The steps required to re-produce are 1: full disk install Lubuntu/Xubuntu (occurred after each, 20.04.2) 2: reboot & do another install using "Install alongside"
(no changes made to disk allocation, just use defaults; details entered shouldn't matter but I use "guiverc", "Chris Guiver" & password is usually "please" for QA-test installs.. machine name used varied but usually "d755-8" for box mentioned in this report). Two outcomes - 98% of time successful install - at most 2% time this failure I'm still 99.9% this is a duplicate.. but it doesn't always occur, and when it does, it's the exact same thing as had no issues other times. This setup is far simpler to create than https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1864787 which had a more complex partition layout. To me the outcome looked the same though. ** Description changed: Lubuntu 20.04.2 RC/daily QA-test install on - dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e8300, 8gb, amd/ati radeon rv610/radeon hd2400 pro/xt) Testcase: Install Alongside (prior install was a Xubuntu focal.2 I believe) - More details will be filled in shortly, this was unexpected though, as - I've only had the 1864787 issue on a different box (an older d755) - before. + This was unexpected, as I've only had the 1864787 issue on a different + box (an older d755) before, which had a more complex partition layout. This is 99.9% likely to be marked duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1864787 + + --- Steps to re-produce: + + 1: full disk install Lubuntu/Xubuntu (occurred after each) + 2: reboot & do another install using "Install alongside" of Lubuntu 20.04.2 + + (no changes made to disk allocation, just use defaults; details entered + shouldn't matter but I used "guiverc", "Chris Guiver" & password is + usually "please" for QA-test installs.. machine name used varies but + usually "d755-8" for box mentioned in this report). + + Two outcomes + + - 98% of time successful install (expected outcome) + - at most 2% time this failure (the problem) + + This issue is not predictable on this box. For some reason the other + bug report (1864787) had a far higher failure rate. --- The installer failed to create partition on disk 'WDC WD800AAJS-60B4A0'. ========================================================================================== Create a new partition (37.01 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’. --- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: calamares 3.2.20-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-41.46~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-41-generic x86_64 .etc.calamares.modules.finished.conf: --- restartNowMode: user-checked restartNowCommand: "systemctl -i reboot" .etc.calamares.modules.partition.conf: efiSystemPartition: "/boot/efi" enableLuksAutomatedPartitioning: true userSwapChoices: none drawNestedPartitions: true defaultFileSystemType: "ext4" .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: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.445.1 CurrentDesktop: LXQt Date: Thu Feb 4 13:02:39 2021 LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 20.04.2 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210202) RelatedPackageVersions: calamares-settings-ubuntu-common 1:20.04.2 calamares-settings-lubuntu 1:20.04.2 xfsprogs 5.3.0-1ubuntu2 btrfs-progs 5.4.1-2 SourcePackage: calamares UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1914521 Title: lubuntu focal.2 "sfdisk --force --append /dev/sda" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1914521/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
