[Bug 1090469] [NEW] failure to install over a previous installation, hit a write protected directory during install, needed to re-install because my bootloader wasn't working

[lancebekistan]

Public bug reported:

  hit a write protected directory during install,  needed to re-install
because my bootloader wasn't working

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubiquity 2.12.16 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.328
Date: Fri Dec 14 10:10:00 2012
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal ubiquity-2.12.16

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Title:
  failure to install over a previous installation,  hit a write
  protected directory during install,  needed to re-install because my
  bootloader wasn't working

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
    hit a write protected directory during install,  needed to re-
  install because my bootloader wasn't working

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.12.16 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.328
  Date: Fri Dec 14 10:10:00 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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