Comment 5 for bug 260001

Sorry about calling you "Steve", Colin - I was in a hurry and must have
been thinking of the person I was going to play at squash as soon as I
finished the email!

The problem still exists with intrepid beta, but it looks as if the
details might have changed. At this stage, I don't think the hardware is
relevant, but I'm using an HP laptop with an intel P4 processor.

I tried to replicate my previous installation process.

1. Boot the intrepid CD live system and pre-define a new 6.5GB partition
with ext3. (tune2fs shows it has 256 byte inodes).

2. Start the installer from the object on the desktop. Choose manual
partitioning. Use the existing swap partition. Use the existing boot
partition (Hardy grub on ext3 with 128 byte inodes).

The installation fails at the end. Unfortunately, I was running without
a network connection and the crash report app failed. I didn't know how
to collect all of the usual files, so I have attached those that seem to
me to be most relevant.

I can see from the syslog that the original alpha 4 kernel copy problem
is not the direct cause of this current failure.

Grub hasn't been wrecked and so I can still boot my Hardy system and
work on the machine. I have the original (working) intrepid alpha 4
system and the new intrepid beta failed installation on two different
partitions.

What more can I do to help? If I've missed any important information
held on the new system disk, I can send it easily. If you would like me
to run the install again (with a network connection this time!), either
from the live or the alternate CD's, just let me know.

Regards,

Brian