[Bug 1396380] Re: Installation stuck on "Preparing to install Ubuntu"
Lex
allex_vily at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 19 06:50:35 UTC 2015
No offense to any Linux users and I know I will be cursed by lots of
people after this comment so here goes: This is the type of issues that
makes Linux be a piece of crap next to win and mac
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Title:
Installation stuck on "Preparing to install Ubuntu"
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Steps to reproduce:
- With ubuntu 14.10 Desktop 64-bit already installed, try ro re-install it (from USB stick)
- Choose the language (English), continue and tick the two checkboxes (download updates while installing and install the 3rd party software), continue
- it remains there indefinitely, with the "wait" cursor
(I hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 to login and submit the bug report)
What I have tried to fix the issue:
- Because it was a re-installation in a dual boot configuration with Windows 7, I booted Windows 7 and from Windows deleted the two volumes previously used by Ubuntu (/ and swap), and tried again to install ubuntu, reproducing the same issue as before.
- Started ubuntu from the USB stick (without installation) and formatted the now free space on disk as two ubuntu partitions (approx 40 GB and 8 GB respectively); then tried ubuntu installation again, reproducing the same issue as before.
Workaround:
- unchecked download updates while installing and install the 3rd party software, and installation continued correctly.
I am attaching a /var/log/syslog collected after reproducing the issue
and before reboot, but I can find no /var/log/partman.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: ubiquity 2.20.0
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.345
Date: Tue Nov 25 22:40:05 2014
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=linux
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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