Public bug reported: Unknown error caused complete system failure, rebooting did not solve teh problem, file-system was locked to read only causing the system to become unusuable. Attempted to reinstall Xubuntu but unable to do so due to file system being read only which caused the installer to crash.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: ubiquity 2.10.26 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-52.78-generic 3.2.48 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-52-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4 Architecture: i386 CasperVersion: 1.315.1 Date: Sun Feb 16 15:39:14 2014 InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130820) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8 TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise ubiquity-2.10.26 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1280824 Title: complete system crash and unable to reinstall Xubuntu due to installer failure resulting from file system locked to read-only To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1280824/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs