Mythbuntu

Limited maximum partition size at installation

Bug #137878 reported by Ipsissimus
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Mythbuntu
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
partman-base (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Colin Watson

Bug Description

I initially installed MythBuntu on a brand new, unformatted 500GB SATA hard drive. Its the only drive connected in the computer. During installation I choose 'new partition', and select 'primary' partition type, the default of '500107' partition size, location to 'beginning', filesystem as 'jfs', and mount point to '/'.

Clicking okay creates a partition, but the size is capped at 70507MB. The same happens regardless of the filesystem type I choose.

If I try to create a single partition of size 500000, I get a 70507MB sized partition. But if I try to create a single partition of size 400000, I get an error stating: "Can't have the end before the start!"
So I tried creating a 400000 sized partition with location set to 'end', with the same error.

I've got a 500GB hard drive. It'd be nice to utilize it all. After installation I plan on resizing it with gparted.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/partman-base
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Thomas Mashos (tgm4883) wrote :

What hard drive?

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Ipsissimus (lblaszczyk) wrote :

Its a Seagate 7200.10 Sata, Model ST3500630AS.
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=b9df99f4fa74c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD&locale=en-US

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Thomas Mashos (tgm4883) wrote :

I ran into this same problem yesterday. Although the max size it allowed me to do was different (around 50GB on an XFS partition). I ended up throwing in a feisty cd and partitioning it with gparted. I had other problems trying to do the same with a gutsy tribe 5 cd.

I too used a brand spanking new seagate drive. A Sata 7200.9 I believe. Model ST3500641AS (actually ST3500641AS-RK, but that just means Retail Kit)

This one here.
http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=148731

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Curious. Could you please attach /var/log/syslog and /var/log/partman from the installer to this bug so that we can see what's going on?

Changed in ubiquity:
assignee: nobody → kamion
status: New → Incomplete
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Ipsissimus (lblaszczyk) wrote :

Attached are the installation syslog and partman logs.

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Hmm. There are two problems here. One is that the syslog is chopped off near the end (that's casper's fault for not disabling anacron hard enough, and I've committed a fix), and the other is that I can't really see the problem in partman.

Would you mind trying to get me some more information? Boot the live CD, start a terminal, run 'ubiquity --debug' from a terminal window, run through the steps in the installer until you have reproduced the problem, and then quit the installer and attach /var/log/syslog, /var/log/partman, and /var/log/installer/debug (the last is important) to this bug. Thanks in advance.

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Actually, cancel that - I've found the problem.

Changed in ubiquity:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Fixed in partman-base (uploading in a moment). This will propagate into ubiquity the next time ubiquity is uploaded.

Changed in partman-base:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

partman-base (107ubuntu3) gutsy; urgency=low

  * Use expr rather than shell arithmetic in human2longint, since dash
    doesn't support 64-bit arithmetic (LP: #137878).

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:23:45 +0100

Changed in partman-base:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Mario Limonciello (superm1)
Changed in mythbuntu:
status: New → Fix Committed
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laga (laga) wrote :

Should be fixed in beta 1.

Changed in mythbuntu:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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