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no option to auto-resize when booted via 'grub-n-iso'

Bug #1479405 reported by sudodus on 2015-07-29

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubiquity (Ubuntu)	Expired	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

During isotesting of Lubuntu, I did not get any option to auto-resize, only upgrade 14.04.2 LTS, erase 14.04.2 LTS, erase the whole drive, and 'something else'.

It was not possible to run the testcase 'Install (auto-resize)'.

(Furthermore, the system 'found' Linux Mint, but it was only a trace of an erased Linux Mint iso file and maybe some configuration file.)

Edit:

I think the problem was that I booted the installer via grub2 and the iso file: 'grub-n-iso', which seems to have confused the alternatives of the installer.

-o-

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: ubiquity 2.21.27 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.1.0-2.2-generic 4.1.3
Uname: Linux 4.1.0-2-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu5
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.362
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Wed Jul 29 17:05:47 2015
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/daily-live/current/wily-desktop-i386.iso splash persistent -- persistent
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha i386 (20150728)
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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sudodus (nio-wiklund) wrote on 2015-07-29:

no-install-auto-resize.png Edit (74.1 KiB, image/png)
Casper.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (6.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (9.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (103 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDebug.txt Edit (39.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityPartman.txt Edit (2.0 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquitySyslog.txt Edit (22.7 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

description:

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Phill Whiteside (phillw) wrote on 2015-07-29:

Most odd, I've just done this on 64 bit desktop okay. I'll try the i386 as soon as I've posted my pass result.

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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote on 2015-07-29:

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1479405

tags:

added: iso-testing

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sudodus (nio-wiklund) wrote on 2015-07-29:

@ Phill W,

The target drive was a USB 3 drive. Could that have caused the confusion?

If you think it is wrong to report it as a red bug at the testing tracker, I'm willing to change the test result to passed or even delete
my report at the testing tracker. We could also make the testcase optional or even change it to something more relevant for the current version.

But I think this bug report should stay, because it describes a real situation.

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sudodus (nio-wiklund) wrote on 2015-07-29:

I have the same problem when the target is an internal drive (with Lubuntu 14.04.2 LTS).

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sudodus (nio-wiklund) wrote on 2015-07-29:

This time I used mkusb to create a 'clean' boot drive. Now there is an option to auto-resize:

'Installera Lubuntu 15.10 vid sidan av Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS' which translates to 'Install alongside'

-o-

It seems that the problem was that I booted the installer via grub2 and the iso file: 'grub-n-iso', which seems to have confused the alternatives of the installer.

description:	updated
summary:	- no option to auto-resize + no option to auto-resize when booted via 'grub-n-iso'

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2015-07-30:

What is "grub-n-iso"? Where did it come from?

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Incomplete

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sudodus (nio-wiklund) wrote on 2015-07-31:

"grub-n-iso" is a nickname for booting via grub2 and an ISO file. This is documented at several places in the Ubuntu Wiki and Help pages, and there are some tutorial threads at the Ubuntu Forums. See for example

General 'grub-n-iso' links

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Multiboot_USB_drive

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/ISOBoot

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/ISOBoot/Examples

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/CustomMenus

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/grub-n-iso

'BIOS and UEFI' links

How to Create a EFI/UEFI GRUB2 Multiboot USB drive to boot ISO images
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2276498

One pendrive for all PC (Intel/AMD) computers
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2259682

To be precise, I was using a pendrive created via the 'grub-n-iso' method for iso-testing of

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2259682

that I made (and shared in that link).