Comment 79 for bug 260001

My setup is 2 x 1TB SATA disks configured as Raid 1. 500GB primary partition has Vista Ultimate 64bit installed. I wanted the rest of the volume for Ubuntu 9.04 amd64, but couldn't get it to install via ubiquity without crashing. I have got it to work ok using the Alternate CD. This recognises the raid set up, and it installs with no problem. Afterwards, though, I had to edit /etc/grub/menu.lst to add Windows as an option on boot up.

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From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of regomodo
Sent: 25 May 2009 19:54
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 260001] Re: ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

I'm having the same issue. System setup
Trying to install 9.04 amd64 from livecd onto nvraid, raid0.
Root partition is ext4 and home partition is xfs on the same disk within an extended partition.

Ubiquity seems to crash after the "scanning the mirror" section of the
install.

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ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()
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Status in “ubiquity” source package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Binary package hint: ubiquity

This is probably a duplicate of closed/dormant bug 71984, but I have opened a new one because it occurred on Intrepid alpha 4 and I want to be sure you have an up-to-date set of documentation.

I suspect the crash is caused by my choice of an install that has fallen outside the validation box. I was trying to install a standalone intrepid system on a new partition of a multiboot machine. However, in manual partitioning I did NOT mount the existing grub partition as /boot. I guess the install was confused when trying to install another grub boot loader. I will retry the installation with the existing /boot mounted.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: ubiquity 1.9.9
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity gtk_ui
ProcEnviron: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/proc/8007/environ'
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity', 'gtk_ui']
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Title: ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()
Uname: Linux 2.6.26-5-generic i686
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