[liveCD - Ubiquity] Re: Step 5 of install fails

[NoOp]

On 09/16/2010 07:31 PM, Doug wrote:
> On 9/16/2010 7:39 PM, NoOp wrote:
...
>> Can you post a screenshot somewhere - perhaps imageshack? Also, are you
>> using the liveCD, Alternate CD, or liveDVD?
> 
> In both cases I tried (10.04 and 10.04.1) it was the live CD. What is 
> the alternate CD, what are its features, and where would I get it?
> I know the CD of 10.04.1 works--it installed in school. (The same disk.)

Alternate CD is a text mode install CD with advanced options.
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors#alternate
http://ubuntu.cs.utah.edu/releases/lucid/
[Alternate install CD]

It does not use the liveCD Ubiquity installer (ping Colin Watson - who
occasionally posts here).

For your issue, you might want to check:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity
Search on 'lucid', 'partition', etc., to see if there is a related bug
report. Example:
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity?field.searchtext=manual+partition+%2Blucid&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=>

> 
> I don't know how I'd paste a screen-shot, except by photograph.

Boot to the liveCD and at the 'Install' screen rather than selecting
'Install' 'Try Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS'. That will get you to a standard
graphical desktop. Make sure you have networking working & then click
the 'Install Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS' desktop icon. From there you can now
use the standard Applications|Accessories|'Take a Screenshot' or of
course Alt-PrintScrn.

Example:
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45114005/Screenshot2-ubiquity.png


> When I get to that screen, I cannot snap on anything but the option
> to blow away the whole drive and start over.  Nothing else takes input.
> Two other things that I didn't know about/realize when I sent the message:
> 1. The same screen says there are no other operating systems on the 
> machine.  (Obviously not true.)
> 2. Partlogic 0.69 says the other partitions do not start on the right
> number, that it should in all cases be 1, but it's not.  I declined the
> offer to fix this, but if I can get it again, I will let it try.
> As I mentioned in a post on the Debian list, I have a backup for the
> XP and PcLOs portions of the drive, but not for the Debian, so if
> I blow everything away, I can replace 2/3 of what's there.

What does gparted show (it's on the liveCD System|Administration|GParted)?