That was a 6.10 error message.
I subsequently played with the system some more. I suspected the HDD was 'old'
and misbehaving. I did a low level fix as suggested in some other post I saw,
to try to eliminate the influence of any bad sectors. This seemed to fix some
of the sectors, but subsequent installs - trying either 6.10 or 8.10 - all
'hung' at a variety of points during the install - including trying to display
the timezone page on one occasion. (I also tried cleaning my CD Drive, but to
no effect.) I define hung as not doing anything after about 30mins.
In the end, I gave up pending further inspiration...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of bugmenot
Sent: Sat 11/29/2008 3:16 PM
To: Mark Burdis
Subject: [Bug 303489] Re: Installer crashed on Old pentium-II
You can add files on the right under "Bug attachments" -> "Add".
Are the logs from 6.01 or 8.10? 6.01 is not supported any more.
Setting to incomplete.
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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Installer crashed on Old pentium-II
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Status in "ubiquity" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
Bug description:
Binary package hint: ubiquity
I have an old Pentium-II PC - used to run W98 SE (badly). Thought I
could salvage some more use from it by using Linux. (This is my first
experience). Downloaded V8.10 - runs OK from CD. Would not install -
therefore thought there was a problem with my dowload and burn. Bought
Ubuntu for Dummies - has 6.10 installation disc. Again, ran OK from CD.
However, installer crashed with following:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 166, in ?
main()
File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 161, in main
install(sys.argv[1])
File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 57, in install
ret = wizard.run()
File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 305, in run
self.process_step()
File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 856, in process_step
self.progress_loop()
File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 628, 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 1404, in ?
install.run()
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 306, in run
self.copy_all()
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 484, in copy_all
shutil.copyfile(sourcepath, targetpath)
File "shutil.py", line 48, in copyfile
fdst = open(dst, 'wb')
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/target/usr/lib/user-setup/functions.sh'
Not sure how to attach two files so only one of those requested is
attached. Any help appreciated.
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