[Bug 1157065] Re: preseed install fails with "The username you entered (root) is reserved.."

[Colin Watson]

In fact, the next helpful thing to do would be to add
DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer to the kernel command line and then extract
/var/log/casper.log after boot.

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Title:
  preseed install fails with "The username you entered (root) is
  reserved.."

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I'm getting an "The username you entered (root) is reserved for use by
  the system." error (see the screenshot) while trying to install from
  preseed. I'll attach some more logs (with ubiquity-debug).

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