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lubuntu calamares - replace partition (sda2) failed

Bug #1989165 reported by Chris Guiver on 2022-09-09

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

** I encountered another older bug with the `ubuntu-bug calamares` so I've forgotten the issue & thus cannot select any existing bug report... I'll amend this when I've refreshed memory by looking at calamares session.log

hp8200 install using 'replace partition' - sda2 was selected; EFI was detected & it reported it would re-use SDA1 as ESP (if I recall correctly)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: calamares 3.3.0-alpha2-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-15.15-generic 5.19.0
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-15-generic x86_64
.etc.calamares.modules.after_bootloader_context.conf:
---
dontChroot: false
timeout: 120
firmwareType:
     "*": "-rm ${ROOT}/home/${USER}/Desktop/lubuntu-calamares.desktop"
.etc.calamares.modules.finished.conf:
---
restartNowMode: user-checked
restartNowCommand: "systemctl -i reboot"
.etc.calamares.modules.fstab.conf:
crypttabOptions: luks,keyscript=/bin/cat
efiMountOptions: umask=0077
.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: 2.23.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.474
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Fri Sep 9 15:34:51 2022
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Alpha amd64 (20220908)
RelatedPackageVersions:
calamares-settings-ubuntu-common 1:22.10.11
calamares-settings-lubuntu 1:22.10.11
xfsprogs 5.16.0-1ubuntu1
btrfs-progs 5.19-1
SourcePackage: calamares
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote on 2022-09-09:

.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 (279 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.locale.conf.txt Edit (165 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.machineid.conf.txt Edit (303 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.mount.conf.txt Edit (924 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.packages.conf.txt Edit (323 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 (446 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.modules.welcome.conf.txt Edit (646 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.etc.calamares.settings.conf.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (12.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, 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 2022-09-09:

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

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
https://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1989165

tags:

added: iso-testing

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote on 2022-09-10:

Next day & re-try using same box
- hp 8200 elite sff (i5-2400, 8gb, nvidia quadro 600)

Today I used manual partitioning;
sda1/ESP - re-used sda1 (keep or no-format)
sda2 for / - format ext4

process ended with this on screen (likely identical to yesterday)

---
Installation Failed
The installer failed to create partition on disk 'WDC WD2500AAJS-75M0A0'
Details:

Create a new partition (51.27 GiB, ext4) on ‘/dev/sda’

Job: Create new partition on device ‘/dev/sda’

Command: sfdisk --force --append /dev/sda

Failed to add partition ‘New Partition’ to device ‘/dev/sda’.

Failed to add partition ‘New Partition’ to device ‘/dev/sda’.
---

No calamares directory in ~/.cache (ie. looking for session.log I didn't find yesterday)
---
lubuntu@lubuntu:~/.cache$ ls -la
total 10304
drwx------ 9 lubuntu lubuntu 200 Sep 10 11:25 .
drwxr-x--- 13 lubuntu lubuntu 360 Sep 10 11:25 ..
drwx------ 2 lubuntu lubuntu 60 Sep 10 11:24 gstreamer-1.0
drwx------ 2 lubuntu lubuntu 40 Sep 10 11:23 gvfs
drwx------ 2 lubuntu lubuntu 40 Sep 10 11:23 gvfsd
-rw-rw-r-- 1 lubuntu lubuntu 10547304 Sep 10 11:25 icon-cache.kcache
drwxrwxr-x 2 lubuntu lubuntu 60 Sep 10 11:25 lxqt-notificationd
drwxr-xr-x 2 lubuntu lubuntu 60 Sep 10 11:25 mesa_shader_cache
drwxrwxr-x 3 lubuntu lubuntu 80 Sep 10 11:25 openbox
drwxrwxr-x 3 lubuntu lubuntu 60 Sep 10 11:25 pcmanfm-qt
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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote on 2022-09-13:

session.log Edit (48.7 KiB, text/html)

I wrote the jammy.1 ISO to thumb-drive and attempted install using that...

same error

---
Create a new partition (51.27 GiB, ext4) on ‘/dev/sda’

Job: Create new partition on device ‘/dev/sda’

Command: sfdisk --force --append /dev/sda

Failed to add partition ‘New Partition’ to device ‘/dev/sda’.
Failed to add partition ‘New Partition’ to device ‘/dev/sda’.
---

I can find session.log in jammy

tags:

added: jammy

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote on 2022-09-14:

Same hp2800 box... i tried an install using debian-live-11.5.0-amd64-lxqt+nonfree.iso and result was identical to lubuntu.

debian calamares is 3.2.36 (bullseye)

issue is not lubuntu specific; nor newer calamares -- though where session.log is (newer lubuntu/calamares) I'd like to know !!

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote on 2022-09-14:

I rebooted my Lubuntu/2 thumb-drive, it didn't occur to me to check what [release] was on it, but by comment #4 on this thread it's most likely 22.04.1 (focal.5 is on Lubuntu/1)

I tried using KDE Partition Manager to create a ~51GB partition using the free space in the live session... error just like calamares got.

A quick `sudo apt install gparted` & attempted the same there was successful... so whatever issue is creating partition, it's common with calamares & KDE Partition Manager, but doesn't impact `gparted`.

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

I see no session log, therefore I cannot diagnose this

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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