Nik.Th.: It looks like both this bug and the problem have related causes. However, the bug in Ubiquity is that it handles the problem wrong. I would rather not get stuck in an endless loop of popup error messages while installing Ubuntu.
Of course my problem could be fixed by editing the other partition sizes so that the new partition can be created without spare sectors. However, I believe Ubiquity tries to give the user a simplified interface to manage the partition. This interfaces abstracts the user from sectors and other fun stuff people play with in a 'real' partition manager. The abstraction is lost in a rather painful way when the problem occurs, which isn't very nice and should therefore be prevented imo. The sollution should be pretty simple: just round the estimated maximum size down. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1254283 Title: Ubiquity miscalculates maximum partition size To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1254283/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
