Public bug reported: 400MHz Celeron, 17gb hard drive. Normal installation, I'm pretty sure with Dapper, ended up with Grub Error 18 or bios problem, so I pre- formatted /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda3 with ext3fs and /dev/hda2 with swap. I tried to install, it said re-format, and I got:
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/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/partman: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ? install(sys.argv[1]) File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 55, in install ret = wizard.run() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 264, in run self.progress_loop() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 550, in progress_loop 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/ubiquity/install.py", line 1263, in ? if install.run(): File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 284, in run if not self.copy_all(): File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 455, in copy_all os.mkdir(targetpath, mode) OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/target/bin' The requested log files are in http://csociety.org/~jacoby/Ubuntu_Install_Errors/ ** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Crashed during reinstall https://launchpad.net/bugs/63261 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs