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
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Gutsy re-install fails on VIA Pentium III chipsets
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156901
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