Public bug reported: What has been done? Attempted to install Ubuntu x64 8.04 from live CD to 20Gb XFS partition /dev/sda3. Actually there is other partitions with Kubuntu, pre-existing GRUB, etc. Actually I'd planned to use mentioned XFS partition as both /, /home, /boot and all other stuff.
What's wrong? Well, during install installer has just warned me that GRUB may fail to install when /boot is located on XFS. Really, it does and this failed 5 out of 5 attempts.SGI hovever claims that recent GRUB should not have this issues (at http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/faq.html) Also quite bad behavior is that installer warns about GRUB vs /boot on XFS second time...when system install is almost completed!Just before trying to install GRUB after files copying has just completed. It suggests "go back" but I have no real idea how can I "go back" when partition is reformatted, system has been copied to it and we're about to install boot loader.I also have no real idea where to setup will "go back" since there is no wizard UI anymore at this time, just progressbar so I can hardly imagine what will happen if I choose to go back at this point. Also after failure to install GRUB installer not just fails but it may also encounter some funny crashes. Expected result: Ideally I would like option to install with all mountpoints on XFS.This is possible and technically nothing prevents it, looks just like some software interoperability issue where some direct write occurs to a mounted partition, that's quite wrong IMHO. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: grub install ubuntu xfs -- Failed to install Ubuntu 8.04 x64 to XFS partition (which is both /boot and / and everything else).5 out of 5 attempts failed+strange installer behavior. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234888 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
