This comment was ~suggested by Walter/wxl, it's intention is to go upstream.
All testing here is on existing system dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e6850, 5gb, amd/ati radeon rv516/x1300/x1550) using sda9 as /, and an sda8 as /home sda8 is never formatted, just re-used. sda9 is formatted logs created as done can be viewed at http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/408/builds/210806/testcases/1701/results/ Following include a reboot between each test Failures: re-use sda8, format sda9 reiserf (comment #20 log) re-use sda8, format sda9 ext4 (comment #21 verbose log) re-use sda8, format sda9 ext4 using updated packages (log) re-use sda8, format sda9 ext4 using updated packages-2 (log) re-use sda8, format sda9 ext4 using updated packages-2 (verbose log) re-use sda8, format sda9 reiserfs re-use sda8, format sda9 xfs re-use sda8, format sda9 btrfs On the following failures, sda9 was deleted using KDE partition manager so sda9 didn't exist except as unallocated space before test re-use sda8, format xfs re-use sda8, format btrfs refer to http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/408/builds/210806/testcases/1701/results/ for real results though & more details. To get it working, I reboot, use KDE Partition Manager to delete the 'unknown' partition that exists after all aforementioned FAILED tests, and create it in whichever format I want (ext4, btrfs were tested today & worked), deactivate swap & exit KDE Partition Manager. Calamares can then use the prepared sa9; and it'll install perfectly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1864787 Title: Lubuntu failed install "sfdisk --force --append /dev/sda" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/calamares/+bug/1864787/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
