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koenr · Joined: 07 Jun 2011 Posts: 26

Hi all,
When doing mass installation on a brandnew harddisk (not on one that had a working ubuntu on it before) I get as error message on the client:

mount: you must specify the file system type

And the error is correct:
(parted) print all
Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD161GJ (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 160GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 512B 160GB 160GB primary boot
2 160GB 160GB 253MB primary linux-swap(v1)

When creating the client, I choose automatic partition scheme, what says it is going to do:

Action Partition Description
Create new partition /dev/sda Type: primary Range: 0 - 159744
Format /dev/sda1 File system: ext4
Set bootflag /dev/sda1
Create new partition /dev/sda Type: primary Range: 159745 - 159999
Format /dev/sda2 File system: linux-swap

Why doesn't /dev/sda1 gets ext4 on it?

The weird thing is that a disk that was formatted manually before the mass installation, does work. I understood from the help that all previous partitions are replaced.

Am I missing something obvious or is here a bug invoved?
I'm using m23 12.1 an trying to install Ubuntu with the latest pae kernel available

koenr · Joined: 07 Jun 2011 Posts: 26

I got a little bit further here.
If I start parted on the failed client, I can only do mkfs ext2. ext3 and ext4 are not supported

koenr · Joined: 07 Jun 2011 Posts: 26

Tiny bit further again:
If I manually partition a client ext2 (after the error message, start parted), then I can manage to install it.
If I create a new client for mass install, using ext2, I get the same problem: the first partition has no file system and the installation stops Sad

Hauke · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 1072

Hi,

I'm just running a test installation, that should be similar to your setting. In this scenario I'm using VirtualBox without pre-formated or pre-partitioned SATA drive. The client was defined before with "automatic partitioning" (ext4 and swap), with Ubuntu Lucid, shipped PAE kernel (2.6.32-39-generic-pae), 32 bit and UbuntuDesktop.

Partitioning, formating and installation is running (currently Gnome is installed).

The installation should be finished in a few minutes Wink

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Hauke · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 1072

Now the installation has been finished. The client boots and can be used normaly.

Maybe the m23 network bootimage on your server is corrupted. Did you try to re-install the server?

Does only this client not install correctly or is the error reproducable on other computers too?
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koenr · Joined: 07 Jun 2011 Posts: 26

No, I didn't reinstall the server (seemed like a last resort)
I tried with 6 different clients - all the same systems.

I'll try to reinstall the server. Thank you for your reply.

Hauke · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 1072

If there is a corrupted installation, it may be enough the re-install the m23-server packages.

You can start with

koenr · Joined: 07 Jun 2011 Posts: 26

I found that reinstalling the server does fix the fdisk problem - the disks format nicely to ext4 Smile

Bet still no luck Sad

. The clients install fine, until xOrg installation.
The installation process failes with the message Error: XOrg installed. (see the end of my logs below)

I'm using a lucid sources list, with as additional line
#Libreoffice
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu lucid main

I noticed that the lucid sources where slightly changed, so I updated them accordingly, made a new installation client for mass install, but I'm still stuck on the XOrg error message.

logs:
Reading package lists...
W: GPG error: http://172.16.0.1 ./ Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 2
W: GPG error: http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net ./ Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY C6F0913D3305E63A
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 83FBA1751378B444

06.03.2012 16:53 /etc/resolv.conf was written ok
06.03.2012 16:53 Running m23hwscanner ok
06.03.2012 16:54 Grub installation ok
06.03.2012 16:54 Grub: Kernels found in menu.lst ok
06.03.2012 16:54 /etc/fstab was written ok
06.03.2012 16:54 activating swap ok
06.03.2012 16:56 hardware detection ok
06.03.2012 17:01 XOrg installed

koenr · Joined: 07 Jun 2011 Posts: 26

again a little bit further
If I uninstall postfix (gives errors during installation) the installation continues and ends succesfully Smile

There must be something wrong in the way the installer fills in the defaults for postfix.

koenr · Joined: 07 Jun 2011 Posts: 26

Ther reason of my problem can be found in https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postfix/+question/173875

I used as hostnames Lblok110.1; Lblok110.2, ...
Postfix can't handle a dot in the hostname.

Hauke · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 1072

Thank you for message. So it's not a bug in m23 but a "normal" configuration problem Wink

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koenr · Joined: 07 Jun 2011 Posts: 26

Yes, correct Smile

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Using m23 I made already more of those Very Happy

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It's nice that it is easy to start over again and learn.