Installation of Xubuntu 13.10 beta2, also observed with Xubuntu 13.10 beta1 and Ubuntu 13.10 beta1.
Installation on Asus Eeee PC 1000H.
After partitioning (default options) a popup with this text appears:
Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/sda1 -- Device or resource busy. This means Linux won't know about any changes you made to /dev/sda1 until you reboot -- so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting.
I tried to update the partition information manually without success:
# partprobe /dev/sda
Error: Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/sda1 -- Device or resource busy. This means Linux won't know about any changes you made to /dev/sda1 until you reboot -- so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting.
Error: Failed to add partition 1 (Device or resource busy)
After pressing "Ignore" button in the popup the same message appears for /dev/sda2.
After pressing "Ignore" button again the following message appears:
The ext4 file system creation in partition #1 of SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) failed.
Then the parted_server does not keep /dev/sda open any more and the kernel partition table (/proc/partitions) is partially updated (/dev/sda5). After running partprobe /dev/sda the kernel partition table is updated completely (sda1, sda2, sda5).
After pressing OK in the last pop-up, the installer returns to the "Installation type" window. After pressing "Install now" the installation normally continues.
Installation of Xubuntu 13.10 beta2, also observed with Xubuntu 13.10 beta1 and Ubuntu 13.10 beta1.
Installation on Asus Eeee PC 1000H.
After partitioning (default options) a popup with this text appears:
Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/sda1 -- Device or resource busy. This means Linux won't know about any changes you made to /dev/sda1 until you reboot -- so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting.
I tried to update the partition information manually without success:
# partprobe /dev/sda
Error: Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/sda1 -- Device or resource busy. This means Linux won't know about any changes you made to /dev/sda1 until you reboot -- so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting.
Error: Failed to add partition 1 (Device or resource busy)
I checked the status of /dev/sda:
# fuser -v /dev/sda
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/sda: root 4051 F.... parted_server
So parted_server wrongly keeps /dev/sda open.
After pressing "Ignore" button in the popup the same message appears for /dev/sda2.
After pressing "Ignore" button again the following message appears:
The ext4 file system creation in partition #1 of SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) failed.
Then the parted_server does not keep /dev/sda open any more and the kernel partition table (/proc/partitions) is partially updated (/dev/sda5). After running partprobe /dev/sda the kernel partition table is updated completely (sda1, sda2, sda5).
After pressing OK in the last pop-up, the installer returns to the "Installation type" window. After pressing "Install now" the installation normally continues.