[Bug 53358] Re: [Bug 53358] Re: Installer crash
Hi Colin, You can close this case. I could not reproduce this bug a third time. Thanks. On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 16:13 +, Colin Watson wrote: > Could you please attach /var/log/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and > /var/log/partman to this bug, using the "Add Attachment" link on the > bug's web page? Thanks in advance. > > ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) >Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info > Randy Winchester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Team Leader, MIT Cable Television, http://web.mit.edu/mitcable MIT 9-050, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 Office: 617-253-7431, Fax: 617-253-8000 -- Installer crash https://launchpad.net/bugs/53358 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 53358] Re: [Bug 53358] Re: Installer crash
I'm rather curious about this myself. I got the same results both times I ran the installer, then realized that /dev/hda wasn't working. Does the installer write log files to the ramdisk set up by the LiveCD? If so, I can run the installer again and check the logs. On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 20:07 +, Colin Watson wrote: > I do find that very hard to believe. The error checking at that point is > if anything rather too careful; I get bug reports about it firing when > it shouldn't, so I have difficulty imagining how it could fail to notice > a totally broken hard disk. Is it possible that the disk broke only just > recently? > Randy Winchester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Team Leader, MIT Cable Television, http://web.mit.edu/mitcable MIT 9-050, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 Office: 617-253-7431, Fax: 617-253-8000 -- Installer crash https://launchpad.net/bugs/53358 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 53358] Re: [Bug 53358] Re: Installer crash
Hi Colin, Thanks for your amazingly fast follow up! I finally figured this out. The hard drive totally crashed. I can't even touch it with the LiveCD or several other rescue disks. Fdisk refuses to see the hard drive. What surprises me is that the installer reports that it is formatting the drive, copying files, etc., and doesn't crash until the grub installation fails at around 98% completion. None of this could possibly be happening, since the drive is totally non-functional. So I guess there's still a bug in the installation routines reporting that things are happening when they are not. On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 16:13 +, Colin Watson wrote: > Could you please attach /var/log/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and > /var/log/partman to this bug, using the "Add Attachment" link on the > bug's web page? Thanks in advance. > > ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) >Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info > Randy Winchester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Team Leader, MIT Cable Television, http://web.mit.edu/mitcable MIT 9-050, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 Office: 617-253-7431, Fax: 617-253-8000 -- Installer crash https://launchpad.net/bugs/53358 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
