OK, sorry you couldn't reproduce it. Do feel free to reopen this bug if
you manage to reproduce it again and can get hold of logs. Also,
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperReleaseNotes/UbiquityKnownIssues has a list
of known problems and workarounds.
Yes, logs are written to RAM in the live session
(/va
Also, installing Edgy or the first Dapper point release (when it comes
out) should give a more detailed traceback right from the start.
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Hi Colin,
You can close this case. I could not reproduce this bug a third time.
Thanks.
On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 16:13 +, Colin Watson wrote:
> Could you please attach /var/log/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and
> /var/log/partman to this bug, using the "Add Attachment" link on the
> bug's
I'm rather curious about this myself. I got the same results both times
I ran the installer, then realized that /dev/hda wasn't working. Does
the installer write log files to the ramdisk set up by the LiveCD? If
so, I can run the installer again and check the logs.
On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 20:07
I do find that very hard to believe. The error checking at that point is
if anything rather too careful; I get bug reports about it firing when
it shouldn't, so I have difficulty imagining how it could fail to notice
a totally broken hard disk. Is it possible that the disk broke only just
recently?
Hi Colin,
Thanks for your amazingly fast follow up!
I finally figured this out. The hard drive totally crashed. I can't
even touch it with the LiveCD or several other rescue disks. Fdisk
refuses to see the hard drive.
What surprises me is that the installer reports that it is formatting
the
Could you please attach /var/log/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and
/var/log/partman to this bug, using the "Add Attachment" link on the
bug's web page? Thanks in advance.
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Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
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