[Bug 326297] Re: [jaunty alpha3] the live-installer partioning doesn't work at all after doing complex setup with gparted

[Phillip Susi]

This was fixed several years ago by avoiding the use of the
broken/depreciated libparted ext2 code.


** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  [jaunty alpha3] the live-installer partioning doesn't work at all
  after doing complex setup with gparted

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I downloaded jaunty-dvd-i386.iso dated 20090203.

  I use 3 sata disks in my box. 
  The first disk has Windows XP, /boot (grub 0.97), swap and Ubuntu 8.10.
  I try to install Jaunty on /dev/sdb2 (boot) and /dev/sdb6 (root).
  I will also install Ubuntu 8.10 on /dev/sdb1 (boot) and /dev/sdb5 (root).
  I will also install another configuration of Ubuntu 8.10/9.04 for development in sdb3 and sdb7

  I booted the live DVD and used Gparted to partition /dev/sdb (SATA 400 GB) in 9 partitions.
  I will boot-chain from the /dev/sda2 onto the primary partitions on sdb disk.

  I booted the jaunty live-dvd and partitioned sdb with ext2 and ext3 file system.
  Once finished I proceeded installing the program.
  In the partitioning stage, I chose the manual operation.
  I select /boot (sdb2), / (sdb6), /cache (sdb8), /data (sdb9) without formatting.
  The configuration is using swap at sda3.

  I cannot proceed installation!

  By clicking the foward button, the installation program displays this
  message.

  ---
  File system has an incompatible feature enabled. Compatible features are has_journal, dir_index, filetype, sparse_super and large_file. Use tune2fs or debugfs to remove features.
  ----

  I click Cancel and try to mark the check boxes for formatting. The
  system doesn't allow me to check the dialog boxes.

  I click again the forward button. The installation program displays
  this message.

  -----
  No root file system is defined.

  Please correct this from the partitioning menu.
  -----

  I click on the delete partition button.

  The message is:
  ------
  Partman failed with exit code 141. Further information may be found in /var/log/syslog. Do you want to try running this step again before continuing? If you do not, your installation may fail entirely or may be broken.
  ------

  I included the syslog file to the report.

  I cannot install Ubuntu from the graphical interface of the live DVD.
  I'll try the textmode installation.

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