Kubuntu 6.06 LTS installer crash when installing boot loader on an XFS root partition

[TraxTech]

The Installer crashed while installing a Kubuntu on an IDE HDD, manually configured with two primary partitions, one 4Go swap, and one >240Go XFS root.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ?
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 55, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 311, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 734, in process_step
    self.mountpoints_to_summary()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 1047, in mountpoints_to_summary
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 524, in progress_loop
    raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s; see "
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1; see /var/log/installer/syslog and /var/log/syslog

[TraxTech (linux-niaouli)]

/var/log/installer/syslog

[TraxTech (linux-niaouli)]

/var/log/syslog

[TraxTech (linux-niaouli)]

/var/log/partman

[TraxTech (linux-niaouli)]

When using Ext3, the installer did not crashed.

[Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis)]

Niels: Colin Watson prefers to do ubiquity bug maintenance himself.

[Carthik Sharma (carthik)]

Thanks for your report. Due to some reliability problems with GRUB and XFS, you need to use a non-XFS root filesystem or create a non-XFS /boot filesystem. Bug 47848 is filed to note that the partitioner should warn you about this up-front.