Thanks for your report. This is the same problem that happens on OTA when someone installs additional packages in the system partition and there is not enough space left to apply the OTA. It is a non recoverable situation and there must be a protection against this in system-image.
** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image Status: New => Confirmed ** Also affects: system-image (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to system-image in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1582325 Title: udf with --custom-tarball that is too big: cannot pass bootsplash on reboot Status in Canonical System Image: Confirmed Status in system-image package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Summary: I am installing my own customized tarball to cooler with udf using --customized-tarball option. If the customized tarball is too large, udf reports "can't write" error and fails. Rebooting from recovery menu leaves device stuck in bootsplash. We don't want this to happen on a channel. Details to follow. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1582325/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp