Bug#262531: installation-reports: failed, root on LVM
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: built from svn, today
uname -a: i386
Date: <Date and time of the install>
Method: netboot
Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)>
Processor:
Memory:
Root Device: LVM LV
Root Size/partition table: <Feel free to paste the full partition
table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where.>
Output of lspci:
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O] see comments
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [E] see comments
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
I tried to install Debian (testing) with root device on LVM.
Installation failed on boot loader installation step. First time d-i
offered to install grub. I returned to main menu to install lilo. lilo
installation failed. Problem is that root partition (VG vg01, LV
newroot) was mounted as /dev/mapper/vg01-newroot. LVM tools does not
understand logical volumes given in that format. Partition name should
be /dev/vg01/newroot (this file is really symlink to
/dev/mapper/vg01-newroot). d-i must not resolve such symlinks (resolved
name was also writen to /target/etc/fstab!).
After that I tryed to install d-i with low debconf priority. Before
bootloader installation step I unmounted /target and mounted it again
with command:
mount -t ext3 /dev/vg01/newroot /target
Then I choosed to install lilo (into MBR). There was no messages about failed
installation. Screen just blinked. After that main menu appeared with
header in English and menu entries in Ukrainian. Messages in other
dialogs was in English (all messages are translated in Ukrainian in
normal install!). After reboot my old grub bootloader appeared, so lilo
was not installed.
Next try... After lilo install i ran:
chroot /target /sbin/lilo (this code is in lilo-installer too)
Following messages appeared:
Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not exists, disc scan bypassed
Fatal: Sorry, don't know how to handle device 0xfe00
I did not seen such messages on any console before! I mounted
/target/proc and rerun this command. Some warings appeared, no error
messages. After reboot lilo loaded new Debian system.
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