** Description changed: - After upgrading to Wily, raid1 LVs don't activate during the initrd - phase. Since the root LV is also RAID1-mirrored, the system doesn't - boot. + [Impact] + system does not boot after converting lvm volume to raid1 w/o having mdadm installed. + + [Test case] + + 1. Install server with subiquity to VM + 2. Add second disk to it + 3. Run pvcreate /dev/vdb + 4. Run vgextend ubuntu-vg /dev/vdb + 5. Run lvconvert -m1 --type raid1 ubuntu-vg/lv + + Reboot and check that it still boots. + + [Regression potential] + Not really anything, we just add the raid1 module to initramfs, so it might be loaded during boot, and raid1 logical volumes might appear earlier. + + [Original bug report] + After upgrading to Wily, raid1 LVs don't activate during the initrd phase. Since the root LV is also RAID1-mirrored, the system doesn't boot. I get the following message each time LVM tries to activate a raid1 LV: md: personality for level 1 is not loaded! Everything was fine with Vivid. I had to downgrade to Vivid kernel (3.19.0-30) to get my system to a usable state. I pretty much hope it to be a temporary workaround and I'll get the new 4.2.0 kernel work with Wily in days.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1509717 Title: Wily LVM-RAID1 – md: personality for level 1 is not loaded Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in lvm2 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Bionic: Invalid Status in lvm2 source package in Bionic: New Status in linux source package in Cosmic: Invalid Status in lvm2 source package in Cosmic: Won't Fix Status in linux source package in Disco: Invalid Status in lvm2 source package in Disco: Won't Fix Status in linux source package in Eoan: Invalid Status in lvm2 source package in Eoan: Triaged Status in lvm2 package in Debian: Incomplete Bug description: [Impact] system does not boot after converting lvm volume to raid1 w/o having mdadm installed. [Test case] 1. Install server with subiquity to VM 2. Add second disk to it 3. Run pvcreate /dev/vdb 4. Run vgextend ubuntu-vg /dev/vdb 5. Run lvconvert -m1 --type raid1 ubuntu-vg/lv Reboot and check that it still boots. [Regression potential] Not really anything, we just add the raid1 module to initramfs, so it might be loaded during boot, and raid1 logical volumes might appear earlier. [Original bug report] After upgrading to Wily, raid1 LVs don't activate during the initrd phase. Since the root LV is also RAID1-mirrored, the system doesn't boot. I get the following message each time LVM tries to activate a raid1 LV: md: personality for level 1 is not loaded! Everything was fine with Vivid. I had to downgrade to Vivid kernel (3.19.0-30) to get my system to a usable state. I pretty much hope it to be a temporary workaround and I'll get the new 4.2.0 kernel work with Wily in days. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1509717/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
