Ubuntu
ubiquity package

xubuntu Installation on a P2 400 512mbram & 2,1 GB hard drive

Bug #64866 reported by pentolaccia on 2006-10-09

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #48355: MASTER: partitioner should warn about too small disk while autopartitioning (some_device). Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubiquity (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ?
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 55, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 264, in run
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 550, in progress_loop
    raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s\n%s" %
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1263, in ?
    if install.run():
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 284, in run
    if not self.copy_all():
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 466, in copy_all
    shutil.copyfile(sourcepath, targetpath)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/shutil.py", line 49, in copyfile
    copyfileobj(fsrc, fdst)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/shutil.py", line 25, in copyfileobj
    fdst.write(buf)
IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device

Revision history for this message

Vassilis Pandis (pandisv) wrote on 2006-10-09:

Thanks for your report. I'm afraid that one of your partitions seems to be too small to complete an Ubuntu desktop installation successfully. Bug 48355 notes that the partitioner should have warned you about this. This is fixed in 6.06.1.