Bug#684309: installation-reports: Wheezy installer hangs at partition hard drives
Package: installation-reports
Severity: important
The Wheezy installation hangs while loading the
partitioner (hd-media daily from 08-08).
The ps w output:
6865 root 6304 S udpkg --configure --force-configure partman-base
6866 root 4420 S {partman-base.po} /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/partman-base.postinst configure
6867 root 4556 S {partman} /bin/sh /bin/partman
7101 root 0 SW [jfsIO]
7102 root 0 SW [jfsCommit]
7103 root 0 SW [jfsCommit]
7104 root 0 SW [jfsSync]
7118 root 0 SW< [xfs_mru_cache]
7119 root 0 SW< [xfslogd]
7120 root 0 SW< [xfsdatad]
7121 root 0 SW< [xfsconvertd]
7138 root 4556 S {25md-devices} /bin/sh /lib/partman/init.d/25md-devices
7142 root 0 SW< [md]
7144 root 6156 S log-output -t md-devices --pass-stdout mdadm --examine --scan --config=partitions
7145 root 4600 D mdadm --examine --scan --config=partitions
7151 root 4424 R ps w
The mdadm process hangs, which also occured in the bug report #683849.
I could continue with the installation after adding "exit 0" at the
beginning of the file /lib/partman/init.d/25md-devices
(package: partman-md).
On the same machine the Squeeze mdadm command
exits successfully:
# mdadm --examine --scan --config=partitions
#
# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10]
unused devices: <none>
-- Package-specific info:
Boot method: USB disk
Image version: Daily installer from 08-08-2012
Date: 08-08-2012
Machine: Lenovo Thinkpad T61p
Partitions:
fdisk -lu /dev/sda
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 206848 262320127 131056640 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 262320128 496695295 117187584 83 Linux
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda4 496697342 976771071 240036865 5 Extended
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda5 496697344 527945727 15624192 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 527947776 762320895 117186560 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 762322944 976771071 107224064 83 Linux
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O ]
Detect network card: [O ]
Configure network: [O ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O ]
Detect hard drives: [ O]
Partition hard drives: [ E]
Install base system: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]
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