debian-installer can't stat named hardware RAID1 array
Bug #367505 reported by
Bryan Burke
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| debian-installer (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Ubuntu 9.04 Stable
AMD64
Original forum post (listed under "First Issue"): http://
This bug occurs when using the alternate and server installers.
I have two SATA drives connected to a Super Micro X6DVA-EG motherboard. They are configured in the BIOS RAID utility as a RAID1 mirror. When I assign a name to that mirror (e.g., "main"), the installer cannot activate the array, giving me the following error:
Could not stat device /dev/mapper/
ERROR!!!
However, if I leave the array name blank, the installer successfully stats the device "/dev/mapper/asr_".
I have attached the end of the syslog, which shows the errors mentioned above.
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| Bryan Burke (burke-bryan) wrote | #1 |
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| PHSC (paulohschmcast) wrote | #2 |
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I have faced this issue myself with some raid controllers. It seems that those affected are the ones that, when you name them, have a fixed amount of characters. So if you name it main, it will be mapped as /dev/mapper/
Hence I do believe that the installer is forgetting those spaces when trying to stat.
The workaround from my experience is to name the array using all characters available.