[Bug 1025879] [NEW] Ubuntu installation failed on reiserfs from USB

[Mikkel Holm Olsen]

Public bug reported:

Tried to install Ubuntu from USB stick created with Unetbootin on Mac OS-X. Target platform is Intel quad-core i7 @3.6GHz, with 32GB ram. System contains two identical 1TB
SATA disks, first one (sda) with a 20GB reiserfs partition chosen as /, rest is unused.
Other dise (sdb) also has a 20GB partition, which was set as "do not use".

Installing onto a sda with a single 20GB partition (reiserfs), hoping in
would be possible to install Grub manually at some point (like I usually
do).

I was warned that I should create a small partition for the bootloader,
but ignored the message.

Installer crashed without giving detailed information about what was
wrong. Probably the ubiquity package.

Edit: details about sda/sdb type and layout.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.315
Date: Tue Jul 17 19:42:06 2012
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 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: amd64 apport-bug precise ubiquity-2.10.16

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Title:
  Ubuntu installation failed on reiserfs from USB

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Tried to install Ubuntu from USB stick created with Unetbootin on Mac OS-X. Target platform is Intel quad-core i7 @3.6GHz, with 32GB ram. System contains two identical 1TB
  SATA disks, first one (sda) with a 20GB reiserfs partition chosen as /, rest is unused.
  Other dise (sdb) also has a 20GB partition, which was set as "do not use".

  Installing onto a sda with a single 20GB partition (reiserfs), hoping
  in would be possible to install Grub manually at some point (like I
  usually do).

  I was warned that I should create a small partition for the
  bootloader, but ignored the message.

  Installer crashed without giving detailed information about what was
  wrong. Probably the ubiquity package.

  Edit: details about sda/sdb type and layout.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.315
  Date: Tue Jul 17 19:42:06 2012
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   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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