[Bug 1190965] [NEW] reinstall crashed: "could not remove system files".

[Phil Culmer]

Public bug reported:

Installer stopped during reinstall, reporting that it could not remove system files from the existing disk.
Existing disk was 1 13.04 install that was not boot ing due to another disk going bad and being removed.
Install offered oftion of unmounting /dev/sdb (the Ubuntu disk), but this did not help.
/dev/sda is Win XP - boot sector was being written to /dev/sdb.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: ubiquity 2.14.6 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.331
Date: Fri Jun 14 11:21:51 2013
InstallCmdLine: bootkbd=us console-setup/layoutcode=en_US console-setup/variantcode=nodeadkeys locale=us_us  persistent noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: apport-bug i386 raring ubiquity-2.14.6 ubuntu

** Attachment added: "syslog"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1190965/+attachment/3703271/+files/syslog

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Title:
  reinstall crashed: "could not remove system files".

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Installer stopped during reinstall, reporting that it could not remove system files from the existing disk.
  Existing disk was 1 13.04 install that was not boot ing due to another disk going bad and being removed.
  Install offered oftion of unmounting /dev/sdb (the Ubuntu disk), but this did not help.
  /dev/sda is Win XP - boot sector was being written to /dev/sdb.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.14.6 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.331
  Date: Fri Jun 14 11:21:51 2013
  InstallCmdLine: bootkbd=us console-setup/layoutcode=en_US console-setup/variantcode=nodeadkeys locale=us_us  persistent noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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