Public bug reported: LiveCD Gutsy install process fails when re-installing Gutsy on VIA Pentium III chipset motherboards.
1. tested on 3 computers with Pentium III/1.00GHz, VIA chipsets (type VT82C686), 256Mb RAM, 20Gb Seagate hard disk 2. those computers was running perfectly well under Feisty Fawn 3. when 7.10 version become available, I installed on them Gutsy Gibbon (final, distribution release), used them few days then I decided to re-allocate hard disk space 4. in order to do it, I re-started computer(s) with Gutsy LiveCD and set new device label (hard disk "msdos" label) on hard disk to totally erase it 5. after reboot, I launched LiveCD "install", choosing "manual" partitionning 6. I set two new partitions (swap and / ) and let's the "install" proceed 7. after setting the new partitions and formatting them, "install" stops with error message : (something as) "failing to set up the file system on device" - Re-launching the LiveCD "install" do not fix the error. - Re-partition of the hard disk with GParted works, new partitions formats well, but "install" still fails - Win$XP installs and run well on those machines but re-installing Gutsy still fails - complete hard disk wipe with Seagate SeaTools 2.07PG do not cure the problem as well - "automatic" partitionning with "installs" do not solve the problem neither Finally, after 2 days, I found the solution: I installed the Debian (ver 4.0) with my new partition scheme ( one "/" partition and "swap") then I re-launched Gutsy's "install" from LiveCD, manually assigning only the "/" partition and checking the "format" case, without deleting or changing anything other in the partition scheme. This way Gutsy re- installs and further works perfectly well. But the problem remains: it is impossible to re-install Gutsy (not "first install" --> Gutsy "re-install" of itself) on the same machine when VIA Pentium III chipset is in use. I tested the Gutsy re-install on another PC with BX chipset. It works without any trouble... So, the problem is somewhere in the install script, apparently failing after formating of the re-installed partition. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Gutsy re-install fails on VIA Pentium III chipsets https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156901 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs