[Bug 1361951] Re: mke2fs asks for input when formatting over a partition table

[GizmoChicken]

I'm not sure if this is related, but...

I get:

“Creating ext4 system for /home in partition #1 of Encrypted volume
(sda3_crypt)...”

and then my installation hangs forever,

when I:

1) create partitions using gparted (onto a non-UEFI system with a gpt formatted drive) prior to attempting to install Ubuntu 15.10 or 16.04;
2) then use the “something else” option presented by the Ubuntu 15.10 or 16.04 installer to create LUKS-encrypted volumes on sda2 and sda3; and
3)  then attempt to install boot (/boot) into non-encrypted sda1, root (/) into LUKS-encrypted sda2, and home (/home) into LUKS-encrypted sda3.

The above is reproducible 100% of the time on every computer that I own
as well as on virtualbox and QEMU/KVM.

However, my installation completes just fine when I:

1) create partitions using gparted (onto a non-UEFI system with a gpt formatted drive) prior to attempting to install Ubuntu 15.10 or 16.04;
2) then use the “something else” option presented by the Ubuntu 15.10 or 16.04 installer to create one LUKS-encrypted volume on sda2; and
3)  then install boot (/boot) into non-encrypted sda1, and root (/) into LUKS-encrypted sda2.

That is, at least for me, attempting to install into home (/home) into a
separate LUKS-encrypted volume results in the error.

NOTE:  In neither of the above situations do I attempt to create a swap
volume.  Rather, I skip creating a swap partition in both, otherwise
installation will hang for another reason.  In the second of the two
situations, after the initial installation has completed, I either
create a swap file in sda2 or create a separate LUKS-encrypted swap
volume.

Please see Bug #1523194 for more details.

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Title:
  mke2fs asks for input when formatting over a partition table

Status in partman-ext3 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I'm testing an Ubuntu GNOME Utopic 20140826 i386 image and after
  selecting Something else and creating two partitions on a blank 80 GB
  (primary / about 77500mb and logical swap about 2500mb) shortly after
  the installation begins it freezes with the bottom of the window
  saying, "Creating ext4 filesystem for / in partition #1 of SCSI2
  (0,0,0) (sda) ...........".

  I've repeated this twice just in case the first attempt was a fluke,
  and the first time I waited well over an hour. I'm filing this report
  with the installer seemingly still attempting to run. I'd gladly
  repeat the test choosing to kill the installation before filing if I
  knew how.

  I'm attaching an actual screenshot of what the screen displays while
  frozen.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.19.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-10.15-generic 3.16.1
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-10-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.6-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.343
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Tue Aug 26 22:27:21 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha i386 (20140826)
  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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