Bug#637784: installation-reports: Partition disks error: No root file system is defined.

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 04:40:38PM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit :
> Le Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 06:26:45PM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit :
> > 
> > Using the shell console, I found that the partition table was the following:
> > 
> >   Disk /dev/xvda1: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
> >   255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 130 cylinders
> >   Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >   Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> >   I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> >   Disk identifier: 0x0002dcf2
> >   
> >       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> >   /dev/xvda1p1   *           1         118      947803+  83  Linux
> >   /dev/xvda1p2             119         130       96390    5  Extended
> >   /dev/xvda1p5             119         130       96358+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
> > 
> > However, the device files /dev/xvda1p1, p2 and p5 are not available.  Do you have any idea ?
> 
> I have tested today's build of Debian-Installer, and the bug is still there.
> 
> To summarise:
> 
>  - On that machine, the drive's name is /dev/xvda1.
>  - Partman handles this by making partitions called /dev/xvda1p1 /dev/xvda1p2 /dev/xvda1p5
>  - The installation then fails as there are no such devices.

Hi again,

I tried to modify the partition table by hand using fdisk, and after writing it
I see the following error message.

  WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 22: Invalid argument.
  The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at
  the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8)
  Syncing disks.

So the scenario is:

  - Partman partitions the disk,
  - the kernel is not informed of the changes,
  - udev does not create new links in /dev,
  - formatting and installation are impossible.

Do you think that this bug should be re-assigned somewhere else ?

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles