CRASH: No space left; /usr mounted on 1.5GB partition

[Michel Guebel]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 166, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 161, in main
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 57, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 305, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 856, in process_step
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 628, in progress_loop
    raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s\n%s" %
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1404, in ?
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 306, in run
    self.copy_all()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 484, in copy_all
    shutil.copyfile(sourcepath, targetpath)
  File "shutil.py", line 49, in copyfile
    copyfileobj(fsrc, fdst)
  File "shutil.py", line 25, in copyfileobj
    fdst.write(buf)
IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device

[Jeff Greene (jeffgreene)]

Since your description was very long, I will upload the two files you put in the description as their own files.

[Jeff Greene (jeffgreene)]

Attached is /var/log/syslog.

[Jeff Greene (jeffgreene)]

Attached is /var/log/partman.

[Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik)]

Thank you for reporting this.

From what I can see, the reporter has used the advanced partitioner and is trying to mount /usr on /dev/hda4 which is only 1.5GB (and /var on /dev/hda3 at 0.5GB, which should be ok).

mountpoints: {'/dev/hda4': ('/usr', True, 'ext3', []), '/dev/hda1': ('/', True, 'ext3', []), '/dev/hdb1': ('/home', True, 'ext3', []), '/dev/hda3': ('/var', True, 'ext3', []), '/dev/hda2': ('swap', True, 'linux-swap', [])}