Comment 65 for bug 1065281

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Kent Baxley (kentb) wrote :

In comparing /var/log/installer/syslog with a working installation using a 4k/512e disk and my non-working installation, I see that there are places where the installer has problems with 4096-byte sectors (not sure if this is a factor or not):

Jul 23 20:05:59 main-menu[764]: (process:13955): mount: mounting /dev/sdb3 on /tmp/tmp.v1Bp6T failed: Invalid argument
Jul 23 20:05:59 main-menu[764]: (process:13955): mount: mounting /dev/sdb3 on /tmp/tmp.yQNN5g failed: Invalid argument
Jul 23 20:05:59 main-menu[764]: (process:13955): ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdb.
Jul 23 20:06:00 main-menu[764]: DEBUG: resolver (ext2-modules): package doesn't exist (ignored)

Jul 23 20:17:09 main-menu[764]: (process:53636): Volume group "sdb" not found
Jul 23 20:17:09 main-menu[764]: (process:53636): Skipping volume group sdb
Jul 23 20:17:09 main-menu[764]: (process:53636): ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdb.
Jul 23 20:17:09 main-menu[764]: (process:53636): ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdb.
Jul 23 20:17:09 main-menu[764]: (process:53636): ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdb.
Jul 23 20:17:09 main-menu[764]: (process:53636): ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdb.

Jul 23 20:17:14 anna-install: Installing os-prober-udeb
Jul 23 20:17:14 finish-install: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdb.
Jul 23 20:17:14 finish-install: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdb.
Jul 23 20:17:14 finish-install: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdb.
Jul 23 20:17:14 finish-install: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdb.

Full log attached from failed 13.10 attempt on a 4k/4k disk.