** Description changed: Binary package hint: ubiquity I had multiple failures during installation. If I was not determined to get Ubuntu running, I would have thrown the CD away. - I am on my 5th install. + I am on my 12th install. 1st install- General lockup and installer crashed 2nd install- Tried to import my AIM and Firefox configurations in the migration manager. After 20 minutes of stalling, I aborted installation. 3rd install- After skipping migration, the partitioner failed and automatically aborted. 4th install- Same error as above - 5th install- I am very disappointed with the partitioner. It doesn't announce errors until it is too late and it is difficult to create logical partitions. I believe that I have isolated the error. It occurred whenever I tried to format a drive to ext3 even though it was the drive's current filesystem. + 5th install- I am very disappointed with the partitioner. It doesn't announce errors until it is too late and it is difficult to create logical partitions. + + 12th install- Finally, I have figured out what is wrong. I had some of + my other drives mounted while installing. As soon as I unmounted and + tried again, the installation worked. You may want to include a + warning. Often, the installer stalls, particularly during partitioning. The status bar will freeze at a certain percentage for several minutes before continuing. Most people would be tempted to quit. ProblemType: Bug Date: Sat Mar 3 23:21:22 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 Uname: Linux ubuntu 2.6.20-9-generic #2 SMP Mon Feb 26 03:01:44 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
** Description changed: Binary package hint: ubiquity - I had multiple failures during installation. If I was not determined to - get Ubuntu running, I would have thrown the CD away. + + EDIT: I have isolated an error in Ubiquity. Partitioning will fail if drives are mounted. Please insert a warning or automatically unmount drives. The migration manager will fail as well if Windows partitions are mounted. + + + I had multiple failures during installation. If I was not determined to get Ubuntu running, I would have thrown the CD away. I am on my 12th install. 1st install- General lockup and installer crashed 2nd install- Tried to import my AIM and Firefox configurations in the migration manager. After 20 minutes of stalling, I aborted installation. 3rd install- After skipping migration, the partitioner failed and automatically aborted. 4th install- Same error as above 5th install- I am very disappointed with the partitioner. It doesn't announce errors until it is too late and it is difficult to create logical partitions. 12th install- Finally, I have figured out what is wrong. I had some of my other drives mounted while installing. As soon as I unmounted and tried again, the installation worked. You may want to include a warning. Often, the installer stalls, particularly during partitioning. The status bar will freeze at a certain percentage for several minutes before continuing. Most people would be tempted to quit. ProblemType: Bug Date: Sat Mar 3 23:21:22 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 Uname: Linux ubuntu 2.6.20-9-generic #2 SMP Mon Feb 26 03:01:44 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux -- ubiquity installation failures https://launchpad.net/bugs/89605 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
