Activity log for bug #727351

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2011-03-01 19:06:37 Nicolas Delvaux bug added bug
2011-03-01 19:08:59 Nicolas Delvaux summary Unable to install on an external hardrive Unable to install on an external HDD
2011-03-08 19:44:14 Nicolas Delvaux summary Unable to install on an external HDD Unable to install when a partition is corrupted on disk
2011-03-08 19:50:30 Nicolas Delvaux description Binary package hint: ubiquity I usually test Ubuntu on a partition on an external HDD. Today I wanted to reinstall natty on it (for various reasons) but it did not work. Here is what I did (obviously, it used to work): - Boot on the latest daily-live (via live-usb) - Plug the external hard drive - Launch Ubiquity -> it hangs when clicking "forward" on the first page (the one with "for best results, please ensure...") Then, when I quit ubiquity and restart it after unplugging the external hard drive, I can continue the installation process (so the problem really comes from the detection of the external HDD). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: ubiquity 2.5.21 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Mar 1 18:47:34 2011 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110301.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) Binary package hint: ubiquity I usually test Ubuntu on a partition on an external HDD. Today I wanted to reinstall natty on it (for various reasons) but it did not work because of a corrupted partition. Here is what I did (obviously, it used to work): - Boot on the latest daily-live (via live-usb) - Plug the external hard drive (with a corrupted partition, ie marked as "unknown" in gparted) - Launch Ubiquity -> it hangs when clicking "forward" on the first page (the one with "for best results, please ensure...") Then, when I quit ubiquity and restart it after unplugging the external hard drive, I can continue the installation process (so the problem really comes from the detection of the external HDD). When I formated the corrupted partition, it worked. So, it seems that Ubiquity's disk scanning hangs when it encounters a corrupted partition ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: ubiquity 2.5.21 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Mar 1 18:47:34 2011 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110301.1) ProcEnviron:  LANGUAGE=en_US:en  LANG=en_US.UTF-8  SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
2011-07-29 20:32:53 Brian Murray tags apport-bug i386 natty running-unity apport-bug i386 natty running-unity ubiquity-2.5.21
2013-07-12 12:50:26 dino99 ubiquity (Ubuntu): status New Invalid