ISST-SAN: fsp-chip: Alpine: LE-UBUNTU 15.10: LPAR chip01 unable to install base OS due to inability to install the GRUB boot loader on hard disk
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
grub-installer (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre | ||
Vivid |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre |
Bug Description
[Impact]
Administrators installing Ubuntu on systems with more than 26 hard disks.
[Test case]
1) start a Ubuntu Server install on a server with > 26 disks: /dev/sdaa should exist.
2) Complete the installation
Without the fix, the installation should fail at the "Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk" task.
With the fix, the installation should complete successfully.
[Regression Potential]
This has a low regression potential as it only changes enough of grub-installer to allow matching of disks of the naming scheme /dev/[shv]d[a-z]*, where it was previously only matching for one occurrence of the drive letter ([a-z]). This matching only happens when doing the initial installation of a system; further runs will rely directly on grub-install without trying to match device names.
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== Comment: #0 - RODOLFO LOPEZ <email address hidden> - 2015-07-27 12:55:29 ==
---Problem Description---
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
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I start the installation of the base operating system in UBUNTU 15.10
and at the end of the install I get the below pop-up message:
lqqqqqqqu [!!] Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk tqqqqqqqqk
x x
x Installation step failed x
x An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item x
x again from the menu, or skip it and choose something else. The x
x failing step is: Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk x
x x
x <Continue> x
x x
mqqqqqqqqq
<Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons
Contact Information = Pablo Marquez, <email address hidden>
---uname output---
do not have that information available for the moment.
Machine Type = 8408-E8E
---boot type---
Network boot
---bootloader---
grub
---Kernel cmdline used to launch install---
SMS
---Bootloader protocol---
tftp
---Install repository type---
install image is in kte.isst.
---Point of failure---
Other failure during installation (stage 1)
== Comment: #2 - SANDHYA VENUGOPALA <email address hidden> - 2015-07-29 01:39:49 ==
We require patches to partman-multipath, parman-base and grub-installer packages for Ubuntu 15.10 version to address this installation problem.
These packages have already been updated to Ubuntu Trusty and Ubuntu Vivid.
LP bug - https:/
tags: | added: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-128090 severity-critical targetmilestone-inin1510 |
affects: | ubuntu → grub-installer |
affects: | grub-installer → grub-installer (Ubuntu) |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Taco Screen team (taco-screen-team) |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → High |
assignee: | Taco Screen team (taco-screen-team) → Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Triaged |
assignee: | nobody → Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu Vivid): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
description: | updated |
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