Bug#853927: debian-installer: Hang in os-prober in "dmsetup create -r osprober-linux-sda1"

[Bernhard Schmidt <berni@debian.org>]

Hi,

>> The ~10 minute wait was not a timeout, I simply killed the process then.
> 
> Yes, sure, I had assumed that.
> 
>> I'm using RC2 netboot via PXE.
> 
> Thanks for the confirmation we're still having a big issue here (which I
> still have to reproduce)…

FYI, we are using this preseed configuration copied from our Jessie
installation, might be related

d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true

d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string sysvg

d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string                         \
      boot-root ::                                            \
              4000 10000 16000 ext4                           \
                      method{ format } format{ } $lvmok{ }    \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
                      mountpoint{ / }                         \
              .                                               \
              512 512 2048 linux-swap                         \
                      method{ swap } format{ } $lvmok{ }      \
              .                                               \
              1 1 1000000000 ext3                             \
                      method{ keep }                          \
                      use_filesystem{ }                       \
                      $lvmok{ } lv_name{ remove }             \
              .

d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true

d-i partman-basicmethods/method_only boolean false

partman-auto-lvm partman-auto-lvm/no_boot boolean true

d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true

Bernhard