[Bug 1654977] [NEW] Ubuntu 16.10 installation fails after the 'Select and install software' step
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---uname output---
4.8.0-32-generic
Machine Type = 8286-42A
---boot type---
Network boot
---bootloader---
grub
---Kernel cmdline used to launch install---
NIM server: /nim/build_net/tools/pushit beesnest.aus.stglabs.ibm.com linuxUbuntu16.04_GA noprompt default Auto Auto no chrp_mp mksysb
---Bootloader protocol---
unsure
---Install repository type---
Local repository
---Install repository Location---
Linux install images are in /nim/install/linuxUbuntu16.04_GA on iofnim.aus.stglabs.ibm.com
---Point of failure---
Other failure during installation (stage 1)
Several attempts to install 16.10 fail after the 'Select and install software' step (details below).
latest 16.10 (4.8.0-32-generic) fails to install,
older 16.04 (4.4.0-31-generic) installs successfully **on the same Hardware**
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16.10 FAILED INSTALLATION
The following partitions are going to be formatted:
partition #2 of SCSI2 (2,9,0) (sdaa) as ext4
partition #3 of SCSI2 (2,9,0) (sdaa) as swap
Write the changes to disks?
1: Yes 2: No [*]
Prompt: '?' for help, default=2> 1
Partitions formatting ... 33%
Partitions formatting
OF stdout device is: /vdevice/vty at 30000000nitrd.gz 35.19MiB 100% 2.09MiB/s ]
Preparing to boot Linux version 4.8.0-22-generic (buildd at bos01-ppc64el-027) (gcc vers
ion 6.2.0 20161005 (Ubuntu 6.2.0-5ubuntu12) ) #24-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 8 09:14:41 UTC 2
016 (Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0)
Detected machine type: 0000000000000101
Max number of cores passed to firmware: 256 (NR_CPUS = 2048)
Calling ibm,client-architecture-support...
TFTP BOOT ---------------------------------------------------
Server IP.....................9.3.80.16
Client IP.....................9.3.139.141
Gateway IP....................9.3.139.129
Subnet Mask...................255.255.255.128
( 1 ) Filename................./ubuntu-installer/ppc64el/powerpc-ieee1275/core.elf
TFTP Retries..................5
Block Size....................512
FINAL PACKET COUNT = 301
FINAL FILE SIZE = 153628 BYTES
GNU GRUB version 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu8
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|*Install |
| Rescue |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
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+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted.
Press enter to boot the selected OS, `e' to edit the commands
before booting or `c' for a command-line.
The highlighted entry will be executed automatically in 1s.
If you need to use a HTTP proxy to access the outside world, enter the proxy
information here. Otherwise, leave this blank.
The proxy information should be given in the standard form of
"http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/".
HTTP proxy information (blank for none):
Prompt: '?' for help, default=software.linux.c> software.linux.ibm.com
Checking the Ubuntu archive mirror
Loading additional components ... 10%... 20%... 30%... 40%... 50%... 60%... 70%... 8
0%... 90%... 100%
Generating SSH host key
Detecting disks and all other hardware ... 95%... 100%
Loading additional components ... 12%... 25%... 37%... 50%... 62%... 75%... 87%... 1
00%
Starting up the partitioner ... 13%... 21%... 30%... 43%
... 91%... 100%
Partition disks
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The installer can guide you through partitioning a disk (using different
standard schemes) or, if you prefer, you can do it manually. With guided
partitioning you will still have a chance later to review and customise the
results.
If you choose guided partitioning for an entire disk, you will next be asked
which disk should be used.
Partitioning method:
1: Guided - resize SCSI1 (2,4,0), partition #2 (sde) and use freed space,
2: Guided - resize SCSI2 (2,4,0), partition #2 (sdv) and use freed space,
3: Guided - reuse partition, SCSI1 (2,4,0), partition #2 (sde),
4: Guided - reuse partition, SCSI2 (2,4,0), partition #2 (sdv),
5: Guided - use entire disk,
6: Guided - use entire partition, SCSI1 (2,4,0), partition #2 (sde),
7: Guided - use entire partition, SCSI2 (2,4,0), partition #2 (sdv),
8: Guided - use the largest continuous free space,
9: Guided - use entire disk and set up LVM,
10: Guided - use entire disk and set up encrypted LVM,
11: Manual,
Prompt: '?' for help> 5
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The installer can guide you through partitioning a disk (using different
standard schemes) or, if you prefer, you can do it manually. With guided
partitioning you will still have a chance later to review and customise the
results.
If you choose guided partitioning for an entire disk, you will next be asked
which disk should be used.
Partitioning method:
1: Guided - resize SCSI1 (2,4,0), partition #2 (sde) and use freed space,
2: Guided - resize SCSI2 (2,4,0), partition #2 (sdv) and use freed space,
3: Guided - reuse partition, SCSI1 (2,4,0), partition #2 (sde),
4: Guided - reuse partition, SCSI2 (2,4,0), partition #2 (sdv),
5: Guided - use entire disk,
6: Guided - use entire partition, SCSI1 (2,4,0), partition #2 (sde),
7: Guided - use entire partition, SCSI2 (2,4,0), partition #2 (sdv),
8: Guided - use the largest continuous free space,
9: Guided - use entire disk and set up LVM,
10: Guided - use entire disk and set up encrypted LVM,
11: Manual,
Prompt: '?' for help> 5
Note that all data on the disk you select will be erased, but not before you
have confirmed that you really want to make the changes.
Select disk to partition:
1: SCSI1 (2,0,0) (sda) - 2.3 TB IBM IPR-5 69002400,
2: SCSI2 (2,9,0) (sdaa) - 177.8 GB IBM IPR-0 69000800,
3: SCSI2 (2,10,0) (sdab) - 177.8 GB IBM IPR-0 69000800,
4: SCSI2 (2,11,0) (sdac) - 1.1 TB IBM IPR-0 69002400,
5: SCSI2 (2,12,0) (sdad) - 177.8 GB IBM IPR-0 69000800,
6: SCSI2 (2,13,0) (sdae) - 177.8 GB IBM IPR-0 69000800,
7: SCSI2 (2,14,0) (sdaf) - 177.8 GB IBM IPR-0 69000800,
8: SCSI2 (2,15,0) (sdag) - 177.8 GB IBM IPR-0 69000800,
9: SCSI2 (2,16,0) (sdah) - 177.8 GB IBM IPR-0 69000800,
10: SCSI1 (2,1,0) (sdb) - 1.1 TB IBM IPR-0 69000500,
11: SCSI1 (2,2,0) (sdc) - 1.1 TB IBM IPR-0 69000500,
12: SCSI1 (2,3,0) (sdd) - 2.6 TB IBM IPR-5T2 5EC45000,
13: SCSI1 (2,4,0) (sde) - 177.8 GB IBM IPR-0 69000800,
14: SCSI1 (2,5,0) (sdf) - 177.8 GB IBM IPR-0 69000800,
15: SCSI1 (2,6,0) (sdg) - 1.3 TB IBM IPR-10T25EC45000,
16: SCSI1 (2,7,0) (sdh) - 177.8 GB IBM IPR-0 5EC45000,
17: SCSI1 (2,8,0) (sdi) - 1.1 TB IBM IPR-0 69002400,
18: SCSI1 (2,9,0) (sdj) - 177.8 GB IBM IPR-0 69000800,
19: SCSI1 (2,10,0) (sdk) - 177.8 GB IBM IPR-0 69000800,
20: SCSI1 (2,11,0) (sdl) - 1.1 TB IBM IPR-0 69002400,
Next choices are available with '+'
Prompt: '?' for help> 2
Guided partitioning ... 20%... 40%... 60%... 80%
If you continue, the changes listed below will be written to the disks.
Otherwise, you will be able to make further changes manually.
The partition tables of the following devices are changed:
SCSI2 (2,9,0) (sdaa)
The following partitions are going to be formatted:
partition #2 of SCSI2 (2,9,0) (sdaa) as ext4
partition #3 of SCSI2 (2,9,0) (sdaa) as swap
Write the changes to disks?
1: Yes 2: No [*]
Prompt: '?' for help, default=2> 1
Partitions formatting ... 33%
Partitions formatting
Installing the base system ... 17%... 20%... 30%... 40%... 50%... 60%... 70%... 83%.
.. 90%
Install the base system
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!! ERROR: Unable to install the selected kernel
An error was returned while trying to install the kernel into the target
system.
Kernel package: 'linux-generic'.
Check /var/log/syslog or see virtual console 4 for the details.
[Press enter to continue]
!! ERROR: Installation step failed
An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item again from the
menu, or skip it and choose something else. The failing step is: Install the
base system
[Press enter to continue]
hardware summary shows -
lsmod: usb_storage 74715 0
df: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
df: none 2089472 3392 2086080 0% /run
df: devtmpfs 10393344 0 10393344 0% /dev
df: /dev/sdaa2 162895708 619660 153931728 0% /target
free: total used free shared buffers
free: Mem: 20894272 2906944 17987328 256704 243136
free: -/+ buffers: 2663808 18230464
free: Swap: 7069632 0 7069632
dmraid -s: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdb.
dmraid -s: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sds.
dmraid -s: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdc.
dmraid -s: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdt.
dmraid -s: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sda.
dmraid -s: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdr.
dmraid -s: no raid disks
dmraid -r: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdb.
dmraid -r: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sds.
dmraid -r: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdc.
dmraid -r: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdt.
dmraid -r: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sda.
dmraid -r: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdr.
dmraid -r: no raid disks
dmsetup table: No devices found
Syslog shows
Jan 9 07:43:58 debootstrap: gpgv: Signature made Thu Oct 13 13:29:09 2016 UTC
Jan 9 07:43:58 debootstrap: gpgv: using DSA key
Jan 9 07:43:58 debootstrap: gpgv: Good signature from "Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster at ubuntu.com>"
Jan 9 07:43:58 debootstrap: gpgv: Signature made Thu Oct 13 13:29:09 2016 UTC
Jan 9 07:43:58 debootstrap: gpgv: using RSA key
Jan 9 07:43:58 debootstrap: gpgv: Good signature from "Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key (2012) <ftpmaster at ubuntu.com>"
Jan 9 07:44:09 debootstrap: mknod: /target/dev/null: File exists
Jan 9 07:44:09 base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer/debootstrap-failed
Jan 9 07:44:27 main-menu[373]: WARNING **: Configuring 'bootstrap-base' failed with error code 1
Jan 9 07:44:27 main-menu[373]: WARNING **: Menu item 'bootstrap-base' failed.
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** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Taco Screen team (taco-screen-team)
Status: New
** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-150173 severity-high targetmilestone-inin---
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Ubuntu 16.10 installation fails after the 'Select and install software' step
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