Bug#516213: vg not found at the boot

[Ferenc Wagner <wferi@niif.hu>]

Jan Čípa <czipis@gmail.com> writes:

> On the first boot after installing debian-500-hppa-DVD-1.iso on HP
> A500 PA-RISC, booting halts on
> ALERT! /dev/mapper/hp--server-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
>
> Setup with guided LVM option, kept recommended defaults. No complaints
> during installation.
>
> Machine: HP A500 class, dual CPU, 2GB RAM, 34GB internal SCSI disk,
> external SCSI tape drive and DVD-ROM.
>
> [...]
> Begin: Mounting root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... [17179584.784000] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
> [17179584.788000] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.13.0-ioctl (2007-10-18) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
>   Volume group "hp-server" not found
> [...]
> [17179590.176000] scsi 3:0:15:0: Direct-Access     HP 36.4G MAN3367MC        HP04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> [17179590.184000]  target3:0:15: tagged command queuing enabled, command queue depth 16.
> [17179590.220000]  target3:0:15: Beginning Domain Validation
> [17179590.244000]  target3:0:15: asynchronous
> [17179590.268000]  target3:0:15: wide asynchronous
> [17179590.284000]  target3:0:15: FAST-20 WIDE SCSI 40.0 MB/s ST (50 ns, offset 16)
> [17179590.304000]  target3:0:15: Domain Validation skipping write tests
> [17179590.340000]  target3:0:15: Ending Domain Validation
> [17179590.348000] scsi 3:0:15:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
> [17179590.464000] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
> [17179590.472000] sd 3:0:15:0: [sda] 71132960 512-byte hardware sectors (36420 MB)
> [17179590.504000] sd 3:0:15:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
> [17179590.520000] sd 3:0:15:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> [17179590.544000] sd 3:0:15:0: [sda] 71132960 512-byte hardware sectors (36420 MB)
> [17179590.620000] sd 3:0:15:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
> [17179590.748000] sd 3:0:15:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> [17179590.772000]  sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
> [17179590.900000] sd 3:0:15:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
>
> done.
> Gave up waiting for root device.

Looks like vgchange was executed before the physical volume was
discovered at the end of the SCSI scan.  Please issue the

vgchange -ay

command and exit the shell.  If the system boots up, then it's an
initramfs-tools bug, rather than an installer bug.
-- 
Regards,
Feri.