Ubuntu
ubiquity package

IOError in chroot_setup(): No such file or directory: '/target/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d'

Bug #249659 reported by LesFromIL
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Installing from LiveCD (8.0) . Installer gets to end and then crashes back to LiceCD desktop. Icon in upper left says a "Crash Re[prt Detected".
Clicking on it, a dialog open and says ubiquity closed unexpectedly.

Problem is repeatable on this machine.

CD media verifed OK, in fact, was used to install on different machine with no issues.

I have had Ubuntu installed on this machine in the past but I am attempting a fresh installation (dual boot with XP), I manage the partition mount points myself (sda10 = /, sda11 = /home, sda12 = swap).

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jul 17 19:14:41 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: ubiquity 1.8.7
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity --only
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity', '--only']
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Title: ubiquity crashed with IOError in chroot_setup()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
UserGroups:

Tags: apport-crash
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LesFromIL (lesunix) wrote :
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Most bizarre. It's crashing because it can't open /target/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d for writing, claiming "No such file or directory", which in this context must in fact mean that the directory /target/usr/sbin doesn't exist. That should be impossible at this stage. It's almost as if /target spuriously got unmounted in the middle of the installation ...

Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in ubiquity:
status: New → Confirmed
Evan (ev)
summary: - Ubuntu nstallation crashes near end
+ IOError in chroot_setup(): No such file or directory:
+ '/target/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d'
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qweqq (qweqq) wrote :

After ubiquity crashed I saw that on /target there were two partitions mounted - the install destination partition and my Debian root partition. /target/home was also used as a mount point for my Debian home partition. Is it possible that when configuring hardware the setup chroots in the wrong /target ?

I didn't do anything else except running the installer, selecting to choose partitions manually, chose one partition for root and clicked install. (haven't specified to mount my debian home partition as /home).

Will try installing with the alternate cd image.

Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

That version has died long ago; no more supported

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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