[Bug 268186] Re: installation using manual partitioning fails

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[Expired for partman-target (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity
for 60 days.]

** Changed in: partman-target (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  installation using manual partitioning fails

Status in partman-target package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: partman-target

  - using CD-image from cdimage.ubuntu.com 3rd of september 2008
  - cd-integrity check reported no errors
  - started installer and used "manual partitioning" to preserve /home partition
  - the single disk in the system under hardy was partitioned like this:

  /dev/sda1 ext3    /boot    100 MBytes
  /dev/sda2 swap                  4 GBytes
  /dev/sda3 ext3    /home    30 GBytes
  /dev/sda5 ext3    /tmp         5 GBytes
  /dev/sda6 ext3    /              4 GBytes
  /dev/sda7 ext3    /var         4 GBytes
  /dev/sda8 ext3    /opt       14 GBytes
  /dev/sda9 ext3    /usr       15 GBytes

  - the layout was kept, but every partition except /home (/dev/sda3) was set to be formatted
  - installation went fine
  - after first reboot grub failed ot boot the machine and reported:

  GRUB Loading stage1.5.
  GRUB loading, please wait...
  Error 15

  - also trying to use the live-cd to boot from the first hard-disk failed with the same error
  - the contents of the /boot partition after the installation look like this:

  abi-2.6.27-2-generic
  config-2.6.27-2-genric
  lost+found
  memtest86+.bin
  System.map-2.6.27-2-generic
  vmcoreinfo-2.6.27-2-generic

  - the /var -partition is empty except for the lost+found directory, thus no /var/log/installer/*
  - the output of "sudo parted /dev/sda print all":

  Model: ATA FUJITSU MHW2080B (scsi)
  Disk /dev/sda: 80.0GB
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
  Partition Table: msdos

  Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
   1      32.3kB  101MB   101MB   primary   ext3         boot 
   2      101MB   4196MB  4095MB  primary   linux-swap        
   3      4196MB  34.9GB  30.7GB  primary   ext3              
   4      34.9GB  80.0GB  45.1GB  extended                    
   5      34.9GB  40.0GB  5117MB  logical   ext3              
   6      40.0GB  44.1GB  4095MB  logical   ext3              
   7      44.1GB  48.2GB  4095MB  logical   ext3              
   8      48.2GB  63.6GB  15.4GB  logical   ext3              
   9      63.6GB  80.0GB  16.4GB  logical   ext3

  - the contents of the /home partition were left untouched

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