, where it was previously only matching for one occurrence of the drive letter ([a-z]). This matching only happens when doing the initial installation of a system; further runs will rely directly on grub-install without trying to match device names.
--
== Comment: #0 - RODOLFO LOPEZ <lopezro at us.ibm.com> - 2015-07-27 12:55:29 ==
---Problem Description---
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
------------------------------------
I start the installation of the base operating system in UBUNTU 15.10
and at the end of the install I get the below pop-up message:
lqqqqqqqu [!!] Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk tqqqqqqqqk
x x
x Installation step failed x
x An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item x
x again from the menu, or skip it and choose something else. The x
x failing step is: Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk x
x x
x <Continue> x
x x
mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj
<Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons
Contact Information = Pablo Marquez, pablom at us.ibm.com
---uname output---
do not have that information available for the moment.
Machine Type = 8408-E8E
---boot type---
Network boot
---bootloader---
grub
---Kernel cmdline used to launch install---
SMS
---Bootloader protocol---
tftp
---Install repository type---
install image is in kte.isst.aus.stglabs.ibm.com
---Point of failure---
Other failure during installation (stage 1)
== Comment: #2 - SANDHYA VENUGOPALA <vsandhya at in.ibm.com> - 2015-07-29
01:39:49 ==
We require patches to partman-multipath, parman-base and grub-
installer packages for Ubuntu 15.10 version to address this
installation problem.
These packages have already been updated to Ubuntu Trusty and Ubuntu Vivid.
LP bug - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1430074
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