** Description changed:
+ UPDATE:
+ Testing on my real HW revealed that there are more conditions when Calamares
fails to install on a LV (when using Manual Partitioning).
+
+ Disk setup:
+ * 2 SSD (SSD A: M.2, SSD B: SATA)
+ * both with GPT partition table
+ * system uses UEFI boot
+ * SSD A contains:
+ - first ESP (EFI System partion) (used by main Kubuntu 23.10 system)
+ - PV Partition with volgroup internal-ssd1
+ - 1 LV roothome (primary root and home LV)
+ * SSD B contains:
+ - a second ESP (used only for testing purposes, distro installers can
savely overwrite this)
+ - PV Partition with volgroup internal-ssd2
+ - 7 LVs (6 LVs for testing distros/Ubuntu versions, 1 LV temphome2
(additional space for home and temporary stuff)
+
+ Installation to /dev/internal-ssd2/kubuntu-test (one of my test LVs, on SSD
B) only works when:
+ * the second ESP (the one on SSD B) is selected as mount point for /boot/efi
+ * the second ESP is marked for being formatted
+
+ On all other conditions I tested (second ESP _not_ being formatted,
+ first ESP being formatted, format kubuntu-test, keep data of kubuntu-
+ test), installation will fail because of volume groups being closed by
+ Calamares (same cause as described below for the VM test case).
+
+ What I did not test yet is replacing my main Kubuntu 23.10 and
+ using/formatting the first ESP.
+
+ END OF UPDATE
+
SUMMARY
On Kubuntu 24.04, Calamares fails to install if the following two
conditions apply:
* target / is on a Logical Volume (LVM)
* no device is marked for being formatted
STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1. Create a test VM set to UEFI mode (both Gnome Boxes and Virt Manager
worked for me)
2. Boot Kubuntu Noble daily image.
#Preparing the disk
3. sudo cfdisk /dev/vda
4. Partition table: GPT
5. New partition: 500M, Type: EFI System
5. New partition: Rest of disk space, Type: Linux LVM
6. Write partition table
7. sudo mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/vda1 #format EFI partition
8. sudo pvcreate /dev/vda2 #create physical volume
9. sudo vgcreate kubuntu /dev/vda2 #create a volume group named 'kubuntu'
10. sudo lvcreate -l 100%FREE -n kubuntutest kubuntu #create a logical volume
named 'kubuntutest'
11. sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/kubuntu/kubuntutest #format the LV
12. Reboot (might not be necessary).
#Installation
13. Start installer
14. Select 'Manual Partitioning'
15. Set /dev/vda1 as /boot/efi, keep data
16. Set kubuntu/kubuntutest as /, keep data
17. Start installation.
OBSERVED RESULT
After short time, Calamares fails with Error dialog:
* "Extraction of cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs failed"
* "rsync failed with error code 11"
EXPECTED RESULT
Installation process runs through successfully.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
If in step 15 "Formatting" is selected instead of keeping data (while all
other steps aren't changed), the installation will be successful. If instead
the root filesystem in step 16 is set to being formatted, installation will
also work. So it seems this bug occurs only if there is no partition/LV being
specified for formatting.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: calamares 3.3.5-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-22.22-generic 6.8.1
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-22-generic x86_64
.etc.calamares.modules.after_bootloader_context.conf:
- ---
- dontChroot: false
- timeout: 120
- firmwareType:
- "*": "-rm ${ROOT}/home/${USER}/Desktop/kubuntu-calamares.desktop"
+ ---
+ dontChroot: false
+ timeout: 120
+ firmwareType:
+ "*": "-rm ${ROOT}/home/${USER}/Desktop/kubuntu-calamares.desktop"
.etc.calamares.modules.finished.conf:
- ---
- restartNowMode: user-checked
- restartNowCommand: "systemctl -i reboot"
+ ---
+ restartNowMode: user-checked
+ restartNowCommand: "systemctl -i reboot"
.etc.calamares.modules.fstab.conf:
- crypttabOptions: luks,keyscript=/bin/cat
- efiMountOptions: umask=0077
+ crypttabOptions: luks,keyscript=/bin/cat
+ efiMountOptions: umask=0077
.etc.calamares.modules.shellprocess_logs.conf:
- ---
- dontChroot: true
- timeout: 30
- script:
- - calamares-logs-helper ${ROOT}
+ ---
+ dontChroot: true
+ timeout: 30
+ script:
+ - calamares-logs-helper ${ROOT}
.etc.calamares.modules.unpackfs.conf:
- ---
- unpack:
- - source: "/cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs"
- sourcefs: "squashfs"
- destination: ""
+ ---
+ unpack:
+ - source: "/cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs"
+ sourcefs: "squashfs"
+ destination: ""
ApportVersion: 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.496
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Fri Apr 12 12:40:02 2024
LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Beta amd64 (20240412)
RelatedPackageVersions:
- calamares-settings-ubuntu-common 1:24.04.26
- calamares-settings-lubuntu N/A
- xfsprogs 6.6.0-1ubuntu2
- btrfs-progs 6.6.3-1.1build2
+ calamares-settings-ubuntu-common 1:24.04.26
+ calamares-settings-lubuntu N/A
+ xfsprogs 6.6.0-1ubuntu2
+ btrfs-progs 6.6.3-1.1build2
SourcePackage: calamares
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Summary changed:
- Calamares fails to install on logical volume if no partition/LV is marked for
being formatted
+ Calamares fails to install on logical volume on several conditions when using
Manual Partitioning
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