Allows resizing partition to create a new partition that's too small for installation
Bug #290928 reported by
Evan
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubiquity
Ubiquity allows the user to resize a partition, creating a new partition that's too small for the install to fit in. In my case, it allowed me to create a 2.2 GB partition as part of resizing, which is just too small to fit the installation into. This results in a ENOSPC ubiquity dialog, then the install fails.
This is because the minimum size for the new partition is hardcoded in partman-auto. We can calculate a better value for this, but we wont be able to factor for files that will not be copied as part of the blacklisting. This should be ok, as the user will want a little extra space for their files anyway.
| description: | updated |
| tags: | added: iso-testing |
| summary: |
- ubiquity allows the user to resize a partition with a new partition - that's too small for the install to fit in + Allows resizing partition to create a new partition that's too small for + installation |
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| Chad A Davis (chadadavis) wrote | #1 |
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| Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Triaged |
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| Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Triaged → Incomplete |
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| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Expired |
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This also applies to the 'Guided resize' mode of the installer, which checks that 4.6 GB of free space are present at the beginning of the install (maybe this also accounts for swap?), but does not enforce a minimum on the partitions that it automatically creates. In one case, a 2.41 GB root partition was created. This allowed the install to finish, but after rebooting the installer wanted to install language packs, which then failed when the disk became full.