[Bug 905628] Re: Precise ubiquity failed to create swap and froze

Erick Brunzell lbsolost at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 17 08:24:21 UTC 2011


OK, I'll bet Colin Watson will know exactly how to handle this ;^)

It works fine if you first use Gparted and select "swap-off".

So, if you're installing with existing swap, you must manually "unmount"
the swap before beginning an automated install.

** Summary changed:

- Precise ubiquity failed to create swap and froze
+ Precise ubiquity fails with existing swap, must manually "swapoff"

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Title:
  Precise ubiquity fails with existing swap, must manually "swapoff"

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm still just following up on testing related to bug 766265. I'd
  performed a couple of tests on my old VIA Win XP box, with only XP
  installed prior to testing "install alongside" both with and without
  free space, and I'd encountered no problems, but I decided to do some
  retesting on my Intel box with two hard drives:

  ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo parted -l
  Model: ATA WDC WD5000AAKS-0 (scsi)
  Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
  Partition Table: msdos

  Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system     Flags
   1      32.3kB  43.3GB  43.3GB  primary   ext4            boot
   2      43.3GB  86.2GB  42.8GB  primary   ext3
   3      86.2GB  129GB   43.0GB  primary   ext3
   4      129GB   500GB   371GB   extended
  18      129GB   151GB   21.8GB  logical   ext4
  14      151GB   172GB   21.1GB  logical   ext3
  15      172GB   193GB   21.1GB  logical   ext4
  16      193GB   215GB   21.4GB  logical   ext4
  17      215GB   236GB   21.4GB  logical   ext4
  13      236GB   258GB   22.0GB  logical   ext4
  12      258GB   280GB   21.6GB  logical   ext4
  11      280GB   301GB   21.7GB  logical   ext4
  10      301GB   323GB   21.8GB  logical   ext4
   5      323GB   374GB   50.8GB  logical   ext3
  19      374GB   377GB   3208MB  logical   fat32
   6      378GB   432GB   53.6GB  logical   ext3
   7      432GB   487GB   54.9GB  logical   ext3
   8      487GB   498GB   10.7GB  logical   ext3
   9      498GB   500GB   2517MB  logical   linux-swap(v1)

  
  Model: ATA WDC WD800JB-00JJ (scsi)
  Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0GB
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
  Partition Table: msdos

  Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system     Flags
   1      1049kB  77.9GB  77.9GB  primary   ext4
   2      77.9GB  80.0GB  2136MB  extended
   5      77.9GB  80.0GB  2136MB  logical   linux-swap(v1)

  And the installation fails saying "the creation of swap space in
  partition #9 of SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) failed". Then clicking on OK opens
  a new window saying "an error occurred while writing the changes to
  the storage devices. The resize operation has been aborted."

  But then clicking on OK does nothing and the installer can't be quit
  or anything without rebooting.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.9.8 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-4.10-generic-pae 3.2.0-rc5
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-4-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.296
  Date: Sat Dec 17 06:45:21 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20111216.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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