[Bug 1969822] Re: failed storage configuration at install of ubuntu-22.04-server

2022-04-22 Thread Dan Bungert
> PS: how can you run asciinema within the installer? I cheated and used developer tools :) (`make dryrun` in the source tree if you're interested) To simulate that with the real installer the easiest thing would be to SSH into the install and capture the SSHed terminal. -- You received this

[Bug 1969822] Re: failed storage configuration at install of ubuntu-22.04-server

2022-04-22 Thread Dan Bungert
Thanks again for the logs Fernan, I now believe I understand what happened. About your item #1 ("starting with fresh disks") It's our expectation that most people will, when faced with a blank disk or one they are reformatting, will use the "Add Partition" on the "Free Space" area under a disk

[Bug 1969822] Re: failed storage configuration at install of ubuntu-22.04-server

2022-04-21 Thread fernanAguero
Hi Dan, thanks for the fast response. No, the disks where clean. I just started fresh (from zero!) using the VMWAre Vsphere Client. New VM -> Add HDD (Create New Virtual Disk, Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed, Store with the VM, 50 GB SCSI (0:0) Hard Disk 1) -> Add HDD (Create New Virtual

[Bug 1969822] Re: failed storage configuration at install of ubuntu-22.04-server

2022-04-21 Thread Dan Bungert
Thanks for attaching the installer files. Unfortunately the subiquity- server-debug.log is actually a symlink to the real log file, so all we got was an empty symlink. That said, I can reproduce part of what's going on with the probe-data. Where I'm confused is the initial state - I think maybe

[Bug 1969822] Re: failed storage configuration at install of ubuntu-22.04-server

2022-04-21 Thread fernanAguero
Of course! Please let me know if you need more files or further debugging. ** Attachment added: "requested /var/log/installer files" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1969822/+attachment/5582190/+files/var-log-installer-files.tar.gz -- You received this bug

[Bug 1969822] Re: failed storage configuration at install of ubuntu-22.04-server

2022-04-21 Thread Dan Bungert
Thanks for the report. > However there is nothing I can do to select one! (the option to "Use As Boot Device" is greyed out). Up through that part sounds correct - there needs to be a little space to setup for a boot disk and there isn't, so you made the right choice to go backwards a bit and

[Bug 1969822] Re: failed storage configuration at install of ubuntu-22.04-server

2022-04-21 Thread fernanAguero
Moreover, if I go to a shell and format the disks, when I go back to the installer, and hit "Reset" the system recognizes the changes, and shows the disks as "already formatted as ext4", with "partition 1 existing", "not mounted", and with a message saying: "To continue you need to: Mount a

[Bug 1969822] Re: failed storage configuration at install of ubuntu-22.04-server

2022-04-21 Thread Dan Bungert
** Also affects: subiquity Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1969822 Title: