[Bug 990744] Re: Ubuntu installer says: The creation of swap space in partition failed

[David F.O.F.]

I tried this with 13.10 and had the same problem.
The work-around is to manually set every swap partition entry to 'do not use', save one.
It installed fine for me afterwards.

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Title:
  Ubuntu installer says: The creation of swap space in partition failed

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Hi.
  I have a Asus motherboard with ICH10R with the below configuration:
  sudo dmraid -s
  *** Group superset isw_bajfdgcbgf
  --> Active Subset
  name   : isw_bajfdgcbgf_Dados
  size   : 209731840
  stride : 128
  type   : mirror
  status : ok
  subsets: 0
  devs   : 2
  spares : 0
  --> Active Subset
  name   : isw_bajfdgcbgf_Sistema
  size   : 1534063104
  stride : 128
  type   : stripe
  status : ok
  subsets: 0
  devs   : 2
  spares : 0

  Sistema is where I'm trying install Precise but the installer give me
  the error: "The creation of swap space in partition #1 of Serial ATA
  RAID isw_bajfdgcbgf_Sistema4 (partition #4) failed". I click OK but
  nothing happens and the installation process just don't go anywhere.

  Also, when editing partitions the installer shows me each partition and each RAID subset at least twice and this leaves me pretty confused don't knowing the right one to select. Same in the combo box to install grub.
  I have been trying several combinations but every single one ends in this same error.

  There is another problem too. The partition created to using the installer to install 12.04 is named isw_bajfdgcbgf_Sistema6 and when I open Gparted it has a red exclamation with the following warning:
  Unable to detect file system! Possible reasons are:
  - The file system is damaged
  - The file system in unknown to GParted
  - The is no file system available (unformatted)
  - The device entry /dev/mapper/isw_bajfdgcbgf_Sistema6 is missing

  If I delete it and recreate it with Gpated, reboot (the installation
  is frozen) and try again the both errors occur again :(

  I'm using 10.10 and was a pain to install it. I was expecting that 3
  releases after and a LTS would stop my nightmares but it was just the
  opposite. It's impossible now  :((

  So developers please, if you need any more information let me know ;)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.315
  Date: Sat Apr 28 20:11:13 2012
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=unknown
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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