alt-install /dev fails to mount
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
udev (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Critical
|
Colin Watson | ||
Jaunty |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Colin Watson |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: base-installer
Nov 12 daily jaunty alt installer:
Nov 20 11:41:40 main-menu[2518]: (process:18255): mount: mounting /dev on /target/dev/ failed: Invalid argument
~ # mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
fusectl on /sys/fs/
/dev/sda1 on /target type ext3 (rw,relatime,
/dev/sda1 on /dev/.static/dev type ext3 (rw,relatime,
tail syslog (full file attached)
Nov 20 11:41:32 base-installer: Get:11 http://
Nov 20 11:41:32 base-installer: Get:12 http://
Nov 20 11:41:37 base-installer: Fetched 1422kB in 15s (94.8kB/s)
Nov 20 11:41:37 base-installer: Reading package lists...
Nov 20 11:41:40 base-installer:
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: --> PROGRESS SET 108
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: <-- 0 OK
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: --> PROGRESS INFO base-installer/
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: <-- 10 base-installer/
Nov 20 11:41:40 main-menu[2518]: (process:18255): mount: mounting /dev on /target/dev/ failed: Invalid argument
Nov 20 11:41:40 main-menu[2518]: WARNING **: Configuring 'bootstrap-base' failed with error code 255
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: --> GET debconf/priority
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: <-- 0 high
Nov 20 11:41:40 main-menu[2518]: WARNING **: Menu item 'bootstrap-base' failed.
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: --> SETTITLE debian-
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: <-- 0 OK
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: --> CAPB
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: <-- 0 multiselect backup progresscancel align plugin-
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: --> METAGET debian-
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: <-- 0 Install the base system
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: --> SUBST debian-
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: Adding [ITEM] -> [Install the base system]
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: <-- 0
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: --> INPUT critical debian-
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: <-- 0 question will be asked
Nov 20 11:41:40 debconf: --> GO
Related branches
Changed in base-installer: | |
assignee: | nobody → kamion |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
milestone: | none → jaunty-alpha-1 |
status: | New → Triaged |
This needs to be fixed in udev. In jaunty, rootskel has changed to starting udev before init, but in the midst of that reshuffle the bit of code that mounted /dev as a tmpfs got lost. We need to reinstate that in /lib/debian- installer/ start-udev.