[Bug 1873128] Re: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected)
Lubuntu hirsute (daily) QA-test (simulated) install on - dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e6850, 5gb, amd/ati radeon rv516/x1300/x1550) 3.5" floppy was inserted into box before boot; it remained in starting calamares & I hear floppy spin up & seek home :( selected partitions (sda8 & sda9 for / & /home, no format in case I made a mistake) MBR was going to be written to SDA (or hdd), no floppy mentioned in summary screen so no issues detected at all (hirsute anyway) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873128 Title: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/calamares/+bug/1873128/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1873128] Re: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected)
Lubuntu groovy (daily) QA-test (simulated) install dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e6850, 5gb, amd/ati radeon rv516/x1300/x1550) I didn't complete install; the purpose is to look for https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1873128 which doesn't require the install to complete.. (floppy is readable, containing monopoly.com & associated files; if floppy is unreadable the bug doesn't appear to occur) Install is going to sda9, but boot loaded to /dev/fd0 (despite selecting /dev/sda for boot loader) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873128 Title: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/calamares/+bug/1873128/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1873128] Re: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected)
** Changed in: calamares Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873128 Title: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/calamares/+bug/1873128/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1873128] Re: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected)
** Changed in: calamares Status: Unknown => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873128 Title: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/calamares/+bug/1873128/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1873128] Re: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected)
I just booted Lubuntu 20.04 (amd64; last pre-release daily) and 19.04 (i386) boxes without floppy inserted during the boot cycle, but inserted floppy before calamares is started to install system, and both wanted to install to /dev/fd0 as my storage device. The amd64 (20.04) box shows the ~1920gb space map as current partitioning, where as the i386 (much older calamares) shows a dark partitioned space in the current map (same floppy used for both tests). ** Bug watch added: Calamares Issues #1393 https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1393 ** Also affects: calamares via https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1393 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873128 Title: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/calamares/+bug/1873128/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1873128] Re: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected)
I booted up Lubuntu 19.04 (alpha x86) oon hp dx6120mt (pentium 4 dual- core, 3gb, nvidia 7600gt clone) and by default it's selected storage device is "Unknown /dev/fd0" Booted without the floppy in the drive it's default is "/dev/sda", it only offers the /dev/fd0 when floppy is inserted on machine boot (just like d755-5 in original post) It's the same floppy used to test on d755-5, but on this box (and this older `calamares`) it's not detecting partitions totalling ~1920GB on the 1.44mb floppy lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy calamares calamares-settings-lubuntu calamares-settings-ubuntu-common calamares: Installed: 3.2.2-0ubuntu6 Candidate: 3.2.2-0ubuntu6 Version table: *** 3.2.2-0ubuntu6 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status calamares-settings-lubuntu: Installed: 31 Candidate: 31 Version table: *** 31 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status calamares-settings-ubuntu-common: Installed: 31 Candidate: 31 Version table: *** 31 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Attachment added: "calamares (reduced window size) showing /dev/fd0 default" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1873128/+attachment/5357750/+files/floppy_calamares_19.04.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873128 Title: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1873128/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1873128] Re: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected)
I should have added 19.04 image used was (comment #12) [Lubuntu 19.04 _Disco Dingo_ - Alpha i386 (20181220)] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873128 Title: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1873128/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1873128] Re: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected)
re-try, same (d755-5) box using 2020-04-16 daily focal ISO Install / to sda9 (no format), /home to sda8 (no format). Calamares at first wanted me to select partitions on /dev/fd0, I changed to sda.. however I noted in Overview it stated "Install Lubuntu on ext4 system partition /dev/sda9 Set up ext4 partition /dev/sda8 with mount point /home. Install boot loader on /dev/fd0" I've done 3 installs before today on this box; no issues with /dev/fd0; the difference in this install was floppy was inserted in the drive. In prior tests reported here I ejected floppy after boot or before clicking install. This time I did not. When installer got to boot loader step, floppy LED came on & I could hear the floppy drive write data & skip to next track, and click-click as it moved between tracks. Eventually it came to error message "Boost.Python error in job "bootloader". Command 'grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck --force /dev/fd0' returned non-zero exit status 1. Installing for i386-pc platform. grub-install: warning: File system `fat' doesn't support embedding. grub-install: error: embedding is not possible, but this is required for cross-disk install. Traceback: File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 457, in run prepare_bootloader(fw_type) File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 429, in prepare_bootloader install_grub(efi_directory, fw_type) File "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 336, in install_grub check_target_env_call([libcalamares.job.configuration["grubInstall"], File "", line 6, in " (FYI: I looked at floppy in `pcmanfm-qt` and it appears to still have only 1994 wp files on it) ** Attachment added: "~/.cache/calamares/session.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1873128/+attachment/5355886/+files/session.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873128 Title: calamares wants to install to 3.5" 1.44MB floppy (& boot loader will get written to /dev/fd0 if sda selected) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1873128/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
