Public bug reported:
Multiple times now Ubuntu installation fails without any information when the
fdisk table is full. I.E. no spare slots to create an
extended partition. This has happened on multiple HP machines with WIndows 7
pre-loaded where a restore partition is present along with the normal NTFS for
Windows 7 and another partition from the factory. The issue I am concerned
about is that
all versions of Ubuntu through 13.04 just hang and the user is left wondering
what happened. I would like to see a proper
check made for no fdisk partition available and a coherent message put up on
the screen telling the user what has happened.
Perhaps they need to install a second hard drive. In my case I used gpart to
remove the restore partion since I had backup
drives and then the installation went well. Again, it is the hang with no
feedback to the user that I am concerned about.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Installation fails when fdisk doesn't have enough spare slots
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