Crashed during reinstall

Bug #63261 reported by Dave Jacoby
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

400MHz Celeron, 17gb hard drive. Normal installation, I'm pretty sure with Dapper, ended up with Grub Error 18 or bios problem, so I pre-formatted /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda3 with ext3fs and /dev/hda2 with swap. I tried to install, it said re-format, and I got:

We're sorry; the installer crashed. Please file a new bug report at https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+filebug (do not attach your details to any existing bug) 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 264, in run
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 550, 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 1263, in ?
    if install.run():
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 284, in run
    if not self.copy_all():
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 455, in copy_all
    os.mkdir(targetpath, mode)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/target/bin'

The requested log files are in http://csociety.org/~jacoby/Ubuntu_Install_Errors/

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Mateusz Drożdżyński (matid) wrote :

Thanks for your report. At present, you must reformat system partitions (e.g. /, /boot, /usr, or /var) during installation; the fact that the partitioner doesn't warn you about this is also bug 47046, and is fixed in 6.06.1. If you are upgrading an existing installation, then please see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperUpgrades rather than using this installer.

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