Comment 21 for bug 1902855

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Michael Hudson-Doyle (mwhudson) wrote : Re: [Bug 1902855] Re: two identical disks are only offered as a multipath device

On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 at 21:35, Matthias Klose <email address hidden>
wrote:

> see also LP: #1871611, failing the install with disabled multipath.
>

That bug looked very much like the kernel losing its mind. Are you saying
you can reproduce it?

> However multipath is hard wired into the installer.
>

The intent is that what mulitpath-tools does on boot is reflected in the
installer. If it is disabled by kernel command line or whatever, the disks
should not be multipathed. It's possible this is not what happens, but it's
not by design.