Auto partitioner can create a root partition which is too small
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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partman-auto (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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High
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Unassigned | ||
ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Test install of quantal-
I allocated a VM an 8G drive and tossed 8G of RAM at it. I selected automatic partitioning with LVM and LUKS. The auto partitioner then created a root partition of 2.7G which is too small to install onto, and bailed out.
15/10 17:01:31 <xnox> it works fine with 8GB drives here for me.... unless it created a (8 - 2.7G) ~= 5.3G swap. Aha. So it tried to go for 100% * RAM swap, but it had a minimum hard-code at 2.7 for / which is no longer enough.
so it sounds like this minimum needs to be ramped up in line with the requirements for a desktop system now.
Also the error message was inadequate. It starts "Some of the partitions you created are too small." which isn't accurate because I didn't create the partitions, and then goes on to talk about steps to recover. I clicked "Go Back" and then was taken to partman which displayed an error "No modifications can be made to the device Encrypted volume (vda5_crypt) for the following reasons:
In use by LVM volume group ubuntu"
and spun. At which point I was stuffed. :-)
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in partman-auto (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → High |
tags: | added: rls-r-incoming |
tags: |
added: rls-r-notfixing removed: rls-r-incoming |
no longer affects: | partman-auto (Ubuntu Raring) |
no longer affects: | ubiquity (Ubuntu Raring) |
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