the installer crashed

[x4k]

We're sorry; the installer crashed. Please file a bug report at https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+filebug and a developer will attend to the problem as soon as possible. To help the developers understand what went wrong, include the following detail in your bug report, and attach the files /var/log/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/partman:
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

[Carthik Sharma (carthik)]

Thanks for your report. Due to some reliability problems with GRUB and XFS, you need to use a non-XFS root filesystem or create a non-XFS /boot filesystem. The fact that the partitioner doesn't warn you about this up-front is also bug 47848, and is fixed in dapper-updates.

[Spaldini (spaldini)]

Agreed, its a dupe, thanks! & the workarounds suggested in 47848 (use something other than XFS for /boot partition) worked for me.

----------------------------------------
> From: <email address hidden>
> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 17:34:02 +0000
> Subject: [Bug 55074] Re: the installer crashed
> To: <email address hidden>
>
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 47848 ***
>
> Thanks for your report. Due to some reliability problems with GRUB and
> XFS, you need to use a non-XFS root filesystem or create a non-XFS /boot
> filesystem. The fact that the partitioner doesn't warn you about this
> up-front is also bug 47848, and is fixed in dapper-updates.
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 47848
> should warn at partitioning stage if /boot is on XFS
>
> --
> the installer crashed
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/55074

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