[edgy] Ubuntu live installer crash when formatting filesystems

[L Jones]

edgy-desktop-i386.iso 8/15
md5 37ba86bad653d02ce78e238f19165a34

Note: I had to 'depmod -a' in order to load the ath_pci module for net access to file this report. I assume it's unrelated but I'm mentioning it just in case.

Disk ide1 was already formatted, (Dapper 6.06.1)

Proceeded through install, at step 5 I choose "Erase entire disk", reached step 6 and hit install.
"Creating ext3 file system for / in partition #1 of IDE1 master (hda)..." appears to complete. dialog is at "Installing system" "Cleaning up"

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 132, in ?
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 57, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 264, in run
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 545, in progress_loop
    raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s\n%s" %
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1284, in ?
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 307, in run
    self.umount_source()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 575, in umount_source
    raise InstallStepError("Failed to unmount source device")
InstallStepError: <unprintable instance object>

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Thanks for your report. This is also bug 55019, which I fixed a little while ago in Edgy.