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ubiquity package

Ubuntu 6.10 installation crash towards end of install

Bug #103504 reported by kopic
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Brian Murray

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 166, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 161, in main
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 57, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 305, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 856, in process_step
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 628, in progress_loop
    raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s\n%s" %
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1404, in ?
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 385, in run
    self.configure_bootloader()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1171, in configure_bootloader
    raise InstallStepError(
InstallStepError: YabootInstaller failed with code 1

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Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.
Please run the installer again in debug mode by typing `ubiquity -d` in a console. Run the installer until it crashes and then attach /var/log/installer/debug and /var/log/syslog to this bug report. Detailed instructions for doing so can be found here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity/AttachingLogs

Changed in ubiquity:
assignee: nobody → thotz
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : [Bug 103504] Ubuntu 6.10 installation crash towards end of install

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
better. If possible could you please add the log reports as indicated
at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity/AttachingLogs ? Thanks in
advance.

 status needsinfo
 assignee <email address hidden>

Changed in ubiquity:
assignee: thotz → brian-murray
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

(There is no need for debug mode here. The syslog from an ordinary installation will do fine.)

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kopic (tsinwah) wrote : Re: [Bug 103504] Re: Ubuntu 6.10 installation crash towards end of install

Hi Colin,

Thank you for your coment.
I'm a lay person to Linux. So lots of the terms used are new to me.

My present laptop is a Mac iBook running OS_X 10.4.9 and am happy with it.
I just want to 'dip my toes' into Ubuntu as I've been reading a lot of
positive news about it.

So, what I did was to attach an external hdd with two (2) partitions created
using Mac OS_X's "Disk Utility".
The 1st. partition is about 7GB and is formatted in "Free space".
The 2nd is a bare install of Mac OS_X 10.4.

I then reboot using the Ubuntu 6.10 Install CD and then click on the Install
icon, and chose the external hdd as the target and the "Continous free
space" option.
The installation went smoothly UNTIL at about the 97% install complete
stage.
The install stalled, a message stating something like "yaboot" failed to
install. I know that "Yaboot" stands for "Yet Another Boot".
:-)

That's where I stopped "for a cup of coffee".

Regards,

Sin-Wah Tan
(Singapore)

PS:
I've installed Ubuntu 6.06 successfully into another external hdd before
this episode.

On 4/10/07, Colin Watson <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> (There is no need for debug mode here. The syslog from an ordinary
> installation will do fine.)
>
> --
> Ubuntu 6.10 installation crash towards end of install
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103504
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and feel free to submit bug reports in the future.

Changed in ubiquity:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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