It's possible to reproduce this problem in a qemu-kvm guest, with an emulated disk: force the queue-length path selector.
# name=mfo-1704 # disk=/var/lib/libvirt/images/$name.qcow2 # iso=/var/lib/libvirt/images/zesty-server-ppc64el.iso.2017-03-14 # qemu-img create -f qcow2 $disk 128g # virt-install \ --name $name \ --cdrom $iso \ --vcpus 8,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=8 \ --memory 8192 \ --controller type=scsi,model=virtio-scsi \ --disk format=qcow2,path=$disk \ --disk device=cdrom,readonly=true,path=$iso \ --network bridge=virbr0,model=virtio Before the disk-detection stage (e.g., set-up users and passwords), Go Back, Execute a shell, and set up multipath.conf, and resume install: ~ # cat <<EOF >/etc/multipath.conf defaults { path_selector "queue-length 0" user_friendly_names yes find_multipaths no } EOF ~ # exit -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1673350 Title: dm-queue-length module is not included in installer/initramfs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1673350/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs