installing 11.10 off thumbdrive crashed installer.

Bug #886894 reported by FreeSoftwareDave
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

The installer was finishing downloading updated software, whether it crashed upon finishing or after finishing while manipulating the new packages I don't know.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Sun Nov 6 11:04:33 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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FreeSoftwareDave (olympicsoftworks-dave) wrote :
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FreeSoftwareDave (olympicsoftworks-dave) wrote :

I now think this crash may have been due to the equipment I was using. I do computer recycling and the hardware I was installing onto was fairly old.

I just used the same thumbdrive I used here on another donation and it installed flawlessly.

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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

This version has expired

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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