[Bug 1410573] Re: Expert mode installation fails with error

[Frédéric Bonnard]

Ok going deeper, the recipe for "multi" file systems specifies on 15.04
the following  for / :  /lib/partman/recipe_ppc64el/80multi

---
70 800 300 $default_filesystem
        $lvmok{ }
        $primary{ }
        method{ format }
        format{ }
        use_filesystem{ }
        $default_filesystem{ }
        mountpoint{ / } .
---
~ # df -h
Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
none                    100.5M      2.3M     98.3M   2% /run
devtmpfs                456.7M         0    456.7M   0% /dev
/dev/vda2               268.9M    177.7M     72.9M  71% /target

~ # chroot /target /bin/bash
root at vm7:/# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  linux-image-extra-3.18.0-9-generic
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-image-extra-3.18.0-9-generic
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
12 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/36.6 MB of archives.
After this operation, 170 MB of additional disk space will be used.

So 177M free and 170M to install...

The maximum fs size for / is 300M rounded to cylinder size, according to
the recipe which is not enough :

Setting it to something bigger let the installation finish.

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Title:
  Expert mode installation fails with error

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  1) Start 15.04 installation (as a Power KBM guest) using daily ISO (Jan 11)
  2) Append priority=low option during installation
  3) On partitioning disk panel select  - Separate /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions - option
  4) Continue with the installation.

  Installation fails with following message :

                    Configuring linux-image-3.18.0-8-generic

                      Unable to install the selected kernel                
        An error was returned while trying to install the kernel into the  
        target system.                                                     
       
        Kernel package: 'linux-generic'.                                   
       
        Check /var/log/syslog or see virtual console 4 for the details.    
       
                                    <Continue>                             
       
       
  I have attached following files captured after the failure.

  hardware-summary         lsb-release              status   partman
  syslog

  
  > Hi Sachin,
  > 
  > It seems that we ran out of space on / while unpacking the kernel modules:
  > 
  > an 12 08:30:55 in-target: Preparing to unpack
  > .../linux-image-extra-3.18.0-8-generic_3.18.0-8.9_ppc64el.deb ...
  > Jan 12 08:30:55 in-target: Unpacking linux-image-extra-3.18.0-8-generic
  > (3.18.0-8.9) ...
  > Jan 12 08:31:14 in-target: dpkg: error processing archive
  > /media/cdrom//pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-extra-3.18.0-8-generic_3.18.0-8.
  > 9_ppc64el.deb (--unpack):
  > Jan 12 08:31:14 in-target:  cannot copy extracted data for
  > './lib/modules/3.18.0-8-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/ips.ko' to
  > '/lib/modules/3.18.0-8-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/ips.ko.dpkg-new': failed
  > to write (No space left on device)
  > Jan 12 08:31:14 in-target: dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by
  > signal (Broken pipe)
  > 
  > hardware-summary shows /dev/vda2 is fairly small. Was that intentional?
  > 
  > df: Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
  > df: none                    836160      2496    833664   0% /run
  > df: devtmpfs               4139712         0   4139712   0% /dev
  > df: /dev/sr0                573810    573810         0 100% /cdrom
  > df: /dev/vda2               275395    181991     74665  71% /target
  > df: /dev/vda7             63427476     53064  60129408   0% /target/home
  > df: /dev/vda6               369639      2062    343974   1% /target/tmp
  > df: /dev/vda3              5636212    250392   5076472   5% /target/usr
  > df: /dev/vda4              2818080     23964   2631252   1% /target/var
  > df: /dev/sr0                573810    573810         0 100%
  > /target/media/cdrom

  Nope. The partitions and their size was suggested by the installer.
  These are the default suggested values.

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