[Bug 1372953] Re: Utopic ubiquity froze while reformatting existing partition

[Erick Brunzell]

I repeated this test to be sure it wasn't a fluke or an error on my part
and it was easily reproduced. Just select a partition with a pre-
existing Ubuntu family install (in this case it was a simple pre-
existing / with only an assigned swap - no /boot or /home) then keep the
existing size, select ext 4, select format, and select / as the mount
point.

No formatting even begins because I'm still able to boot the pre-
existing OS after aborting the install process. I'll repeat ASAP with an
Ubuntu iso to see if this is limited to Ubuntu GNOME or not.

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Title:
  Utopic ubiquity froze while reformatting existing partition

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Attempting to install Ubuntu GNOME Utopic 20140923 i386 and I chose
  Something else. From there I chose my partition sda13 marked format,
  use as /, ext4, no size change. I waited for quite a while and there
  was no progress, again no resizing was being done. The installer only
  needed to format, create ext 4, and set the mount point. It appeared
  that /var/log/installer/debug showed an error just respawning over and
  over again.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.19.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-17.23-generic 3.16.3
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-17-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.344
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Tue Sep 23 13:59:36 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha i386 (20140923)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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