Ubuntu Server 16.04 install errors on linux-generic (dependency problem)

[Luke Olson]

I've tried several times to install Ubuntu Server 16.04.1 (and 16.04) and both error out and stop when installing linux-generic package during the "Install Base System" step of the install. The error message suggests running an apt-get command to fix a dependency problem but there's no apt-get available since this is during the system install.

[Luke Olson (lukeiamyourfather)]

Photo of tty1 during the install when the error showed up.

[Luke Olson (lukeiamyourfather)]

Photo of tty4 during the install when the error showed up (more detailed).

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1640245

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Luke Olson (lukeiamyourfather)]

When trying to run the "apport-collect 1640245" command from a terminal it says the command is not found. This is probably because it's during the system install rather than a running system. Per the previous comment I'm changing the status to confirmed.

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Can you see if this issue also happens with the latest daily image? It can be downloaded from:
Desktop:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/
Server:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/daily/current/

[Luke Olson (lukeiamyourfather)]

A few minutes ago I downloaded the daily server image linked above by Joseph. The install fails in the same way. I've attached a photo of the output on tty4 for reference.

If it's helpful the system is a Supermicro 6047R-E1R36N which uses a X9DRi-LN4F+ motherboard (Xeon E5-2600 v2 family). The only thing added to the system is a Intel X540-T2 10GbE adapter.

[Luke Olson (lukeiamyourfather)]

My bad, it's a Supermicro 6047R-E1R36L, the L at the end rather than N at the end means IT mode disk controller instead of RAID.

[Luke Olson (lukeiamyourfather)]

Is there anything else I can do that would help get this bug addressed?

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

Luke - the 5th line in your photo from comment #6 says "No space left on device". I think that is likely the root of your problem.

[Luke Olson (lukeiamyourfather)]

Tim, you're correct. I hadn't caught that before. It seems the partitioning portion of the installer went for a swap partition that left practically no space for anything else. I used the guided partitioning or whatever it's called.

When manually partitioning the disk everything works. This will likely be an issue for anyone installing on a machine with a lot of memory relative to the root storage device (in this case 128GB of memory and a 128GB SSD).

Perhaps the guided partitioning should alert the user that there's not enough room for the install to complete or otherwise not just silently jack things up. Thanks for pointing out the message about the storage, I feel a lot better about it now. A smoking gun is a nice thing.