[Bug 1220248] [NEW] ubi-partman crashed and reinstallation not possible

[Sou D]

Public bug reported:

I tried to create a partition for swap on Windows 8 shrinking 4GB of
space from C drive of Windows 8. When I tried to restart it showed an
error "unknown grub file" or something like that and gave me a prompt
"grub_rescue". I couldn't boot Windows at all, neither could I boot
Ubuntu. I tried to use my Live DVD to reinstall, but when I selected the
installation drive for the previous Ubuntu installation, I accidentally
clicked on the "Format" check box and it immediately got formatted. I
clicked on "Install Now" button anyway and ubi-partman crashed. I am not
sure what to do now, because this leaves me with a system with no
operating system that I can boot. Is there any way I can fix this?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: ubiquity 2.14.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.331
Date: Tue Sep  3 13:16:21 2013
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 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 raring third-party-packages ubiquity-2.14.6 ubuntu

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Title:
  ubi-partman crashed and reinstallation not possible

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I tried to create a partition for swap on Windows 8 shrinking 4GB of
  space from C drive of Windows 8. When I tried to restart it showed an
  error "unknown grub file" or something like that and gave me a prompt
  "grub_rescue". I couldn't boot Windows at all, neither could I boot
  Ubuntu. I tried to use my Live DVD to reinstall, but when I selected
  the installation drive for the previous Ubuntu installation, I
  accidentally clicked on the "Format" check box and it immediately got
  formatted. I clicked on "Install Now" button anyway and ubi-partman
  crashed. I am not sure what to do now, because this leaves me with a
  system with no operating system that I can boot. Is there any way I
  can fix this?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.14.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.331
  Date: Tue Sep  3 13:16:21 2013
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   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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