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lubuntu manual partitioning install - failed to create partition "Command: mkfs.ext4 -qF /dev/sda5"

Bug #1945849 reported by Chris Guiver on 2021-10-02

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	calamares (Ubuntu)	Expired	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Lubuntu impish daily install to
- hp dc7700 (c2d-e6320, 5gb, nvidia quadro nvs 290)

testcase: custom, manual with separate /home

In "Manual Partitioning" I shrank last (largest) partition & made new extend partition which contains / & /home.

The disk is small on this box; and I didn't spend much time ensuring I have enough space (I expected it to work though; but will check after this is uploaded to exclude me-errors)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: calamares 3.2.41.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-16.16-generic 5.13.13
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-16-generic x86_64
.etc.calamares.modules.finished.conf:
---
restartNowMode: user-checked
restartNowCommand: "systemctl -i reboot"
.etc.calamares.modules.shellprocess_logs.conf:
---
dontChroot: true
timeout: 30
script:
     - calamares-logs-helper @@ROOT@@
.etc.calamares.modules.unpackfs.conf:
---
unpack:
     - source: "/cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs"
         sourcefs: "squashfs"
         destination: ""
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu69
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.465
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Sat Oct 2 16:47:21 2021
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Beta amd64 (20211001)
RelatedPackageVersions:
calamares-settings-ubuntu-common 1:21.10.2
calamares-settings-lubuntu 1:21.10.2
xfsprogs 5.10.0-4ubuntu1
btrfs-progs 5.10.1-2
SourcePackage: calamares
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote on 2021-10-02:

.etc.calamares.modules.after_bootloader_context.conf.txt Edit (435 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.automirror.conf.txt Edit (113 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.before_bootloader_context.conf.txt Edit (869 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.before_bootloader_mkdirs_context.conf.txt Edit (283 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.bootloader.conf.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.displaymanager.conf.txt Edit (144 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.fstab.conf.txt Edit (279 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.locale.conf.txt Edit (165 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.machineid.conf.txt Edit (298 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.mount.conf.txt Edit (423 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.packages.conf.txt Edit (290 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.partition.conf.txt Edit (189 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.users.conf.txt Edit (414 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.welcome.conf.txt Edit (497 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.settings.conf.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.home.lubuntu..cache.calamares.session.log.txt Edit (45.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (12.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (882 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (103 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote on 2021-10-02:

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/1945849

tags:

added: iso-testing

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote on 2021-10-02:

Is this another case of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1864787 ??

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote on 2021-10-02:

reboot box & attempted again

testcase: custom, manual with separate /home

partitions were already (mostly) created last attempt;

the /home/ (sda5) is unknown; I selected to delete that and create (format) as ext4
the / partition didn't exist; I created a ext4 partitioning using that space.

I'll upload from box the ~/.cache/calamares/session.log

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote on 2021-10-02:

~/.cache/calamares/session.log Edit (44.5 KiB, text/html)

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote on 2021-10-02:

full text output of kde partition manager Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain)

I rebooted impish live & attempted to do it in KDE Partition Manager
it failed too...

Job: Create file system ‘ext4’ on partition ‘/dev/sda6’
Command: mkfs.ext4 -qF /dev/sda6
Create file system ‘ext4’ on partition ‘/dev/sda6’: Error
Create a new partition (8.19 GiB, ext4) on ‘/dev/sda’: Error

size may not be the same - but i didn't expect any issues
nothing in dmesg or journalctl

i may not be thinking clearly today; but I don't see issue/cause sorry

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote on 2021-10-06:

Lubuntu impish daily install to
- hp dc7700 (c2d-e6320, 5gb, nvidia quadro nvs 290)

Using same box & roughly the same install types (partitions won't be identical sizes) & perfect install.

Refer http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/424/builds/237817/testcases/1701/results/

- sda1 23.9GB Full disk install; resized down during install alongside

- sda2 20.3GB this was largest partition in 'install alongside' which was shrunk during this QA-test install so following partitions could be created

- sda3 20.5GB for /
- sda4 9.8GB for /home

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Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) wrote on 2023-12-24:

impish

Changed in calamares (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2024-02-23:

[Expired for calamares (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in calamares (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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