[Bug 1117292] Re: 'Unable to install busybox-initramfs' during a server installation

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

@Joshua, right, so you'd be seeing a different issue then. Is that
generated image also failing to install completely? If so, which options
do you choose in the installer? Do you preseed anything?

I've opened a task for usb-creator since there does appear to be a case
in which this is the source of issues -- when installing a desktop image
first to a usb drive, then installing the server image to the same key
without hitting "Erase disk", then the casper/ directory is left around
and confuses the server install. It's assigned to me, that particular
fix will be uploaded shortly.


** Also affects: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl)

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Title:
  'Unable to install busybox-initramfs' during a server installation

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in usb-creator package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Raring virtual-host server preseeded installation failed with the
  following error with 20130206 i386 image.

  Feb  6 09:23:05 base-installer: apt-install or in-target is already running, so you cannot run either of
  Feb  6 09:23:05 base-installer: them again until the other instance finishes. You may be able to use
  Feb  6 09:23:05 base-installer: 'chroot /target ...' instead.
  Feb  6 09:23:05 in-target: Unexpected error; command not executed: 'sh -c debconf-apt-progress --no-progress --logstderr -- 	apt-get -q -y --no-remove install busybox-initramfs'
  Feb  6 09:23:05 debconf: --> SUBST base-installer/kernel/failed-package-install PACKAGE busybox-initramfs
  Feb  6 09:23:05 debconf: Adding [PACKAGE] -> [busybox-initramfs]
  Feb  6 09:23:05 debconf: <-- 0
  Feb  6 09:23:05 base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer/kernel/failed-package-install
  Feb  6 09:23:05 debconf: --> PROGRESS stop
  Feb  6 09:23:05 debconf: <-- 0 OK
  Feb  6 09:23:05 debconf: --> INPUT critical base-installer/kernel/failed-package-install
  Feb  6 09:23:05 debconf: <-- 0 question will be asked
  Feb  6 09:23:05 debconf: --> GO

  This appears to be an intermittent issue because a manual installation
  and a consecutive preseeded installation succeeded.

  The log files, the preseed file and the screenshot of the failure are
  attached

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