Bug#496446: Partition Manager hangs
Package: installation-reports, debian-amd64
Boot method: CDROM
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/unstable/20080824-1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
Date: 2008, Aug 23rd. Approx. 2 PM Eastern Daylight Time.
Machine: Intel DX38BT
Processor: Intel Q6600 2.4 GHz
Memory: 6 GB DDR3
Partitions: Did not succeed in laying out all partitions.
This was the goal:
sda1, sdb1, sdc1, sdd1 [300MB each, all physical raid volume with boot
flag ON]
sda2, sdb2, sdc2, sdd2 [8 GB each, all physical raid volume]
sda3, sdb3, sdc3, sdd3 [10 GB each, all physical raid volume]
md0 [sda1, sdb1, sdc1, sdd1; raid1]
md1 [sda2, sdb2, sdc2, sdd2; raid10]
md2 [sda3, sdb3, sdc3, sdd3, raid10]
This was attained at lockup:
sda1, sdb1, sdc1, sdd1 [300MB each, all physical raid volume with boot
flag ON]
sda2, sdb2 [8 GB each, both physical raid volume]
See comments/problems below for more details.
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): Could not obtain
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: [O]
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: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
First tried creating my full partition layout as described above using
GParted from a LiveCD.
Then used the non-Graphical and non-expert install obtained from the
debian URL above.
When the debian installer reaches point to launch partition manager the
installer hangs at 52%.
If I boot a LiveCD and dump all partitions, recreate the disk labels and
mdadm --zero-superblock then boot using the debian installer I can start
to create my physical volumes but after about the 4th created partition
the installer will loop back to loading the partition manager and hang
at 52%.
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