Ubuntu uninstallable on 32GB 3G Nexus 7
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubuntu-nexus7 |
Fix Released
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High
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Chris Van Hoof | ||
ac100-tarball-installer (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Oliver Grawert | ||
Raring |
Fix Released
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High
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Oliver Grawert |
Bug Description
Description: Nexus7 variants without 3G support map their user data partition (UDA) to mmcblk0p9, where variants with 3G support map UDA to mmcblk0p10
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Since opening my new Nexus 7 this morning I have been trying without success to install Ubuntu. I have tried both the 32GB and 16GB images with the same result.
I have been just as unsuccessful in taking a picture of the error messages that I receive that isn't blurry and unreadable, so I will do my best to copy them out:
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount /dev/mmcblk0p9: Invalid argument
The device '/dev/mmcblk0p9' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way round?
mount: mounting /dev/mmcblk0p9 on /root failed: Invalid argument
mount: mounting /dev/mmcblk0p9 on /root failed: Invalid argument
mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: No such file or directory
Target filesystem doesn't have required /sbin/init.
No init found. Try passing init= bootarg.
I am then dropped at an (of course unusable) BusyBox shell.
I bought my N7 specifically to help the developers test Ubuntu on tablets and am disappointed that I am so far unable to install. Is this a bug, or have I overlooked something?
As a side note, the Nexus 7 installer displayed strange behavior such as failing to verify the checksum on the 16GB image (despite me verifying the images as undamaged with sha256sum) and sticking on erasing the boot partition. Both problems required a reboot.
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I missed what is presumably the key part of the error: directly before the beginning of what I copied there, I get:
EXT3-FS (mmcblk0p9) error: couldn't mount because of unsupported features (40)
EXT2-FS (mmcblk0py) error: couldn't mount because of unsupported features (40)
(I know this is a no-go when it comes to bug reports, but I'm going to break the rules and say I need a quick response, because under UK consumer protection laws I only have a limited time to return the tablet for a refund and abdicate as an amateur tester.)