zfs installation fails with : Failed to add #4 partition: Numerical result out of range
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I selected an install with ZFS to erase what's currently on the drives. Using a Dell Poweredge R420 with a H710 PERC and it crashed before installing anything.
This issue reproduces 100% of the time that I take the above steps. It is not intermittent, and I am not able to install on my machine with ZFS.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity 20.04.15
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CasperVersion: 1.445
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Apr 25 16:01:08 2020
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Kyle Tinker (shamrock-computing) wrote | #1 |
| tags: | added: zfs |
| summary: |
- Crashed on a clean install after selecting timezone + zfs installation fails with : Failed to add #4 partition: Numerical + result out of range |
| Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| importance: | Undecided → Critical |
| importance: | Critical → High |
| description: | updated |
| Kyle Tinker (shamrock-computing) wrote | #2 |
I switched to UEFI (from BIOS), and it fixed the issue. I am using 4TB HDD's and I was not aware that BIOS had a max limit of 2 TB HDD.
It would be very nice if there was a descriptive error message in this case--it was not easy to find the root cause.