Xubuntu 6.06 installer crashed at 96% "Configuring boot loader..."

[ross sumera]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ?
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 55, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 266, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 741, in process_step
    self.mountpoints_to_summary()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 1029, in mountpoints_to_summary
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 538, in progress_loop
    raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s; see "
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1; see /var/log/installer/syslog and /var/log/syslog

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how to attach the files /var/log/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/partman

BTW, the partially installed system is bootable and partly usable but could not get update via synaptic.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Please attach the log files using the "Add Attachment" link on this bug's web page (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/48448). Unfortunately if you've already rebooted then you have probably erased them, and you may need to reinstall to recapture the problem.

Are you by chance installing using an XFS root filesystem? If so, you need to use a non-XFS root filesystem or create a non-XFS /boot filesystem.

[ross sumera (rsumera)]

/var/log-installer/syslog

I could only attached 1 file on the launchpad so here is the first file.

Yes I'm using XFS on my partitions and also used Zenwalk Linux with grub boot loader. I could boot my Zenwalk kernel on a dedicated /boot (XFS) partition.

For the Xubuntu installation the / and /boot are on the same partition. I've successfully added this to my /boot/grub/menu.lst and boot the Xubuntu system.

[ross sumera (rsumera)]

/var/log/syslog

[ross sumera (rsumera)]

/var/log/partman

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

OK, thanks. This is bug 47848, then. XFS on /boot works on *some* systems, it's just unreliable with grub; and there's an extra ubiquity bug which causes the actual crash, for which I have a fix in my local tree. It's really easiest to just use a small non-XFS /boot filesystem for now, though.

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