Argh, I think I shouldn't have ignored the partition table warning. The installer crashed at the end, with the following python backtrace:
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 266, in run self.process_step() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 741, in process_step self.mountpoints_to_summary() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 1029, in mountpoints_to_summary self.progress_loop() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 538, in progress_loop raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s; see " RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1; see /var/log/installer/syslog and /var/log/syslog With the end of /var/log/installer/syslog being, just before the same python backtrace: [...] 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 108 not upgraded. Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:31:10 INFO switched to page stepPartDisk ubiquity: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/yaboot-installer/yaboot-installer', '/target'] exited with code 1 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:31:10 INFO umount -f /target/proc Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:31:11 INFO umount -f /target/dev ubiquity: ['/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py'] exited with code 1 And /var/log/syslog being empty... Rebooting anyway... -- partman doesn't like new HFSX partitions https://launchpad.net/bugs/26660 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs