Here's the installer screens confirming patch [1] (in comment #10) fixes the issue on ppc64el:
Running Vivid installer, with priority=low. Go through Partition Disks -> Guided - use entire disk -> (select disk) -> Separate /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions Before patch: ------------------- - / is ~300 MB - /usr is 6.0 GB ┌────────────────────────┤ [!!] Partition disks ├─────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ This is an overview of your currently configured partitions and mount │ │ points. Select a partition to modify its settings (file system, mount │ │ point, etc.), a free space to create partitions, or a device to │ │ initialize its partition table. │ │ │ │ SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 137.4 GB QEMU QEMU HARDDISK │ │ > 1.0 MB FREE SPACE ▒ │ │ > #1 7.3 MB K ▒ │ │ > #2 299.9 MB f ext4 / │ │ > #3 6.0 GB f ext4 /usr ▒ │ │ > #4 3.0 GB f ext4 /var ▒ │ │ > #5 12.5 GB f swap swap ▒ │ │ > #6 399.5 MB f ext4 /tmp ▒ │ │ > #7 115.2 GB f ext4 /home ▒ │ │ > 1.0 MB FREE SPACE │ │ │ │ <Go Back> │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ After patch: ----------------- - applied manually (nano /lib/partman/recipes-ppc64el/80multi), slight change due to 280/300 numbers. - / is 5.0 GB - /usr is gone - /home accomodated the remaining 1.3 GB (previously 6.0 /usr + 0.3 / = 6.3 GB, now / is 5.0 GB. Difference is 1.3 GB) ┌────────────────────────┤ [!!] Partition disks ├─────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ This is an overview of your currently configured partitions and mount │ │ points. Select a partition to modify its settings (file system, mount │ │ point, etc.), a free space to create partitions, or a device to │ │ initialize its partition table. │ │ │ │ SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 137.4 GB QEMU QEMU HARDDISK │ │ > 1.0 MB FREE SPACE ▒ │ │ > #1 7.3 MB K ▒ │ │ > #2 5.0 GB f ext4 / │ │ > #3 3.0 GB f ext4 /var ▒ │ │ > #4 12.5 GB f swap swap ▒ │ │ > #5 399.5 MB f ext4 /tmp ▒ │ │ > #6 116.5 GB f ext4 /home ▒ │ │ > 1.0 MB FREE SPACE ▒ │ │ │ │ │ │ <Go Back> │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1410573 Title: Expert mode installation fails with error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1410573/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
