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ubiquity package

grub-installer crashes when /boot is full

Bug #69165 reported by kb3hns
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Bug Description

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 166, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 161, in main
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 57, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 338, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 828, in process_step
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 599, 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 1404, in ?
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 385, in run
    self.configure_bootloader()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1163, in configure_bootloader
    raise InstallStepError(
InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1

Post minimum /boot size requirements.
boot is full.

Revision history for this message
Jeff Greene (jeffgreene) wrote :

Could you please attach /var/log/syslog and /var/log/partman to this bug, by commenting on the bug's web page? Thanks in advance.

Jeff Greene (jeffgreene)
Changed in ubiquity:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
Revision history for this message
kb3hns (leeloo-cletis) wrote : Re: [Bug 69165] Re: Install Crash on GRUB.

That's not necessary. The parition was full. The problem was that the
documentation did not specify a minimum size for /boot. I found that a 20MB
partition does well (3 sectors on most newer drives). Usually my boot
partition is only 7 megs (1 sector). This was insufficient. Problem easily
corrected. Just needs some documentation. (The documentation may have
already been updated I haven't checked in a while.)

On Sunday 03 December 2006 15:39, Jeff Greene wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 73825 ***
>
> Could you please attach /var/log/syslog and /var/log/partman to this
> bug, by commenting on the bug's web page? Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Tags added: grub nospace

Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in ubiquity:
importance: Undecided → High
status: Needs Info → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Rejecting upstream task; we don't use the ubiquity upstream tracker.

Changed in ubiquity:
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

This should be resolved in Ubuntu 8.04: as of ubiquity 1.7.2, ubiquity now checks for adequate disk space in all partitions, and warns you early on if it's insufficient so that you can correct it.

Changed in ubiquity:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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