lubuntu 12.04 ppc installer crashed on mac mini g4

[Alex Pedcenko]

even bug submission results an error. crap

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.16 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-powerpc-smp 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-powerpc-smp ppc
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: powerpc
CasperVersion: 1.315
Date: Tue Apr 7 21:42:43 2015
InstallCmdLine: ro ramdisk_size=1048576 file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Release powerpc (20120423)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
 TERM=unknown
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Apr 7 20:42:19 lubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 7 20:42:19 lubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1735, in <module>
Apr 7 20:42:19 lubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Apr 7 20:42:19 lubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
Apr 7 20:42:19 lubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Apr 7 20:42:19 lubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 204, in run
Apr 7 20:42:19 lubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
Apr 7 20:42:19 lubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1039, in configure_bootloader
Apr 7 20:42:19 lubuntu plugininstall.py: "YabootInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Apr 7 20:42:19 lubuntu plugininstall.py: InstallStepError: YabootInstaller failed with code 1
Apr 7 20:42:19 lubuntu plugininstall.py:

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

More details from syslog:

Apr 7 20:41:47 lubuntu ubiquity: ofpath: usb (usb-storage) is not supported
Apr 7 20:41:47 lubuntu yaboot-installer: info: ofpath returned nothing; leaving out device= line and praying
Apr 7 20:41:49 lubuntu yaboot-installer: mkofboot: Finding OpenFirmware device path to `/dev/sdb5'...
Apr 7 20:41:49 lubuntu yaboot-installer: ofpath: usb (usb-storage) is not supported
Apr 7 20:41:49 lubuntu yaboot-installer: mkofboot: Unable to find OpenFirmware path for boot=/dev/sdb5
Apr 7 20:41:49 lubuntu yaboot-installer: mkofboot: Please add ofboot=<path> where <path> is the OpenFirmware path to /dev/sdb5 to /etc/yaboot.conf
Apr 7 20:41:49 lubuntu yaboot-installer: mkofboot: Finding OpenFirmware device path to `/dev/sda3'...
Apr 7 20:41:49 lubuntu yaboot-installer: error: mkofboot failed with exit status 1

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]