Bug#606055: Expert installer freezes when selecting "Configure MD devices"
Package: debian-installer
Version: 20101127 (6.0 squeeze)
Just trying out Debian for the first time, installing it over the top of a
Gentoo box. I configured all the partitions (mostly by accepting the existing
software-RAID configuration and leaving it unchanged except for reformatting
everything.)
After this the main menu came up with "Configure MD devices" which I selected,
and half an hour later it's still sitting at a blank (blue) screen.
This is a network install, booted over TFTP and running through SSH. Syslog says:
Dec 6 00:00:15 kernel: [ 644.380596] md1: detected capacity change from 0 to
725173403648
Dec 6 00:00:15 kernel: [ 644.389755] md1: unknown partition table
Dec 6 00:00:16 kernel: [ 644.814460] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
Dec 6 00:00:16 kernel: [ 644.815527] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.15.0-ioctl
(2009-04-01) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
Dec 6 00:00:16 partman: No matching physical volumes found
Dec 6 00:00:16 partman:
Dec 6 00:00:16 partman: No volume groups found
Dec 6 00:00:16 partman:
Dec 6 00:00:16 partman: Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...
Dec 6 00:00:16 partman-lvm:
Dec 6 00:00:16 partman-lvm: No volume groups found
Dec 6 00:00:16 partman-lvm:
Dec 6 00:08:21 partman: mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Dec 6 00:09:02 partman: mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Dec 6 00:09:10 partman: mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Dec 6 00:09:12 kernel: [ 1181.567882] EXT4-fs (md0): mounted filesystem with
ordered data mode
Dec 6 00:09:12 kernel: [ 1181.648716] EXT4-fs (md2): mounted filesystem with
ordered data mode
Dec 6 00:09:13 kernel: [ 1181.758433] EXT4-fs (md1): mounted filesystem with
ordered data mode
Dec 6 00:09:14 apt-install: Queueing package e2fsprogs for later installation
Dec 6 00:09:16 main-menu[3021]: INFO: Falling back to the package description
for mdcfg
Dec 6 00:09:16 main-menu[3021]: INFO: Falling back to the package description
for mdcfg
Dec 6 00:09:18 kernel: [ 1187.001596] JBD: barrier-based sync failed on md0-8
- disabling barriers
Dec 6 00:11:57 main-menu[3021]: INFO: Falling back to the package description
for mdcfg
Dec 6 00:11:57 main-menu[3021]: INFO: Menu item 'mdcfg' selected
Dec 6 00:11:57 main-menu[3021]: WARNING **: Unable to set title for mdcfg.
Dec 6 00:11:57 apt-install: Queueing package mdadm for later installation
Dec 6 00:48:10 sshd[15349]: WARNING: /etc/ssh/moduli does not exist, using
fixed modulus
Dec 6 00:48:14 sshd[15349]: Accepted password for installer from 192.168.0.14
port 53709 ssh2
Last two messages are from my login to get this. /proc/mdstat says all RAID
arrays are functioning normally. I just tried reconnecting and doing it again
with the same result. New log messages are:
Dec 6 00:58:09 debconf: Setting debconf/language to en_AU:en
Dec 6 00:58:11 debconf: Setting debconf/priority to low
Dec 6 00:58:11 debconf: Setting debconf/language to en_AU:en
Dec 6 00:58:11 main-menu[15390]: INFO: Falling back to the package
description for mdcfg
Dec 6 00:58:17 main-menu[15390]: INFO: Falling back to the package
description for mdcfg
Dec 6 00:58:17 main-menu[15390]: INFO: Menu item 'mdcfg' selected
Dec 6 00:58:17 main-menu[15390]: WARNING **: Unable to set title for mdcfg.
Guess I should skip this step...
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