[Bug 956481] Re: ppc: YabootInstaller doesn't handle USB drive installation so well

[Tormod Volden]

Actually, I would say the ubiquity bug is that it raises
InstallStepError and triggers apport, instead of telling the user
politely and informatively that it was not able to install the boot
loader, and move on.

** Also affects: yaboot-installer (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  ppc: YabootInstaller doesn't handle USB drive installation so well

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “yaboot-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Just the "Installation Complete" dialog was left hanging, otherwise
  things looks fine. Apport made me file this bug. Installation of
  yaboot failed, because I am installing to an external USB drive which
  does not have any AppleBootstrap partition. I will boot yaboot from
  openfirmware anyway.

  I did not attach the debug log because I was warned that it contains
  my password. Is that true? I could not find it in syslog or
  installer/debug.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.9.28
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-powerpc 3.2.9
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-powerpc ppc
  ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: powerpc
  Date: Thu Mar 15 22:44:14 2012
  InstallCmdLine: ro ramdisk_size=1048576 boot=casper rootdelay=10 live-media-path=Users/Tormod/casper file=/cdrom/Users/tormod/casper/preseed/lubuntu.seed break=mount ignore_uuid
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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