** Description changed: Binary package hint: multipath-tools Installing either multipath-tools-boot or multipath-tools causes the - root partition to go 'Read onlyl'. System is then unable to reboot. - The only way to recover system is to boot in rescue mode and un-install + root partition to go 'Read only'. System is then unable to reboot. The + only way to recover system is to boot in rescue mode and un-install multipath-tools. The install of multipath-tools caused a segmentation fault. The following was done with the PPA at: http://ppa.launchpad.net/serge- hallyn/multipath-backport/ubuntu/. However, this same issue happens with the multipath-tools package that ships with Lucid. pravin@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install multipath-tools-boot Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: - kpartx libaio1 multipath-tools + kpartx libaio1 multipath-tools The following NEW packages will be installed: - kpartx libaio1 multipath-tools multipath-tools-boot + kpartx libaio1 multipath-tools multipath-tools-boot 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 80 not upgraded. Need to get 251kB of archives. After this operation, 1,065kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main libaio1 0.3.107-3ubuntu2 [9,608B] Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/serge-hallyn/multipath-backport/ubuntu/ lucid/main kpartx 0.4.8-14ubuntu7 [29.1kB] Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/serge-hallyn/multipath-backport/ubuntu/ lucid/main multipath-tools 0.4.8-14ubuntu7 [198kB] Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/serge-hallyn/multipath-backport/ubuntu/ lucid/main multipath-tools-boot 0.4.8-14ubuntu7 [13.8kB] Fetched 251kB in 1s (135kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package libaio1. (Reading database ... 41797 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libaio1 (from .../libaio1_0.3.107-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package kpartx. Unpacking kpartx (from .../kpartx_0.4.8-14ubuntu7_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package multipath-tools. Unpacking multipath-tools (from .../multipath-tools_0.4.8-14ubuntu7_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package multipath-tools-boot. Unpacking multipath-tools-boot (from .../multipath-tools-boot_0.4.8-14ubuntu7_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up libaio1 (0.3.107-3ubuntu2) ... Setting up kpartx (0.4.8-14ubuntu7) ... Setting up multipath-tools (0.4.8-14ubuntu7) ... - * Starting multipath daemon multipathd + * Starting multipath daemon multipathd - [ OK ] + [ OK ] Setting up multipath-tools-boot (0.4.8-14ubuntu7) ... debconf: DbDriver "templatedb": could not write /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat-new: Read-only file system dpkg: error processing multipath-tools-boot (--configure): - subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 + subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 touch: cannot touch `/var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp': Read-only file system sh: cannot create /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available: Read-only file system Segmentation fault Hardware details: OS: Lucid boots from boot LUN on SAN. SAN:EMC Clariion - Hardware : UCS blade server from Cisco. + Hardware : UCS blade server from Cisco. Attached is the multipath.conf file we are using. I will attach the output from apport-bug shortly. I will also attach the following: $ uname -a > uname-a.log $ cat /proc/version_signature > version.log $ dmesg > dmesg.log $ sudo lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log Just let me know if any other data is required.
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