[Bug 1705215] Re: Cannot install Ubuntu on IMSM/DDF RAID device

[Tomasz Majchrzak]

Any chance to have it changed in artful?

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Title:
  Cannot install Ubuntu on IMSM/DDF RAID device

Status in mdadm package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  It is not possible to install Ubuntu on RAID device with IMSM/DDF
  metadata. The installer asks if such arrays should be activated but
  fails to do it.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: mdadm 4.0-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-26.30-generic 4.10.17
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-26-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.5-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Wed Jul 19 09:46:44 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-06 (12 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170702)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 001 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  MDadmExamine.dev.sda: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sda'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sda: Permission denied
  MDadmExamine.dev.sda1: Error: command ['/sbin/mdadm', '-E', '/dev/sda1'] failed with exit code 1: mdadm: cannot open /dev/sda1: Permission denied
  MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-26-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname--vg-root ro
  ProcMDstat:
   Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] 
   unused devices: <none>
  SourcePackage: mdadm
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
  dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
  dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
  dmi.board.name: VirtualBox
  dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation
  dmi.board.version: 1.2
  dmi.chassis.type: 1
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
  dmi.product.version: 1.2
  dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH
  etc.blkid.tab: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/blkid.tab'

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