LVM Impossible to Configure
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| debian-installer (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: debian-installer
I have begun installation of Ubuntu Server (64-bit) 10.04 LTS. I selected to Guided Partitioning with LVM, and investigated the suggested layout of the partitioner. I didn't like it, so I decided that I wanted to adjust the physical partitions. I attempted to delete the LVM physical partition, which is forbidden due to the existence of a logical volume group (that I don't like). So I attempted to delete the volume groups, but was unable to do so. Investigating my options, I found that proceeding to the next stage (to write the LVM data) warns me that I cannot come back to modify physical partitions once the volume groups are defined. Fine, I don't want them anyways, I want to change the layout. There is no option to delete them (the logical volume groups) however. I attempted several things to find some way to delete the volume group to no avail.
Finally, I decided to reboot the system and see what I can do. I selected "manual" to set the partitions, and the volume groups were displayed to me... again I am unable to delete them. Okay, fine.. bye bye partition table. I issued dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda count=8192 to wipe out the partition table on the disk and start again. I exited the shell, went back to the "detect disk" phase, and the physical disks are gone... but the volume group remains. Aaaaahhhhh! Why won't this thing just die!
As you can imagine, it is very frustrating to be in an installer trap such as this. I'll see what I can do to wipe out the stupid volume groups that won't die, I'm not concerned about that... but it is definitely a bug to not have the option to truly manipulate the setup of the disks. I don't recall being given an option to just wipe things out and start again...
| Jussi Jaurola (jussi-jaurola) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in debian-installer (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in debian-installer (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Expired |
Thank you for reporting this thing.
When you selected Guided Partitioning, did you go any further in first time? Or did you just select Guided Partitioning and then selected back?
I try to find out how did you end up in situation where you are (trying to achieve same kind of situation with my own installation).
You can always go to different window during installation and delete volume groups with /sbin/lvm vgremove <volumegroup>.