[Bug 1410573] Re: Expert mode installation fails with error

Mauricio Faria de Oliveira mauricfo at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Jan 26 12:19:56 UTC 2015


Here's the installer screens confirming patch [1] (in comment #10) fixes
the issue on ppc64el:

Running Vivid installer, with priority=low.
Go through Partition Disks -> Guided - use entire disk -> (select disk) -> Separate /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions

Before patch:
-------------------

- / is ~300 MB
- /usr is 6.0 GB

  ┌────────────────────────┤ [!!] Partition disks ├─────────────────────────┐
  │                                                                         │
  │ This is an overview of your currently configured partitions and mount   │
  │ points. Select a partition to modify its settings (file system, mount   │
  │ point, etc.), a free space to create partitions, or a device to         │
  │ initialize its partition table.                                         │
  │                                                                         │
  │          SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 137.4 GB QEMU QEMU HARDDISK              │
  │          >             1.0 MB       FREE SPACE              ▒           │
  │          >     #1      7.3 MB    K                          ▒           │
  │          >     #2    299.9 MB    f  ext4          /                     │
  │          >     #3      6.0 GB    f  ext4          /usr      ▒           │
  │          >     #4      3.0 GB    f  ext4          /var      ▒           │
  │          >     #5     12.5 GB    f  swap          swap      ▒           │
  │          >     #6    399.5 MB    f  ext4          /tmp      ▒           │
  │          >     #7    115.2 GB    f  ext4          /home     ▒           │
  │          >             1.0 MB       FREE SPACE                          │
  │                                                                         │
  │     <Go Back>                                                           │
  │                                                                         │
  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘


After patch:
-----------------

- applied manually (nano /lib/partman/recipes-ppc64el/80multi), slight change due to 280/300 numbers.
- / is 5.0 GB
- /usr is gone
- /home accomodated the remaining 1.3 GB (previously 6.0 /usr + 0.3 / = 6.3 GB, now / is 5.0 GB. Difference is 1.3 GB)

  ┌────────────────────────┤ [!!] Partition disks ├─────────────────────────┐
  │                                                                         │
  │ This is an overview of your currently configured partitions and mount   │
  │ points. Select a partition to modify its settings (file system, mount   │
  │ point, etc.), a free space to create partitions, or a device to         │
  │ initialize its partition table.                                         │
  │                                                                         │
  │          SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 137.4 GB QEMU QEMU HARDDISK              │
  │          >             1.0 MB       FREE SPACE              ▒           │
  │          >     #1      7.3 MB    K                          ▒           │
  │          >     #2      5.0 GB    f  ext4          /                     │
  │          >     #3      3.0 GB    f  ext4          /var      ▒           │
  │          >     #4     12.5 GB    f  swap          swap      ▒           │
  │          >     #5    399.5 MB    f  ext4          /tmp      ▒           │
  │          >     #6    116.5 GB    f  ext4          /home     ▒           │
  │          >             1.0 MB       FREE SPACE              ▒           │
  │                                                                         │
  │                                                                         │
  │     <Go Back>                                                           │
  │                                                                         │
  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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Title:
  Expert mode installation fails with error

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in debian-installer source package in Vivid:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  1) Start 15.04 installation (as a Power KBM guest) using daily ISO (Jan 11)
  2) Append priority=low option during installation
  3) On partitioning disk panel select  - Separate /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions - option
  4) Continue with the installation.

  Installation fails with following message :

                    Configuring linux-image-3.18.0-8-generic

                      Unable to install the selected kernel                
        An error was returned while trying to install the kernel into the  
        target system.                                                     
       
        Kernel package: 'linux-generic'.                                   
       
        Check /var/log/syslog or see virtual console 4 for the details.    
       
                                    <Continue>                             
       
       
  I have attached following files captured after the failure.

  hardware-summary         lsb-release              status   partman
  syslog

  
  > Hi Sachin,
  > 
  > It seems that we ran out of space on / while unpacking the kernel modules:
  > 
  > an 12 08:30:55 in-target: Preparing to unpack
  > .../linux-image-extra-3.18.0-8-generic_3.18.0-8.9_ppc64el.deb ...
  > Jan 12 08:30:55 in-target: Unpacking linux-image-extra-3.18.0-8-generic
  > (3.18.0-8.9) ...
  > Jan 12 08:31:14 in-target: dpkg: error processing archive
  > /media/cdrom//pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-extra-3.18.0-8-generic_3.18.0-8.
  > 9_ppc64el.deb (--unpack):
  > Jan 12 08:31:14 in-target:  cannot copy extracted data for
  > './lib/modules/3.18.0-8-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/ips.ko' to
  > '/lib/modules/3.18.0-8-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/ips.ko.dpkg-new': failed
  > to write (No space left on device)
  > Jan 12 08:31:14 in-target: dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by
  > signal (Broken pipe)
  > 
  > hardware-summary shows /dev/vda2 is fairly small. Was that intentional?
  > 
  > df: Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
  > df: none                    836160      2496    833664   0% /run
  > df: devtmpfs               4139712         0   4139712   0% /dev
  > df: /dev/sr0                573810    573810         0 100% /cdrom
  > df: /dev/vda2               275395    181991     74665  71% /target
  > df: /dev/vda7             63427476     53064  60129408   0% /target/home
  > df: /dev/vda6               369639      2062    343974   1% /target/tmp
  > df: /dev/vda3              5636212    250392   5076472   5% /target/usr
  > df: /dev/vda4              2818080     23964   2631252   1% /target/var
  > df: /dev/sr0                573810    573810         0 100%
  > /target/media/cdrom

  Nope. The partitions and their size was suggested by the installer.
  These are the default suggested values.

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