Installing the zipl boot loader fails because "/boot' is located on a multi-target device-mapper device"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Release Notes for Ubuntu |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Ubuntu on IBM z Systems |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
debian-installer (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Skipper Bug Screeners |
Bug Description
Installer version: 20101020ubuntu501
Kernel: 4.10.0-15
Description/
System is using two multipathed FCP-LUNs. A volume group is created over these two LUNs and logical volumes for root and home are defined.
~ # vgs
VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree
rootvg 2 2 0 wz--n- 39.99g 0
~ # pvs
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
/dev/
/dev/
/dev/
/dev/
~ # lvs
LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Meta% Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
homelv rootvg -wi-ao---- 11.18g
rootlv rootvg -wi-ao---- 28.81g
The installer fails on "Install the ZIPL boot loader on a hard disk". In syslog you see the following errors:
Apr 5 12:39:49 zipl-installer: Root filesystem on /dev/mapper/
Apr 5 12:39:49 zipl-installer: info: Root filesystem is on LV ( rootvg rootlv)
Apr 5 12:39:49 zipl-installer: Error: Unsupported setup: Directory '/boot' is located on a multi-target device-mapper device
Apr 5 12:39:49 zipl-installer: Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf'
Apr 5 12:39:49 zipl-installer: Ignore section 'old': Image file '/boot/vmlinuz.old'
Apr 5 12:39:49 zipl-installer: Run /lib/s390-
Apr 5 12:39:49 zipl-installer: Error: Script could not determine target parameters
Apr 5 12:39:49 main-menu[355]: (process:17396): File descriptor 3 (pipe:[11141]) leaked on lvm invocation.
Apr 5 12:39:49 main-menu[355]: (process:17396): Parent PID 17397: /bin/sh
Apr 5 12:39:49 main-menu[355]: (process:17396): File descriptor 4 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on lvm invocation.
Apr 5 12:39:49 main-menu[355]: (process:17396): Parent PID 17397: /bin/sh
Apr 5 12:39:49 main-menu[355]: (process:17396): File descriptor 5 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on lvm invocation.
Apr 5 12:39:49 main-menu[355]: (process:17396): Parent PID 17397: /bin/sh
Apr 5 12:39:49 main-menu[355]: (process:17396): File descriptor 6 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on lvm invocation.
Apr 5 12:39:49 main-menu[355]: (process:17396): Parent PID 17397: /bin/sh
Apr 5 12:39:49 main-menu[355]: WARNING **: Configuring 'zipl-installer' failed with error code 1
Apr 5 12:39:49 main-menu[355]: WARNING **: Menu item 'zipl-installer' failed.
As the error message says, having the /boot partition on a device-mapper device is not supported. If that error is not a bug, then the partitioner should not allow having such a setup and display a warning.
Changed in ubuntu-release-notes: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in debian-installer (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in debian-installer (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | High → Medium |
Changed in ubuntu-z-systems: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in ubuntu-z-systems: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
tags: | added: id-5a7c3f25b2bfb6e1130ad694 |
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