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------- Comment From ROESCH3 at de.ibm.com 2017-06-22 05:20 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #9)
> The bug in question is invalid.
>
> The user selected to install way more packages than the available space.
> It is always possible to run out of disk space and/or memory (here oomkill
> killed the installer).

Correct me from wrong, but this is the first time you mention that the
system ran out of space because too many packages were selected.

Would there have been a way for me as the user to see, that all the
software I want to install would make the system run out of resources,
be it disk space or memory? Like a warning for example?

I currently don't see any indication on how much space the packages I am
about to install will require.

> Please use appropriately sized machines, for the installation target. If one
> tries to install all available packages, all translations, all debug
> symbols, and all development packages - an appropriate amount of disk space
> and installation memory required.

I would have thought that 2 GB of memory would be fine to install an
Ubuntu system. Do you have an estimate on how much memory and disk space
I would need to successfully install all the packages I selected? Then I
will try again and see if it fails again

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Title:
  Installation with many package groups selected is not possible

Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems:
  Invalid
Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Installer version: 20101020ubuntu451.10
  Kernel: 4.4.0-62-generic

  Description/Reproduction:
  Tried an installation with every package selected except the following:

  Mythbuntu master backend
  Mythbuntu slave backend
  Mythbuntu frontend
  Xubuntu minimal installation
  Xubuntu desktop
  Audio recording and editing suite
  Video creation and editing suite

  The installer fails finishing the step "Select and install software".
  I get prompted e.g. for the MySQL root password or the postfix
  configuration, but the step does not come to an end.

  debug logs are attached

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