[Bug 1890872] Re: lubuntu install-alongside install (bionic daily) fails & won't continue

Sat Aug 8 08:07:47 UTC 2020

Since sdb5 i'm convinced is thumb-drive or install media, it was created
with

`dus`  (or mkusb)

This was the second install from thumb-drive since written, first was
entire-disk install, second being install-alongside.  Same order as was
done last time...  (last time was I think day web site issue was
discovered by sil2100/Lukasz; though message only appeared during
install alongside if I recall correctly; NOT the initial entire disk &
NOT later manual.partitioning to confirm sil2100's fix)

---
guiverc at d960-ubu2:/de2900/lubuntu_32$   dus bionic-desktop-i386.iso
 dus 12.3.2 
[sudo] password for guiverc: 
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for guiverc: 
live system or temporary superuser permissions
Drive that contains source file: /dev/sda
Live drive, that is booted from: /dev/sda
cands=1
sdb
SanDisk_Cruzer_Facet
 7.5G
usb
USB or memory card
p_target: target=/dev/sdb
live system or temporary superuser permissions
 Clone/extract  system from the source
'bionic-desktop-i386.iso'
to the target device (drive) '/dev/sdb'
MODEL        NAME   FSTYPE  LABEL                     SIZE
Cruzer_Facet sdb    iso9660 Lubuntu 18.04.5 LTS i386  7.5G
             ├─sdb1 iso9660 Lubuntu 18.04.5 LTS i386  1.1G
             ├─sdb2                                     1K
             └─sdb5                                   6.3G
bionic-desktop-i386.iso
/dev/sdb
-----
live system or temporary superuser permissions
source=bionic-desktop-i386.iso
target=/dev/sdb
source=bionic-desktop-i386.iso
ls -l  bionic-desktop-i386.iso
-rw------- 1 guiverc guiverc 1193803776 Aug  6 22:09 bionic-desktop-i386.iso
Making a USB boot drive or memory card ..........................
The iso file SHOULD BE loop mounted on a temporary file READ-ONLY:
mount: /tmp/dus.xBr2orgMXe: WARNING: device write-protected, mounted read-only.
gpt_zap: done

Installing 'bionic-desktop-i386.iso' to '/dev/sdb' ... :

< "bionic-desktop-i386.iso" pv -s 1193803776 | dd bs=4096  of=/dev/sdb
 Please wait for sync until 'Done' is written 
 (flushing file system buffers to the device)
1.11GiB 0:04:02 [4.70MiB/s] [============================================================================================>] 100%            
291456+0 records in
291456+0 records out
1193803776 bytes (1.2 GB, 1.1 GiB) copied, 279.966 s, 4.3 MB/s
Syncing the device ...
 Done :-) 
p_clean:
live system or temporary superuser permissions
clean if necessary and return
guiverc at d960-ubu2:/de2900/lubuntu_32$

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Title:
  lubuntu install-alongside install (bionic daily) fails & won't
  continue

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Lubuntu 18.04 bionic daily QA-test install on

  hp dx6120mt (mini-tower, pentium 4 dual core, 3gb, winfast clone of nvidia 7600gt)
  sda only enabled in bios, contains a entire.disk qa-test install

  Install continued till I got to "Where are you?" and map screen (it's
  rightly showing Melbourne, AU" but an error message appeared on screen

  "Failed to create a file system.
  The ext4 file system created in partition #5 of SCSI5 (0,0,0) (sdb) failed
  OK"

  I have hit OK (and ENTER) many times but it doesn't resume
  installation.

  SDB is the thumb-drive? it looks like to me.

  ** Not the first time this happened

  This has happened before, but I only noted in comments on
  iso.qa.ubuntu.com (occurred last time I did this install). Last time I
  didn't file as I was worried SDB meant my hdd (sdb) which I know has
  badblocks; SDB is the thumb-drive though (my 2nd & 3rd HDDs are
  disabled in BIOS)

  It's also not moving past the error this time. I hit OK and nothing
  changes (either it repeats message instantly, or more likely it's not
  responding other than visual click.

  Install looks stuck ... I switched to terminal & exploration has been
  there (ubuntu-bug filed from term).  Ctrl+Alt+T won't work so
  everything has been via text terminal, and I can't open firefox etc
  (this written on my primary box)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46~18.04.1-generic 5.4.44
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.394.3
  Date: Sat Aug  8 07:41:31 2020
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 18.04.5 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release i386 (20200806.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=C.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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