Bug 393966 - Kubuntu 18.04 Installation fails with LVM and two Harddisks with GRUB installation error
Summary: Kubuntu 18.04 Installation fails with LVM and two Harddisks with GRUB install...
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: bugs.kde.org
Classification: Websites
Component: code customizations (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Kubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KDE sysadmins
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Reported: 2018-05-07 18:36 UTC by rh
Modified: 2018-05-21 00:34 UTC (History)
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2018-05-20 16:36 UTC, rh
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Description rh 2018-05-07 18:36:22 UTC
BIG BUG in the Kubuntu Installation-Program

    Did I post these BUGs on the right forum or not!?? - This are real bugs in the KUBUNTU-Implementation of the installation program! - Since I want to have an actual operating system with full bug actualisations i tried the same procedure with the same version of UBUNTU 18.04 - and miracle - THERE the installation succeeded!!! - Neverteless ALL the LVM inconvenients and bugs are very similar -but at least the writing of the boot-record and the GRUB-Installation WORKED!!!
    Its really a pitty that the KUBUNTU-Team cant provide a LVM running installation! - with two LVM-used disks...!?? - And I would like it so much to get Kubuntu, because I hate the gnome environment and behaviour!! -

    Could anybody forward these posts to any developer who could resolve the problems!?? - will the resolving be part of any Release-note remark???:rip:

    thanks a lot anybody

The Bug is in any case reproducible on my hardware since i tried it several times in different installation-modes! - PLEASE FIX THIS!!! - Since ubuntu 18.04 works!



Grub-Installation ISSUE

    The installation-routine of 18.04 LTS 64 bit seems quite buggy! - at least with a new 500 GB Samsung SSD-drive
    The drive was well recognied by the bios and also by linux and it was possible to manage it by gparted.
    I have a "old" raid-system in the PC which is also configured by LVM2

    I tried to install in several kinds.
    1.) manually - there was the problem, that in the lvm-configuration it is actually NOT POSSIBLE to give an specific lv-name to each lv - any changement seems also not possible - so the LVs are numerated notoriously from 1 to n - what is often not helpfully
    - when I also put the configuration on and start the installation - then the programm rubs without any question the Swap-partition of the OLD RAID-lvm !!! This is not very usefull since the Raid will be much slower than the SSD - and just I want to speed up the system!
    After installation there is the message that the grub-installation failed since it could not write to /dev/sda however the SSD has /dev/sdb

    THIS issue cames also in the automatical installation!
    Other issue:
    configuring first all LV with mountpoint and changing later it to set the format-option makes crashing the programm

    - when there is any LVM-partition it seems not possible to remove/delete it!
    - in the same way it is not possible to delete any partition in relation to an LV! or VG
    - - to make such changes seems not possible...!
    DOES the programmer of this nice prog have any real experience with LVM!???

    2.) automatical installation with LVM
    in my whole desesperation I tried now the automatical (guided) LVM - installation - but here the grub-installation fails in the SAME WAY!

    However I tried some howto - how to install or repair grub-install - but even this dont works as promised and fails with mount-issues -

    Also grub-setup ist not available!

    How shall I change to the new Kubuntu, when it is even not possible to realize a simple installation!???
    ??????:-\

    How can I now install the actual kubuntu 18.04 LTS!???

    Some tests with the LVM-Options enabled with the installation programm... seems strongly recommended!

    Po
Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2018-05-07 21:24:39 UTC
Please report installation issues directly to the bug tracker of your distribution.
Comment 3 rh 2018-05-20 16:36:25 UTC
Created attachment 112773 [details]
attachment-21490-0.html

This is an other issue since it is not possible to fill out the field of 
the bugtracker what opens after the bug! - I am really desesperated!!!! :-((

What shall I do further to fix such incredible bugs!??? - It seems that 
LVM ist a notorious problem at KDE since I had this issue often in my 
KDE-user-history...!

Another issue - You forum dont uses the keyboard-settings of the user - 
so I have no "#" character online...?

Ralf

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The installation-routine of 18.04 LTS 64 bit seems quite buggy! - at 
least with a new 500 GB Samsung SSD-drive
The drive was well recognied by the bios and also by linux and it was 
possible to manage it by gparted.
I have a "old" raid-system in the PC which is also configured by LVM2

I tried to install in several kinds.
1.) manually - there was the problem, that in the lvm-configuration it 
is actually NOT POSSIBLE to give an specific lv-name to each lv - any 
changement seems also not possible - so the LVs are numerated 
notoriously from 1 to n - what is often not helpfully
- when I also put the configuration on and start the installation - then 
the programm rubs without any question the Swap-partition of the OLD 
RAID-lvm !!! This is not very usefull since the Raid will be much slower 
than the SSD - and just I want to speed up the system!
After installation there is the message that the grub-installation 
failed since it could not write to /dev*/sda* however the SSD has /dev/*sdb*

THIS issue cames also in the automatical installation!
Other issue:
configuring first all LV with mountpoint and changing later it to set 
the format-option makes *crashing* the programm

- when there is any LVM-partition it seems not possible to remove/delete 
it!
- in the same way it is not possible to delete any partition in relation 
to an LV! or VG
- - to make such changes seems not possible...!
DOES the programmer of this nice prog have any real experience with LVM!???

2.) automatical installation with LVM
in my whole desesperation I tried now the automatical (guided) LVM - 
installation - but here the grub-installation fails in the SAME WAY!

However I tried some howto - how to install or repair *grub-install* - 
but even this dont works as promised and fails with mount-issues -

Also grub-setup ist not available!

How shall I change to the new Kubuntu, when it is even not possible to 
realize a simple installation!???
??????:-\

How can I now install the actual kubuntu 18.04 LTS!???

Some tests with the LVM-Options enabled with the installation 
programm... seems strongly recommended!

******************************************


    BIG BUG in the Kubuntu Installation-Program

    Did I post these BUGs on the right forum or not!?? - This are real
    bugs in the KUBUNTU-Implementation of the installation program! -
    Since I want to have an actual operating system with full bug
    actualisations i tried the same procedure with the same version of
    UBUNTU 18.04 - and miracle - THERE the installation succeeded!!! -
    Neverteless ALL the LVM inconvenients and bugs are very similar -but
    at least the writing of the boot-record and the GRUB-Installation
    WORKED!!!
    Its really a pitty that the KUBUNTU-Team cant provide a LVM running
    installation! - with two LVM-used disks...!?? - And I would like it
    so much to get Kubuntu, because I hate the gnome environment and
    behaviour!! -

    Could anybody forward these posts to any developer who could resolve
    the problems!?? - will the resolving be part of any Release-note
    remark???:rip:


Am 07.05.2018 um 23:24 schrieb Christoph Feck:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=393966
>
> Christoph Feck <cfeck@kde.org> changed:
>
>             What    |Removed                     |Added
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>           Resolution|---                         |DOWNSTREAM
>               Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
>
> --- Comment #2 from Christoph Feck <cfeck@kde.org> ---
> Please report installation issues directly to the bug tracker of your
> distribution.
>
Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2018-05-21 00:34:24 UTC
Please ask for support in a forum of your distribution.