[Bug 1024827] Re: Ubuntu installer crash can't overwrite compose.ARMSCII-8.inc

[Rob Ludwick]

I hit the bug tonight which left my system unbootable.

Sequence to trigger the bug:

Note:  This requires a working install of linux with grub and windows
already.

1.  Install debian testing netinstall via unetbootin on a usb stick.

2.  Install ubuntu via unetbootin on the same usb stick without
reformatting.

3.  Install Ubuntu, while reformatting the partitions

4.  The error pops up stopping the install

5.  Reboot, and watch grub enter rescue mode.


There are two bugs:

1.  Unetbootin is broken

2.  Ubiquity leaves the system in a useless state so it can't be
rebooted even if there's another bootable partition (in my case Win7) on
it.

How to fix it:

1.  File a bug report upstream to Unetbootin

2.  Ubiquity can detect the bug and fail early.  It fails already, just
make it fail before the drives get reformatted.  :)


If I reboot the machine right now, grub is borked, and I get the joy of booting windows by typing in grub commands somehow.  I don't see this being a good thing for the end user.

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Title:
  Ubuntu installer crash can't overwrite compose.ARMSCII-8.inc

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Installer crashed with the message.

  "tyring to overwrite '/etc/console-setup/compose.ARMSCII-8.inc', which
  is also in package console-setup 1.76."

  I was installing from the July 14th daily build iso from a usb thumb
  drive.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.11.15 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-4.4-generic 3.5.0-rc6
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-4-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.3-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.319
  Date: Sat Jul 14 18:07:25 2012
  InstallCmdLine: initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity  quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120714.1)
  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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