Using Kubuntu 10.10, I added the debug= to the installer, then tried to install. No hard drive was detected, and I quit the installation, and the kubuntu live cd booted, /var/log/casper.log + tailpid=454 + parse_cmdline + tail -f casper.log + cat /proc/cmdline + [ = ] + export UNIONFS=aufs + set_usplash_timeout + [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ] + start_usplash_pulse + [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ] + [ n != y ] + log_begin_msg Running /scripts/casper-premount + [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ] + _log_msg Begin: Running /scripts/casper-premount ... + [ n = y ] + printf Begin: Running /scripts/casper-premount ... Begin: Running /scripts/casper-premount ... + run_scripts /scripts/casper-premount + initdir=/scripts/casper-premount + [ ! -d /scripts/casper-premount ] + [ -f /scripts/casper-premount/ORDER ] + . /scripts/casper-premount/ORDER + /scripts/casper-premount/10driver_updates done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-premount/20iso_scan + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-premount/30custom_installation + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + [ n != y ] + log_end_msg + [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ] + _log_msg done.\n + [ n = y ] + printf done.\n done. + set_usplash_timeout + [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ] + [ ! -z ] + i=0 + [ 0 -lt 60 ] + find_livefs 0 + timeout=0 + [ ! -z ] + [ -n ] + + echo /sys/block/loop0tr /sys/block/loop1 egrep /sys/block/loop2 \n -v /(loop|ram|fd) /sys/block/loop4 /sys/block/loop5 /sys/block/loop6 /sys/block/loop7 /sys/block/ram0 /sys/block/ram1 /sys/block/ram10 /sys/block/ram11 /sys/block/ram12 /sys/block/ram13 /sys/block/ram14 /sys/block/ram15 /sys/block/ram2 /sys/block/ram3 /sys/block/ram4 /sys/block/ram5 /sys/block/ram6 /sys/block/ram7 /sys/block/ram8 /sys/block/ram9 /sys/block/sda /sys/block/sdb /sys/block/sr0 + sys2dev /sys/block/sda + sysdev=/block/sda + /sbin/udevadm info -q name -p /block/sda + echo /dev/sda + devname=/dev/sda + [ -e /dev/sda ] + get_fstype /dev/sda + local FSTYPE + local FSSIZE /init: line 7: can't open /dev/sda: No medium found + fstype + eval + [ != unknown ] + echo + return 0 + fstype= + /lib/udev/cdrom_id /dev/sda + is_nice_device /sys/block/sda + sysfs_path=/block/sda + /lib/udev/path_id /block/sda + egrep -q ID_PATH=(usb|pci-[^-]*-(ide|scsi|usb)|platform-sata_mv|platform-orion-ehci|platform-mmc|platform-mxsdhci) + return 0 + subdevices /sys/block/sda + sysblock=/sys/block/sda + r= + [ -e /sys/block/sda/dev ] + r= /sys/block/sda + [ -e /sys/block/sda/alignment_offset/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/bdi/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/capability/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/dev/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/device/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/discard_alignment/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/ext_range/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/holders/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/inflight/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/power/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/queue/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/range/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/removable/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/ro/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/size/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/slaves/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/stat/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/subsystem/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/trace/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sda/uevent/dev ] + echo /sys/block/sda + check_dev /sys/block/sda + sysdev=/sys/block/sda + devname= + skip_uuid_check= + [ -z ] + sys2dev /sys/block/sda + sysdev=/block/sda + /sbin/udevadm info -q name -p /block/sda + echo /dev/sda + devname=/dev/sda + [ -d /dev/sda ] + [ -e /dev/sda ] + [ -n ] + get_fstype /dev/sda + local FSTYPE + local FSSIZE /init: line 7: can't open /dev/sda: No medium found + fstype + eval + [ != unknown ] + echo + return 0 + fstype= + is_supported_fs + fstype= + return 1 + [ -n ] + return 1 + sys2dev /sys/block/sdb + sysdev=/block/sdb + /sbin/udevadm info -q name -p /block/sdb + echo /dev/sdb + devname=/dev/sdb + [ -e /dev/sdb ] + get_fstype /dev/sdb + local FSTYPE + local FSSIZE /init: line 7: can't open /dev/sdb: No medium found + fstype + eval + [ != unknown ] + echo + return 0 + fstype= + /lib/udev/cdrom_id /dev/sdb + is_nice_device /sys/block/sdb + sysfs_path=/block/sdb + /lib/udev/path_id /block/sdb -q ID_PATH=(usb|pci-[^-]*-(ide|scsi|usb)|platform-sata_mv|platform-orion-ehci|platform-mmc|platform-mxsdhci) + return 0 + subdevices /sys/block/sdb + sysblock=/sys/block/sdb + r= + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/dev ] + r= /sys/block/sdb + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/alignment_offset/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/bdi/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/capability/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/dev/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/device/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/discard_alignment/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/ext_range/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/holders/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/inflight/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/power/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/queue/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/range/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/removable/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/ro/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/size/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/slaves/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/stat/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/subsystem/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/trace/dev ] + [ -e /sys/block/sdb/uevent/dev ] + echo /sys/block/sdb + check_dev /sys/block/sdb + sysdev=/sys/block/sdb + devname= + skip_uuid_check= + [ -z ] + sys2dev /sys/block/sdb + sysdev=/block/sdb + /sbin/udevadm info -q name -p /block/sdb + echo /dev/sdb + devname=/dev/sdb + [ -d /dev/sdb ] + [ -e /dev/sdb ] + [ -n ] + get_fstype /dev/sdb + local FSTYPE + local FSSIZE /init: line 7: can't open /dev/sdb: No medium found + fstype + eval + [ != unknown ] + echo + return 0 + fstype= + is_supported_fs + fstype= + return 1 + [ -n ] + return 1 + sys2dev /sys/block/sr0 + sysdev=/block/sr0 + /sbin/udevadm info -q name -p /block/sr0 + echo /dev/sr0 + devname=/dev/sr0 + [ -e /dev/sr0 ] + get_fstype /dev/sr0 + local FSTYPE + local FSSIZE + fstype + eval FSTYPE=iso9660 FSSIZE=0 + FSTYPE=iso9660 FSSIZE=0 + [ iso9660 != unknown ] + echo iso9660 + return 0 + fstype=iso9660 + /lib/udev/cdrom_id /dev/sr0 + check_dev null /dev/sr0 + sysdev=null + devname=/dev/sr0 + skip_uuid_check= + [ -z /dev/sr0 ] + [ -d /dev/sr0 ] + [ -e /dev/sr0 ] + [ -n ] + get_fstype /dev/sr0 + local FSTYPE + local FSSIZE + fstype + eval FSTYPE=iso9660 FSSIZE=0 + FSTYPE=iso9660 FSSIZE=0 + [ iso9660 != unknown ] + echo iso9660 + return 0 + fstype=iso9660 + is_supported_fs iso9660 + fstype=iso9660 + return 0 + blkid -o value -s UUID /dev/sr0 + devuid= + [ -n ] + mount -t iso9660 -o ro,noatime /dev/sr0 /cdrom + [ -n ] + is_casper_path /cdrom + path=/cdrom + [ -d /cdrom/casper ] + echo /cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs + [ /cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs != /cdrom/casper/*.squashfs ] + return 0 + [ ] + matches_uuid /cdrom + [ ] + [ ! -e /conf/uuid.conf ] + path=/cdrom + cat /conf/uuid.conf + uuid=b603d318-3df9-4b36-888a-879c0fffabcb + [ -e /cdrom/.disk/casper-uuid-generic ] + cat /cdrom/.disk/casper-uuid-generic + try_uuid=b603d318-3df9-4b36-888a-879c0fffabcb + [ b603d318-3df9-4b36-888a-879c0fffabcb = b603d318-3df9-4b36-888a-879c0fffabcb ] + return 0 + echo /cdrom + return 0 + return 0 + livefs_root=/cdrom + [ /cdrom ] + break + [ -z /cdrom ] + [ ] + [ ] + [ ] + mount_images_in_directory /cdrom /root + directory=/cdrom + rootmnt=/root + match_files_in_dir /cdrom/casper/*.squashfs + local pattern=/cdrom/casper/*.squashfs + echo /cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs + [ /cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs != /cdrom/casper/*.squashfs ] + return 0 + setup_unionfs /cdrom/casper /root + image_directory=/cdrom/casper + rootmnt=/root + modprobe -q -b aufs + cut -f2 /proc/filesystems + grep -q ^aufs$ + croot=/ + rofsstring= + rofslist= + [ aufs = aufs ] + roopt=rr + mkdir -p / + basename /cdrom/casper/*.ext2 + imagename=*.ext2 + [ -d /cdrom/casper/*.ext2 ] + [ -f /cdrom/casper/*.ext2 ] + basename /cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs + imagename=filesystem.squashfs + [ -d /cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs ] + [ -f /cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs ] + get_backing_device /cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs + setup_loop /cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs loop /sys/block/loop* + local fspath=/cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs + local module=loop + local pattern=/sys/block/loop* + local offset= + modprobe -q -b loop + /sbin/udevadm settle + [ loop = loop ] + [ ! -e /dev/loop0 ] + losetup -f + dev=/dev/loop0 + [ /dev/loop0 ] + [ -n ] + losetup /dev/loop0 /cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs + echo /dev/loop0 + return 0 + echo /dev/loop0 + backdev=/dev/loop0 + get_fstype /dev/loop0 + local FSTYPE + local FSSIZE + fstype + eval FSTYPE=squashfs FSSIZE=170787118591 + FSTYPE=squashfs FSSIZE=170787118591 + [ squashfs != unknown ] + echo squashfs + return 0 + fstype=squashfs + [ squashfs = unknown ] + mkdir -p //filesystem.squashfs + mount -t squashfs -o ro,noatime /dev/loop0 //filesystem.squashfs + rofsstring=//filesystem.squashfs=rr: + rofslist=//filesystem.squashfs + basename /cdrom/casper/*.dir + imagename=*.dir + [ -d /cdrom/casper/*.dir ] + [ -f /cdrom/casper/*.dir ] + rofsstring=//filesystem.squashfs=rr + mkdir -p /cow + cowdevice=tmpfs + cow_fstype=tmpfs + cow_mountopt=rw,noatime,mode=755 + [ -n ] + mount -t tmpfs -o rw,noatime,mode=755 tmpfs /cow + mount -t aufs -o noatime,dirs=/cow=rw://filesystem.squashfs=rr aufs /root + [ -n ] + [ -n ] + mount+ squashfs -d -f 3 + mkdir -p /root/rofs + [ aufs = unionfs-fuse ] + mount -o move /filesystem.squashfs /root/rofs + break + log_end_msg + [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ] + _log_msg done.