No error messages on a no-resizable ntfs partition
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: live-installer
Today I was installing ubuntu and kubuntu 9.04 in FLISOL 2009. During the process, reached a notebook with Windows XP, which did not make ntfs partition resizing. In addition, the installer never told me why.
Then I used a Debian installer to rule out problems of distribution. So the Debian installer told me to read /var/log/syslog, it was an "unknown error", in the partitioning step. Finally, I found the error in the log. ntfsresize did not allow resize the ntfs partition because it was in a state of inconsistency and therefore suggested to run the command "chkdsk /r" an reboot windows twice. Once knew this, do these steps and finally I could install Kubuntu, because the owner of the laptop did not want to lose the other operating system or your data.
I hope the installer warn me of any problem during the installation process, but Ubuntu/Kubuntu installer doesn't show any error message, simply ignored the possibility to resize the partition, instead of alerting the user that had problems (the same error message from ntfsresize output enough).
I spent several hours trying to figure out the problem, and that does not let me install more ubuntus during the day, but finally I succeeded, thanks to the error message from the Debian installer..
| affects: | live-installer (Ubuntu) → ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
| Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Expired |
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