Manual partitioning option doesn't allow reducing partition size

[Erick Brunzell]

I'm testing the Lubuntu i386 20120328 image and performing the manual partitioning install I'm not allowed to reduce the size of a 69GB partition. I don't recall ever seeing that before.

Screenshot attached.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.312
Date: Wed Mar 28 15:57:27 2012
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/967260

[Erick Brunzell (lbsolost)]

Hmmmm, it's OK with Ubuntu i386 20120328, screenshot attached. Maybe it's not ubiquity but rather an Lubuntu artwork thing. I'm going as fast as I can. Please be patient.

[Erick Brunzell (lbsolost)]

OK, it's not just an artwork thing. Reducing the size of that partition with the Lubuntu image is not possible. I'll change this to critical on the GA tracker.

[Erick Brunzell (lbsolost)]

Oops, I already had it marked critical. I'm burned out, time for a break, but this is not truly a ubiquity bug I guess.

[Erick Brunzell (lbsolost)]

Just reviewing my recent bug reports and making a list of what needs to be followed up on.

There's something I wanted to clarify about the screenshot in comment #1. I did not have Gparted open while running the installer, I opened it afterwards just to better display my partition layout, but I notice that the swap was "on", is this correct behavior?

As I said this appears to be limited to the Lubuntu installer, or more accurately the Ubuntu 20120328 image worked OK.

If someone else encounters this with the Lubuntu Beta 2 image I'd recommend quitting the installation, then using Gparted to complete the partitioning, and then beginning the installation again.

[Erick Brunzell (lbsolost)]

I marked this invalid because I've discovered I have what appears to a combination of hardware problems (optical drive failure) and also bad media (specifically TDK CD's).