4GB root isn't enough to install Ubuntu
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
High
|
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre | ||
| | Wily |
High
|
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre | ||
Bug Description
I was trying to install on an 8GB virtual machine and it crashed on me. Come to find out this is because I wanted 4GB of RAM which ended up creating a 4GB swap space and left a 4GB root partition which wasn't enough.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: ubiquity 2.21.33
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.365
Date: Tue Oct 6 14:32:43 2015
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20151006)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=linux
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : | #1 |
| Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : | #2 |
| Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : | #3 |
I think the beginning check about the amount of free space required should be adjusted such that we don't reach the installation failure.
| Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) |
| Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Wily): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| summary: |
- 8 GB isn't enough to install Ubuntu + 4GB root isn't enough to install Ubuntu |
| Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote : | #4 |
The partman-auto recipe is supposed to limit the size of swap to leave at least 6 gb of room for the root fs.
| Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Wily): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| tags: | added: rls-x-incomfing |
| tags: |
added: rls-x-incoming removed: rls-x-incomfing |
Also apport sent me to bug 220961 which while it is useful, made it a bit harder for me to report this bug. ;-)