Ubuntu
ubiquity package

Install on HDD crashes

Bug #792423 reported by Thies Kuijlman on 2011-06-03

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #557388: Ubiquity crashes over recipe that leads to "Missing filesystem.size.". Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubiquity (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity

I Tried to install the release to my HDD, but it crashes after making the partition.

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Thies Kuijlman (thies-kuijlman) wrote on 2011-06-03:

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-08-03: Traceback

Exception during installation:
Jun 3 17:14:51 Ultra python: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jun 3 17:14:51 Ultra python: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 608, in <module>
Jun 3 17:14:51 Ultra python: install.run()
Jun 3 17:14:51 Ultra python: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 122, in run
Jun 3 17:14:51 Ultra python: self.copy_all()
Jun 3 17:14:51 Ultra python: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 299, in copy_all
Jun 3 17:14:51 Ultra python: assert os.path.exists(fs_size), "Missing filesystem.size."
Jun 3 17:14:51 Ultra python: AssertionError: Missing filesystem.size.
Jun 3 17:14:51 Ultra python:

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-10-24:

The tool you've used (likely unetbootin) to create the USB image of Ubuntu did not copy all the needed files for installation. You need /casper/filesystem.size on the USB disk for the installation to complete.