Installer crashed

[Carlos]

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 306, in run
    self.copy_all()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 475, in copy_all
    os.mknod(targetpath, stat.S_IFCHR | mode, st.st_rdev)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists

[Carlos (c-eiroa)]

Trying to re-install Ubuntu

[Sergio Barjola (sbarjola)]

Thanks for your report. This bug is a duplicate of bug 47046.
You must reformat system partitions (e.g. /, /boot, /usr, or /var) during installation;
the fact that the partitioner doesn't warn you about this is also bug 47046, and is fixed in 6.06.1.