12.04 installer crashes at manual partitioning

[O. Sinclair]

On 29/07/2012 20:08, Lutz Ostkamp wrote:
>
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> Am 29.07.2012 08:00, schrieb O. Sinclair:
>> On 29/07/2012 03:42, Lutz Ostkamp wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am trying to install Kubuntu 12.04 on my desktop. I have set up an
>>> encrypted LVM with a root, swap, and separate home partition + an
>>> unencrypted /boot, and I have manually formatted them.
>>>
>>> When I start the installer, I get to manual partitioning, where I want
>>> to set mount points etc. When I set the settings for a partition in the
>>> popup window and then click OK, the installer quits and I get back to
>>> the live dekstop, without an error message. (like described here:
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-installer/+bug/572622)
>>>
>>> This usually happens on the second partition I set up, the first works
>>> fine. It is not tied to a specific partition, because I have tried
>>> different orders.
>>>
>>> Workarounds described here did not work:
>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1870357
>>>
>>> Now, is this a known problem, and are there any workarounds? I remember
>>> having the same problem when I installed 11.10 on my laptop, but I got
>>> it to work after a few attempts there.
>>>
>>> Using the alternate CD is not really an option at the moment, because I
>>> have wiped my PC, and I can't burn another CD (unless you can burn one
>>> from the live system with only one CD drive?).
>>>
>>> Any help is appreciated!
>>>
>> I have experienced this several times on both 11.04 and 11.10. Thing is I don't exactly recall how I get around it... but I THINK that setting up the swap partition before /home / and the others does the trick. Can not test as this is my "production" computer. But eventually I have always managed to get by that bug/problem.
>>
>> Good luck
>> Sinclair
>>
>
> Thanks everyone for your comments. I got around the problem now by using the alternate image on a USB stick. (I had some trouble getting my PC to boot from USB drives, that's why I didn't do it earlier.)
>
> This thing with the swap that Sinclair suggested did not work. swap is usually detected automatically, so I didn't have to set it up.
>
> cheers,
> Lutz
>
Good to see you managed. As I said I don't quite remember HOW I got 
around it, just that I eventually always do. I play around quite a lot 
with my setup so reinstallation happens (too) regularly and I normally 
use a USB created with Remastersys. And meet this problem you had... but 
somehow get around it.