Ubuntu
ubiquity package

Installation silently fails

Bug #112811 reported by David Balažic
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Ubunutu 7.04 desktop i386 installation silently fails.
In the middle of installation the progress dialog just disappears. No error reports or anything.
After reboot it does not boot from HD (I guess the installation did not finish successfully)

Happened in VMware all defaults (read: easy to reproduce)

VMWare Server 1.0.2 running on Windows XP pro SP2
create a new VM, option are (all defaults):
 - "Typical" configuration
 - OS : Linux / Version: Ubuntu
 - network : NAT
 - disk size (not default) : 2 GB (allocate all space ON, splitting OFF)

 - change emulated CD to mount the iso file ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso
 - start the VM
 - boot the ubuntu CD
 - on desktop doubleclick the Install icon and in the wizard
 - language : leave as "English"
 - time zone : leave as "New York"
 - keyboard : leave "U.S. English"
 - partitioning : leave as "Guided, use entire disk (sda)"
 - doc&settings migration : none
 - user : test/test/test , name leave as "test-desktop"
 - click "Install" on last page
 - progress dialog ("Installing system") appears
 - wait until it vanishes ... (somewhere after 70% of completion)

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David Balažic (xerces8) wrote :

What more info do you need ?
(In response to changing status to "Needs Info")

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

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 when the installation stalls? Thanks in advance.

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Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik) wrote :

Hi. Most likely it crashed because you created a 2GB disk in Vmware, which is too small. Looks like you ran out of disk space during the install. This is likely dupe of bug 48355 or 47046. Without the requested log files we can't know for sure, however. Closing the bug.

Changed in ubiquity:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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David Balažic (xerces8) wrote :

Sorry for the delay, I somehow missed the comment from Brian.
I will post the logs now.

This is not a dupe of bug 47046 , as that one is about formatting. In may case the formatting is done with no problems.
(and bug 47046 was closed fixed long before 7.04 was released)

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David Balažic (xerces8) wrote :
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David Balažic (xerces8) wrote :
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in ubiquity:
assignee: brian-murray → nobody
status: Rejected → Confirmed
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