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casper package

casper in initrd dies trying to find filesystem.squashfs on raid device

Bug #1047316 reported by Bret Curtis
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casper (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
Precise
Won't Fix
Medium
Unassigned
Ubuntu ubuntu-12.04.3

Bug Description

We've made our own LiveCDs and also used the Ubuntu 12.04 ISO to USB trick with unetbootin and they both fail to find the filesystem.squashfs when there is an existing raid array on the system. The end result is that it dumps you to initramfs.

I've attached the casper.log file for the broken (default) initrd.img-3.2.0-30-generic . There is also a patch to 'fix' the problem and another 'working' log file.

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Bret Curtis (psi29a) wrote :
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Bret Curtis (psi29a) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

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tags: added: patch
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in casper (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
Stéphane Graber (stgraber)
Changed in casper (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package casper - 1.327

---------------
casper (1.327) quantal; urgency=low

  [ Tim Lunn ]
  * add gnome-shell favorites tweak to 25adduser
  * Add 16gdmnopasswd script, removes gdm password dialog for live user.

  [ Stéphane Graber ]
  * Fix casper when running on some RAID systems. (LP: #1047316, LP: #965735)
  * Apply patch by Tyler Gates to try and better handle dm devices, should help
    with the above change too. (LP: #865529)
  * Use /sys/class/net/ instead of hardcoded eth* devices.
    (LP: #905828, LP: #962546)
  * Allow overriding username/userfullname/hostname on the boot command line
    as is mentioned in the manpage but was never implemented.
    Note that when using persistence, those used for the first boot will be
    remembered through /etc/casper.conf (LP: #907482)
  * Reset oem-config/enable to false every boot. (LP: #838680)
  * Add Breaks/Replaces to ubiquity-casper to properly upgrade when both
    casper and ubiquity-casper are installed. (LP: #1046300)
  * Apply patch by cleary to avoid hang in 41apt_cdrom when .disk/info doesn't
    exist. (LP: #909919)
  * Eject by block device instead of mountpoint, this should avoid ejecting
    the cdrom on USB installations. (LP: #869238)
  * Add 'check' target to debian/rules based on ubiquity's (LP: #570243)
 -- Stephane Graber <email address hidden> Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:46:39 -0400

Changed in casper (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Bret Curtis (psi29a) wrote :

Can this also be backported to Precise (since it is LTS)?

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in casper (Ubuntu Precise):
milestone: none → ubuntu-12.04.2
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in casper (Ubuntu Precise):
milestone: ubuntu-12.04.2 → ubuntu-12.04.3
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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release

Changed in casper (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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