Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity
I forgot to disconnect my local hard drive when re-installing Ubuntu on my new 250 GB USB drive (I needed to do that because that installation it would lose all sense of eth0 after some 30 seconds). Unfortunately Ubuntu assumed that my external drive should always be connected and overwrote the settings on my internal hard drive by making symlinks to the USB drive - only the external version wouldn't boot (Error 21 in GRUB stage 1.5). So I tried to get GRUB going again on my dual boot (Windows 2000 and Ubuntu) external drive, but the installer crashed. I made no changes to the existing partition table on my external drive. Oh, but I did find it necessary to modify /usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/validation.py (as per Claus's suggestion on: http://clau.sparetimegroup.net/index.php/tech/ubuntu-610-installation- no-root-filesystem-error/) 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 475, in copy_all os.mknod(targetpath, stat.S_IFCHR | mode, st.st_rdev) OSError: [Errno 17] File exists ================================ I do not see how to attach files here so I will not include the information from /var/log/syslog or /var/log/partman. [I think that I will save them for awhile however, in case someone addressing this bug would like them.] Thank you, Marisano ** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Installer-based reinstallation of GRUB crashed https://launchpad.net/bugs/89575 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
