d-i based images failed to install: mount: mounting /dev on /target/dev/ failed: Invalid argument

Bug #817443 reported by Jean-Baptiste Lallement
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
udev (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Critical
Colin Watson
Oneiric
Fix Released
Critical
Colin Watson

Bug Description

oneiric 20110728 alternate|server i386|amd64

Last lines of syslog (full version attached)
Jul 28 09:53:47 debconf: Adding [SECTION] -> [Configuring the base system]
Jul 28 09:53:47 debconf: <-- 0
Jul 28 09:53:47 debconf: --> PROGRESS INFO base-installer/debootstrap/info/configuring
Jul 28 09:53:47 debconf: <-- 0 OK
Jul 28 09:53:47 debconf: --> PROGRESS SET 100
Jul 28 09:53:47 debconf: <-- 0 OK
Jul 28 09:53:47 debconf: --> METAGET base-installer/debootstrap/info/basesuccess description
Jul 28 09:53:47 debconf: <-- 0 Base system installed successfully.
Jul 28 09:53:47 debconf: --> PROGRESS SET 103
Jul 28 09:53:47 debconf: <-- 0 OK
Jul 28 09:53:47 debconf: --> PROGRESS INFO base-installer/section/setup_dev
Jul 28 09:53:47 debconf: <-- 0 OK
Jul 28 09:53:47 main-menu[320]: (process:12539): mount: mounting /dev on /target/dev/ failed: Invalid argument
Jul 28 09:53:47 main-menu[320]: WARNING **: Configuring 'bootstrap-base' failed with error code 255
Jul 28 09:53:47 debconf: --> GET debconf/priority
Jul 28 09:53:47 debconf: <-- 0 high
Jul 28 09:53:47 main-menu[320]: WARNING **: Menu item 'bootstrap-base' failed.
Jul 28 09:53:47 debconf: --> SETTITLE debian-installer/bootstrap-base/title

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: debian-installer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.8-generic 3.0.0
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jul 28 12:05:31 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. U3SG
MemoryUsage:
 total used free shared buffers cached
 Mem: 3090132 2143948 946184 0 39200 1213916
 -/+ buffers/cache: 890832 2199300
 Swap: 5855688 12 5855676
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-7-generic root=UUID=75f23f17-3ace-4485-af57-a7318eb6c2ff ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-12 (16 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 01/28/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 305
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: U3SG
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr305:bd01/28/2008:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnU3SG:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnU3SG:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: U3SG
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

Revision history for this message
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :
Changed in debian-installer (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Critical
assignee: nobody → Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)
Dave Walker (davewalker)
tags: added: server-o-ro
Colin Watson (cjwatson)
affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu Oneiric) → udev (Ubuntu Oneiric)
Changed in udev (Ubuntu Oneiric):
assignee: Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) → Colin Watson (cjwatson)
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package udev - 172-0ubuntu5

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udev (172-0ubuntu5) oneiric; urgency=low

  * The kernel won't mount devtmpfs automatically when /init exists, which
    is always the case in the installer, so mount it manually (LP: #817443).
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:37:48 +0100

Changed in udev (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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