[Bug 905621] Re: Tried dual boot install with Vista. Installer crashed

[Trent Semeniuk]

Yes I would call it a hardware problem. Thanks

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On Dec 18, 2011, at 4:28 AM, JeanAustinR <zeroseven0183 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> So that's what's causing the problem. I guess we can agree that this is
> not an installer bug but a hardware error. If yes, I'll convert this to
> a question and request you to mark it as closed.
> 
> On the other hand, you can still check the erratic hard drive for bad
> blocks using this command: sudo badblocks -n -v /dev/sdx (sda1, etc). If
> it also mounts to the already installed Ubuntu, open Disk Utility and
> look for the SMART status.
> 
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> Title:
>  Tried  dual boot install with Vista.  Installer crashed
> 
> Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Incomplete
> 
> Bug description:
>  Tried installing ubuntu 11.10 on a secondary hard drive as a dual boot
>  with Vista.  Install was almost complete and at final install step a
>  window came up saying the install crashed.  No more info other than
>  that.
> 
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>  Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
>  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
>  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
>  Architecture: i386
>  CasperVersion: 1.287
>  Date: Fri Dec 16 22:54:26 2011
>  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
>   PATH=(custom, no user)
>   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
>  SourcePackage: ubiquity
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> 
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Title:
  Tried  dual boot install with Vista.  Installer crashed

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Tried installing ubuntu 11.10 on a secondary hard drive as a dual boot
  with Vista.  Install was almost complete and at final install step a
  window came up saying the install crashed.  No more info other than
  that.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Fri Dec 16 22:54:26 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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