[Bug 1572940] Re: Partition disks - The attempt to mount a file system with type ext4 in Encrypted volume (sda1_crypt) at / failed.

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
    Milestone: None => ubuntu-17.03

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Title:
  Partition disks - The attempt to mount a file system with type ext4 in
  Encrypted volume (sda1_crypt) at / failed.

Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems:
  Triaged
Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Problem Description
  =====================
  Installation SCSI LUN 0006 under LPAR p23lp50 failed :
  Used Installer 20101020ubuntu447

  Installation failed during installing of encrypted partitions as defined in Ubuntu Installation testcase#10.
  Pop-up windows displays message: Partition disks - The attempt to mount a file system with type ext4 in Encrypted volume (sda1_crypt) at / failed.

  == Comment: #3 - Gerhard G. Hiller <GHILLER at de.ibm.com> - 2016-04-19 05:21:43 ==
  steps for encryption during partitioning, which ended with failure message.

  == Comment: #4 - Gerhard G. Hiller <GHILLER at de.ibm.com> - 2016-04-19 05:23:50 ==
  syslog output:

  Apr 19 08:37:50 md-devices: mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
  Apr 19 08:37:51 partman:   No matching physical volumes found
  Apr 19 08:37:51 partman:   Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
  Apr 19 08:37:52 kernel: [  791.994575] EXT4-fs (sda3): couldn't mount as ext3 due to feature incompatibilities
  Apr 19 08:37:52 kernel: [  791.994787] EXT4-fs (sda3): couldn't mount as ext2 due to feature incompatibilities
  Apr 19 08:37:52 kernel: [  792.005258] EXT4-fs (sda3): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
  Apr 19 08:37:52 kernel: [  792.034297] EXT4-fs (sda3): couldn't mount as ext3 due to feature incompatibilities
  Apr 19 08:37:52 kernel: [  792.034505] EXT4-fs (sda3): couldn't mount as ext2 due to feature incompatibilities
  Apr 19 08:37:52 kernel: [  792.035293] EXT4-fs (sda3): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
  Apr 19 08:42:19 kernel: [ 1058.898101] Adding 976892k swap on /dev/sda2.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:976892k FS
  Apr 19 08:42:19 partman: mke2fs 1.42.13 (17-May-2015)
  Apr 19 08:44:14 anna-install: Installing cdebconf-newt-entropy
  Apr 19 08:44:14 anna[10781]: DEBUG: resolver (libnewt0.52): package doesn't exist (ignored)
  Apr 19 08:44:14 anna[10781]: DEBUG: retrieving cdebconf-newt-entropy 0.33
  Apr 19 08:44:14 anna[10781]: 2016-04-19 08:44:14 URL:http://de.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports//pool/main/c/cdebconf-entropy/cdebconf-newt-entropy_0.33_s390x.udeb [18652/18652] -> "/var/cache/anna/cdebconf-newt-entropy_0.33_s390x.udeb" [1]
  Apr 19 08:44:14 anna[10781]: DEBUG: retrieving libslang2-udeb 2.3.0-2ubuntu1
  Apr 19 08:44:15 anna[10781]: 2016-04-19 08:44:15 URL:http://de.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports//pool/main/s/slang2/libslang2-udeb_2.3.0-2ubuntu1_s390x.udeb [243924/243924] -> "/var/cache/anna/libslang2-udeb_2.3.0-2ubuntu1_s390x.udeb" [1]
  Apr 19 08:44:15 anna-install: Installing partman-crypto-dm
  Apr 19 08:47:39 kernel: [ 1378.561923] Adding 976892k swap on /dev/sda2.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:976892k FS
  Apr 19 08:47:39 partman: mke2fs 1.42.13 (17-May-2015)
  Apr 19 08:52:29 partman-crypto: kernel entropy_avail: 188 bits
  Apr 19 08:53:08 kernel: [ 1708.076915] NET: Registered protocol family 38
  Apr 19 08:53:12 partman-crypto: kernel entropy_avail: 138 bits
  Apr 19 08:58:27 kernel: [ 2027.052501] Adding 974844k swap on /dev/mapper/sda2_crypt.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:974844k FS
  Apr 19 08:58:27 partman: mke2fs 1.42.13 (17-May-2015)
  Apr 19 08:58:41 partman-crypto:   No matching physical volumes found
  Apr 19 08:58:41 partman-crypto:   Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
  Apr 19 09:01:52 kernel: [ 2232.285063] Unable to find swap-space signature
  Apr 19 09:01:52 kernel: [ 2232.300412] Unable to find swap-space signature
  Apr 19 09:01:52 kernel: [ 2232.315338] Unable to find swap-space signature
  Apr 19 09:01:52 kernel: [ 2232.330548] Unable to find swap-space signature
  Apr 19 09:01:52 kernel: [ 2232.345440] Unable to find swap-space signature
  Apr 19 09:01:52 clear_partitions: Considering /boot,/dev/sda3. 
  Apr 19 09:07:10 main-menu[393]: (process:7110): mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /tmp/tmp.e7lJnL failed: Invalid argument
  Apr 19 09:07:10 main-menu[393]: (process:7110): mount: mounting /dev/sda2 on /tmp/tmp.e7lJnL failed: Invalid argument
  Apr 19 09:07:10 main-menu[393]: (process:7110): mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /tmp/tmp.QessbM failed: Invalid argument
  Apr 19 09:07:10 main-menu[393]: (process:7110): mount: mounting /dev/sda2 on /tmp/tmp.QessbM failed: Invalid argument
  Apr 19 09:07:10 main-menu[393]: (process:7110): sh: 4194304: unknown operand
  Apr 19 09:07:10 main-menu[393]: (process:7110): cat: can't open '0-9206497279/mountpoint': No such file or directory
  Apr 19 09:07:10 main-menu[393]: (process:7110): sh: 4194304: unknown operand
  Apr 19 09:07:10 main-menu[393]: (process:7110): mount: mounting /dev/mapper/sda1_crypt on /target/ failed: Invalid argument
  Apr 19 09:07:10 main-menu[393]: WARNING **: Configuring 'partman-base' failed with error code 2
  Apr 19 09:07:10 main-menu[393]: WARNING **: Menu item 'partman-base' failed.

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