Installer Crashed while partitioning
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubiquity
While trying to install Ubuntu on a 186GB USB 2.0 drive (sdb), the installer crashes when trying to automatically partition the disk. I have also tried partitioning in Windows using Partition Magic and partitioning manually in the Ubuntu setup to select the partitions and it works fine until it goes to install the boot loader, then crashes. The attached reports are after I setup the partitions in Partition Magic and got really far.
My goal is to have the OS and bootloader installed on the USB disk. BIOS is setup to boot from USB first, and hard disk second, so when I want to boot into Linux, I just switch on the external USB drive and reboot.
Below is the error message, with the partman log attached.
Installer crashed
Installer crashed
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/syslog and /var/log/partman:
Traceback (most recent call last): ubiquity" , line 166, in ? ubiquity" , line 161, in main sys.argv[ 1]) ubiquity" , line 57, in install ubiquity/ ubiquity/ frontend/ gtkui.py" , line 305, in run process_ step() ubiquity/ ubiquity/ frontend/ gtkui.py" , line 856, in process_step progress_ loop() ubiquity/ ubiquity/ frontend/ gtkui.py" , line 628, in progress_loop ubiquity/ install. py", line 1404, in ? ubiquity/ install. py", line 385, in run configure_ bootloader( ) ubiquity/ install. py", line 1163, in configure_ bootloader
File "/usr/bin/
main()
File "/usr/bin/
install(
File "/usr/bin/
ret = wizard.run()
File "/usr/lib/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
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/
install.run()
File "/usr/share/
self.
File "/usr/share/
raise InstallStepError(
InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1