VirtualBox recommends too small virtual disk for Ubuntu install

[Jeremy Bícha]

I used Ubuntu 16.10's VirtualBox to attempt to install Ubuntu 16.10 today. VirtualBox suggested an 8 GB virtual hard drive.

When I attempted to install, I got this unhelpful error message:
"You need at least 8.6 GB disk space to install Ubuntu.
This computer has only 8.6 GB."

Screenshot attached.

I'm filing this bug against VirtualBox to suggest that the default disk size for Ubuntu be increased.

Bug 1614812 is the ubiquity bug I filed about the unhelpful error message.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: ubiquity 16.10.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-34.53-generic 4.4.15
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu Aug 18 22:03:53 2016
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20160818)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

I asked to bump it, but unfortunately I don't know where in the code I can update this value :(

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

the solution might be here
./src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/wizards/newvd/UIWizardNewVDPageBasic3.cpp

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

This now affects the Ubuntu 16.04.2 amd64 installer.

[Jagriti (jagretee)]

I am here with the same problem. The recommended system requirement is 2GB of system memory and when i tried to install, there was the error saying " You need atleast 8.6gb space to install ubuntu"

what can I do to install ubuntu? I have 8gb system storage in my computer.

Thank you in advance

[Vinayaka Negalur (vinay.negalur)]

Hi,

Can you tell me when can we expect patch for this? I am not able to install on my VM.

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

This should be fixed in newer vbox releases

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

@vinay.negalur, I don't know, you seem to have failed in creating a virtual disk