[Bug 1065281] Re: Installer crashed when trying to partition 4k/4k sector hard disks

Kent Baxley 1065281 at bugs.launchpad.net
Fri Sep 13 19:35:42 UTC 2013


Logs from an unmodified 50format_efi.

Note the warning in the syslog:

Sep 13 19:28:14 partman: WARNING: Not enough clusters for a 32 bit FAT!

...it appears to try and create the filesystem anyway, but, apparently
it's in a state that the EFI firmware on the server can't understand
when it comes time to try and boot the hard drive (just a guess)?


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Title:
  Installer crashed when trying to partition 4k/4k sector hard disks

Status in The Dell PowerEdge project:
  In Progress
Status in OEM Priority Project:
  Fix Committed
Status in OEM Priority Project precise series:
  In Progress
Status in OEM Priority Project quantal series:
  In Progress
Status in OEM Priority Project raring series:
  Fix Released
Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu quantal series:
  Triaged
Status in “dosfstools” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “efibootmgr” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-auto” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-base” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-basicfilesystems” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-efi” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “dosfstools” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “efibootmgr” source package in Precise:
  Triaged
Status in “partman-auto” source package in Precise:
  In Progress
Status in “partman-base” source package in Precise:
  Triaged
Status in “partman-basicfilesystems” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-efi” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “dosfstools” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in “efibootmgr” source package in Quantal:
  Triaged
Status in “partman-auto” source package in Quantal:
  New
Status in “partman-base” source package in Quantal:
  Triaged
Status in “partman-basicfilesystems” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-efi” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  partman_server crashes on Ubuntu 12.10 server for amd64 when trying to
  partition an Advanced Format (4k / 4k sector) hard disk.

  Disks that utilize 4k sectors with 512 emulation work fine.  The
  installer has no problems with those.

  Steps to Reproduce:
  1) Begin the installation in EFI mode. 
  2) At the disk partitioning stage, select "Guided use Entire Disk" or "Manual"
  3) Review and accept the proposed partitioning scheme and write changes to disk. 

  Actual Results:
  The system will attempt to create a the EFIboot partition.  At this stage the installer appears to hang.   Pressing Ctrl+AltF4 reveals that parted_server has crashed with the following message:

  parted_server[13865]: segfault at 22fa000 ip 00007fa6eb74bee7 sp
  00007fffec3ab500 error 4 in libparted.so.0.0.1[7fa6eb735000+64000]

  Expected results:
  Installation should carry on without a crash.

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