Dear kernel team: this appears to be a regression in 3.13.0-4, although I can't quite track down what. Compare the behaviour of these two images:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/installer-amd64/20101020ubuntu285/images/netboot/mini.iso http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/installer-amd64/20101020ubuntu286/images/netboot/mini.iso (The first will complain about kernel udebs being missing; you can safely disregard that for the purposes of this bug.) Take copies of /bin/df and /usr/bin/du on trusty/amd64, and put them somewhere on your network whence you can download them during installation. Now watch "/path/to/df -m" and "/path/to/du -cmsx /" during the "Loading additional components" phase; in the second image, notice how they start out matching but diverge more and more as the phase goes on until there's no more space on rootfs. It looks as though something is holding references to some temporary files so that their space can't be reclaimed, but I can't see what; it doesn't seem to be anything in userspace that I can spot. Help? ** Package changed: debian-installer (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Tags added: bot-stop-nagging -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1270228 Title: "Loading partman-xfs failed for unknown reasons. Aborting" error in trusty server installations Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: With 20140117 (containing kernel 3.13.0-4-generic) trusty server images the above error message dialog appears during the installation and the following could be seen in the install syslog: Jan 17 16:49:28 anna[8497]: DEBUG: retrieving partman-target 83ubuntu1 Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: --> SUBST anna/progress_step_retr PACKAGE partman-target Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: Adding [PACKAGE] -> [partman-target] Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: <-- 0 Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: --> PROGRESS INFO anna/progress_step_retr Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: <-- 0 OK Jan 17 16:49:28 anna[8497]: corrupted status flag!!: 0 Jan 17 16:49:28 anna[8497]: (process:10536): tar: write error: No space left on device Jan 17 16:49:28 anna[8497]: (process:10536): tar: write error: No space left on device Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: --> PROGRESS STEP 1 Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: <-- 0 OK Jan 17 16:49:28 anna[8497]: DEBUG: retrieving partman-xfs 53 Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: --> SUBST anna/progress_step_retr PACKAGE partman-xfs Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: Adding [PACKAGE] -> [partman-xfs] Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: <-- 0 Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: --> PROGRESS INFO anna/progress_step_retr Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: <-- 0 OK Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: --> PROGRESS STOP Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: <-- 0 OK Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: --> SUBST anna/install_failed PACKAGE partman-xfs Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: Adding [PACKAGE] -> [partman-xfs] Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: <-- 0 Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: --> INPUT critical anna/install_failed Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: <-- 0 question will be asked Jan 17 16:49:28 debconf: --> GO Jan 17 16:56:07 debconf: <-- 0 ok Jan 17 16:56:07 main-menu[2943]: WARNING **: Configuring 'load-cdrom' failed with error code 8 Jan 17 16:56:07 debconf: --> GET debconf/priority Jan 17 16:56:07 debconf: <-- 0 critical Jan 17 16:56:07 main-menu[2943]: WARNING **: Menu item 'load-cdrom' failed. Jan 17 16:56:07 debconf: --> SETTITLE debian-installer/load-cdrom/title Jan 17 16:56:07 debconf: <-- 0 OK Jan 17 16:56:07 debconf: --> CAPB Jan 17 16:56:07 debconf: <-- 0 multiselect backup progresscancel align escape plugin-terminal plugin-detect-keyboard Jan 17 16:56:07 debconf: --> METAGET debian-installer/load-cdrom/title Description Jan 17 16:56:07 debconf: <-- 0 Load installer components from CD Jan 17 16:56:07 debconf: --> SUBST debian-installer/main-menu/item-failure ITEM Load installer components from CD Jan 17 16:56:07 debconf: Adding [ITEM] -> [Load installer components from CD] Jan 17 16:56:07 debconf: <-- 0 Jan 17 16:56:07 debconf: --> INPUT critical debian-installer/main-menu/item-failure Jan 17 16:56:07 debconf: <-- 0 question will be asked ============= The steps to reproduce: Install ubuntu server from the the ISO image of 20140117 Impacted jobs are: http://ci.ubuntu.com/smokeng/trusty/server/i386/20140117/6131/default/ and http://ci.ubuntu.com/smokeng/trusty/server/amd64/20140117/6130/default/ The installer syslog is attached To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1270228/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
