Ubuntu
partman-base package

armhf-omap4: a disk formatted with ext4 fails to mount with partman

Bug #1028983 reported by C de-Avillez on 2012-07-25

12

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	partman-base (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Medium	Unassigned
	Quantal	Invalid	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Pandaboard ES, armhf-omap4 Alpha3 20120725.3. Using an already configured, ext4, single partition memory stick causes partman/kernel to fail to recognise the volume.

Installation can continue, and retrying "detect disks" will now show the memory stick as /dev/sda.

Tags:

Revision history for this message

Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote on 2012-07-25:

#1

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1028983

tags:

added: iso-testing

Revision history for this message

C de-Avillez (hggdh2) wrote on 2012-07-25:

#2

d-i syslog Edit (60.7 KiB, text/plain)

Revision history for this message

Oliver Grawert (ogra) wrote on 2012-07-27:

#3

this is probably a dup of 1028905, though they seems to both manifest differently

Brian Murray (brian-murray) on 2012-07-30

tags:

added: quantal
removed: rls-q-incoming

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-09-03:

#4

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in partman-base (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Revision history for this message

Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote on 2012-09-28:

#5

If there's only a single primary partition as indicated by the combination of the bug description and the log, I have some difficulty seeing how bug 1028905 could be related.

Revision history for this message

Oliver Grawert (ogra) wrote on 2012-10-01:

#6

do you still have the device around as it was when it failed (or could you set it up in the exact same manner as it was when it failed) i suspect the device was formatted "raw" i.e. without a partition table so partman finds a partition signature where it looks for a partition table.

if you still have the device in that state, doing a:
sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=debug_image.img bs=1M count=1
(indeed with the proper device name for /dev/sda here)

and attaching the resulting debug_image.img might help is to inspect the issue a bit more.

Revision history for this message

C de-Avillez (hggdh2) wrote on 2012-10-01:

#7

No, unfortunately it is gone -- the memory sticks are "burn, use, and forget". Sorry. I will try to repeat.

Revision history for this message

C de-Avillez (hggdh2) wrote on 2012-10-04:

#8

Ogra, I think we can close this for now -- I tried all the memory sticks I have locally, none failed. If/when it happens again I can reopen.

Revision history for this message

Oliver Grawert (ogra) wrote on 2012-10-05:

#9

thanks, closing then

Changed in partman-base (Ubuntu Quantal):
status:	Confirmed → Invalid

Report a bug

This report contains Public information

Everyone can see this information.

You are

Subscribing...

Edit bug mail

Other bug subscribers

Bug attachments

d-i syslog Edit

Add attachment

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.