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------- Comment From kalshett at in.ibm.com 2020-03-11 09:10 EDT-------
Lab created USB with
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/daily-live/current/focal-live-server-ppc64el.iso
Petitb menu its listed as mentioned below...
[USB: sda / 2020-03-06-07-31-43-00]
* Install Ubuntu Server
Installer started with initial language select etc.. and it failed at
probing disks...
Probing for devices to install to failed [ Help ]
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? <14>Mar 11 12:33:51 ec2: ############ Unfortunately probing for devices to install to failed. Please report a bug
on Launchpad, and if possible include the contents of the /var/log/installer
directory.
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu18
Architecture: ppc64el
CasperVersion: 1.441
CrashDB: {'impl': 'launchpad', 'project': 'subiquity'}
CurrentDmesg:
[ 0.000000] dt-cpu-ftrs: setup for ISA 3000
[ 0.000000] dt-cpu-ftrs: not enabling: system-call-vectored (disabled or unsupported by kernel)
[ 0.000000] dt-cpu-ftrs: final cpu/mmu features = 0x0001986f8f5fb1a7 0x3c006041
[ 0.000000] radix-mmu: Page sizes from device-tree:
[ 0.000000] radix-mmu: Page size shift = 12 AP=0x0
[ 0.000000] radix-mmu: Page size shift = 16 AP=0x5
[ 0.000000] radix-mmu: Page size shift = 21 AP=0x1
[ 0.000000] radix-mmu: Page size shift = 30 AP=0x2
[ 0.000000] radix-mmu: Activating Kernel Userspace Execution Prevention
[ 0.000000] radix-mmu: Activating Kernel Userspace Access Prevention
[ 0.000000] radix-mmu: Mapped 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000040000000 with 1.00 GiB pages (exec)
[ 0.000000] radix-mmu: Mapped 0x0000000040000000-0x0000002000000000 with 1.00 GiB pages
[ 0.000000] radix-mmu: Mapped 0x0000200000000000-0x0000202000000000 with 1.0/var/crash/1583930014.343549490.disk_probe_fail.crash
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Title:
[Ubu 20.04][kernel-5.4.0-12-generic][WSP-DD2.3] Unable to install Ubu
20.4 on NVMe disk
Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project:
Incomplete
Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
[Ubu 20.04][kernel-5.4.0-12-generic][WSP-DD2.3] Unable to install Ubu 20.4 on NVMe disk
Contact Information = kalshett at in.ibm.com, naveet89 at in.ibm.com, nasastry at in.ibm.com
---uname output---
[Ubu 20.04][kernel-5.4.0-12-generic]
Machine Type = Witherspoon DD2.3
Test Environment:
* Hardware: Witherspoon-DD2.3
* Ubuntu 20.04
* kernel: 5.4.0-12-generic #15-Ubuntu
Steps:
1. Kick start Ubu 20.4 on Witherspoon-DD2.3 baremetal
2. Select NVMe disk for installation, at the end of the install seen Grub boot loader issue
??????????????????????? Select and install software ???????????????????????
? ?
?? [!!] Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk ??
???????????? ? ?????????
? ? Unable to install GRUB in /dev/nvme0n1p1 ? ?
? ? Executing 'grub-install /dev/nvme0n1p1' failed. ? ?
? ? ? ?
? Running "? This is a fatal error. ? ?
? ? ? ?
???????????? <Go Back> <Continue> ? ?????????
? ?
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????
????????? [!!] Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk ??????????
? ?
? 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 GRUB boot loader on a hard disk ?
? ?
? <Continue> ?
? ?
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
<Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons
Complete install screenshot attached...
grub-install doesn't seem to install the bootloader on the nvme device.
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Logs below -
Jan 31 16:01:51 in-target: Installing for powerpc-ieee1275 platform.^M
Jan 31 16:01:52 in-target: grub-install: error: unknown filesystem.^M
Jan 31 16:01:52 in-target: Failed: grub-install --target=powerpc-ieee1275 /dev/sda1 ^M
Jan 31 16:01:52 in-target: WARNING: Bootloader is not properly installed, system may not be bootable^M
..
..
Jan 31 16:01:57 40grub2: debug: parsing: fi
Jan 31 16:01:57 40grub2: debug: parsing: ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
Jan 31 16:01:57 50mounted-tests: debug: /usr/lib/linux-boot-probes/mounted/40grub2 succeeded
Jan 31 16:01:57 linux-boot-prober: debug: linux detected by /usr/lib/linux-boot-probes/50mounted-tests
Jan 31 16:01:57 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/nvme0n1p1'
Jan 31 16:01:57 grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support --no-floppy
Jan 31 16:01:57 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --force "/dev/nvme0n1p1"
Jan 31 16:01:57 grub-installer: Installing for powerpc-ieee1275 platform.
Jan 31 16:01:58 grub-installer: grub-install: error: unknown filesystem.
Jan 31 16:01:58 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --force "/dev/nvme0n1p1"' failed.
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