\n + [ n = y ] + printf done.\n done. + [ aufs = unionfs-fuse ] + log_begin_msg Creating debconf-communicate fifo mechanism + [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ] + _log_msg Begin: Creating debconf-communicate fifo mechanism ... + [ n = y ] + printf Begin: Creating debconf-communicate fifo mechanism ... Begin: Creating debconf-communicate fifo mechanism ... + mkfifo /tmp/debconf-in.fifo + mkfifo /tmp/debconf-out.fifo + chroot /root mktemp -dt debconf.XXXXXX + DEBCONF_TMPDIR=/tmp/debconf.MrsWMF + cp -a /root/var/cache/debconf/config.dat /root/tmp/debconf.MrsWMF/ + cp -a /root/var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat /root/tmp/debconf.MrsWMF/ + sed s,^Filename: /var/cache/debconf/\(config\|passwords\).dat$,Filename: /tmp/debconf.MrsWMF/\1.dat,; /^Name: templatedb/aReadonly: true /root/etc/debconf.conf + [ ! -p /tmp/debconf-in.fifo ] + [ ! -p /tmp/debconf-out.fifo ] + log_end_msg + [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ] + _log_msg done.\n + [ n = y ] + printf done.\n done. + + exec DEBCONF_SYSTEMRC=/tmp/debconf.MrsWMF/debconf.conf chroot+ /rootmaybe_break debconf-communicate casper-bottom -fnoninteractive casper + echo + egrep -q (,|^)casper-bottom(,|$) + [ n != y ] + log_begin_msg Running /scripts/casper-bottom + [ -x /sbin/usplash_write ] + _log_msg Begin: Running /scripts/casper-bottom ... + [ n = y ] + printf Begin: Running /scripts/casper-bottom ... Begin: Running /scripts/casper-bottom ... + run_scripts /scripts/casper-bottom + initdir=/scripts/casper-bottom + [ ! -d /scripts/casper-bottom ] + [ -f /scripts/casper-bottom/ORDER ] + . /scripts/casper-bottom/ORDER + /scripts/casper-bottom/01integrity_check + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/05mountpoints Begin: Moving mount points... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/05mountpoints_lupin + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/07remove_oem_config + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/10adduser Begin: Adding live session user... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/10custom_installation + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/10ntfs_3g + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/12fstab Begin: Configuring fstab... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/13swap Begin: Setting up swap... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/14locales Begin: Setting up locales... ... Generating locales... en_US.UTF-8... done Generation complete. done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/15autologin Begin: Setting up automatic login... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/18hostname Begin: Setting hostname... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/19keyboard Begin: Setting up console keyboard... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/20xconfig + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/22gnome_panel_data Begin: Configuring gnome-panel-data... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/22screensaver Begin: Configuring screensaver... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/22serialtty + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/22sslcert Begin: Regenerating SSL certificate... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/23etc_modules Begin: Preconfiguring /etc/modules... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/23networking Begin: Preconfiguring networking... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/24preseed Begin: Loading preseed file... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/25configure_init Begin: Setting up init... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility Begin: Configuring accessibility options... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/31disable_update_notifier Begin: Disabling update-notifier... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/32disable_hibernation Begin: Configuring power management... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/33enable_apport_crashes Begin: Enabling detection of crashes... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/34disable_kde_services Begin: Disabling unnecessary KDE services... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/35fix_language_selector Begin: Fixing language selector... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/36disable_trackerd Begin: Disabling trackerd... ... done. + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/40install_driver_updates + [ -e /conf/param.conf ] + /scripts/casper-bottom/41apt_cdrom Using CD-ROM mount point /cdrom/ Identifying.. [fe98ef136a44e513b5294e7df6b7d3de-2] Scanning disc for index files.. Found 2 package indexes, 0 source indexes, 0 translation indexes and 1 signatures Found label 'Kubuntu 10.10 _Maverick Meerkat_ - Release amd64 (20101007)' This disc is called: 'Kubuntu 10.10 _Maverick Meerkat_ - Release amd64 (20101007)' Copying package lists...gpgv: Signature made Thu Oct 7 16:58:14 2010 UTC using DSA key ID FBB75451 gpgv: Good signature from "Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key