It should be apparent that this affects EFI only. I wouldn't expect
secure boot or not to make a difference. Either way, let's hold off on
reporting any results on this for a bit.
The only one thing I'm thinking that might be worth testing is whether
or not manual partitioning with labels set on all partitions makes a
difference. If it does, we at least have a workaround.
Meanwhile kc2bez is testing the fix. Applying to kpmcore alone wasn't
sufficient, so we'll rebuild Calamares against that and see how it goes.
** Summary changed:
- The installer failed to create partition on disk
+ The installer failed to create partition on disk with EFI
** Changed in: calamares (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
** Bug watch added: Calamares Issues #1637
https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1637
** Also affects: calamares via
https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1637
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** Also affects: kpmcore (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Bug watch added: KDE Bug Tracking System #432941
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432941
** Also affects: kpmcore via
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432941
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** Changed in: kpmcore (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: calamares (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Critical
** Changed in: kpmcore (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Critical
** Summary changed:
- The installer failed to create partition on disk with EFI
+ The installer failed to create partition on disk with EFI (not BIOS)
** Description changed:
+ See attached bugs for longer explanation but basically due to some
+ changes in core software (dosfstools) EFI installs fail to create
+ partitions because a null label is no longer acceptable. There is now a
+ fix in kpmcore, which is what Calamares uses to do this work, that
+ essentially sets "NO_LABEL" instead of a null ("") label.
+
+ ---
+
Testing Lubuntu Hirsute ISO 20210220 -
Test machine Lenovo V14 IIL - booting in UEFI+secure boot mode
Connected to WiFi network and ran the installer -
I selected "Erase disk with swap file" and then Calamares crashed with
the error: "the installer failed to create partition on disk "WDC PC
SN20 ......." see attached screenshot and files.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
Package: calamares 3.2.35-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.10.0-14.15-generic 5.10.11
Uname: Linux 5.10.0-14-generic x86_64
.etc.calamares.modules.finished.conf:
---
restartNowMode: user-checked
restartNowCommand: "systemctl -i reboot"
.etc.calamares.modules.shellprocess_logs.conf:
---
dontChroot: true
timeout: 30
script:
- calamares-logs-helper @@ROOT@@
.etc.calamares.modules.unpackfs.conf:
---
unpack:
- source: "/cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs"
sourcefs: "squashfs"
destination: ""
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu59
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.456
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Sat Feb 20 20:23:48 2021
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Alpha amd64 (20210220)
RelatedPackageVersions:
calamares-settings-ubuntu-common 1:21.04.1
calamares-settings-lubuntu 1:21.04.1
xfsprogs 5.6.0-1ubuntu4
btrfs-progs 5.10.1-1
SourcePackage: calamares
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Changed in: calamares (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Dan Simmons (kc2bez)
** Changed in: kpmcore (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Dan Simmons (kc2bez)
** Changed in: calamares (Ubuntu)
Milestone: None => ubuntu-21.04
** Changed in: kpmcore (Ubuntu)
Milestone: None => ubuntu-21.04
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