** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Won't Fix
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Title:
Mount command on extended partition hangs forever during install
Status in debian-installer-utils package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Won't Fix
Status in debian-installer-utils source package in Precise:
Won't Fix
Status in linux source package in Precise:
Won't Fix
Bug description:
Re-installing Precise with kernels 3.2.0-26 or 3.2.0-27 from the
precise-updates repo hangs forever when searching for install media on
systems that do this from check-missing-firmware. The underlying
problem is a hanging mount command. The problem doesn't exist using
3.2.0-23 in the precise repo.
When the installer detects that it needs to load some missing
firmware, it tries to mount every available partition as '/media'. If
the hard drive is already partitioned and has an extended partition,
the installer will try to mount the extended partition and hang
indefinitely. Sending SIGKILL to the mount command does nothing.
Eventually, the kernel will start logging 'INFO: task mount:3559
blocked for more than 120 seconds.' messages.
To reproduce, on ThinkPad T420s (or most other laptops with wireless) that
already has Ubuntu installed with an extended partition (for example, sda2):
1. Boot the kernel/initramfs for the network installer at
/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64/
2. Select language and keyboard options
3. Installer hangs forever
4. Alt-F2 to another terminal
5. Run ps, see stalled mount command, like 'mount -tauto /dev/sda2 /media'
On 3.2.0-23, the mount command will return immediately with an error,
as expected (since mounting and extended partition doesn't make
sense).
Regardless of what hardware is used, running the mount command on an
extended partition always stalls. The hardware only makes a difference
in deciding whether the mount command is called during install.
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