Fresh install from flash disk fails (can't read packages)
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I wiped out my old Linux ext4 partition and created a new partition (alongside Windows).
The installer seems to be fine -- copying files, OK -- and then it tries to read package indexes from the USB stick that I'm installing from. Here, this step fails and it causes the installer process to crash.
I am going to try again from a DVD, but if that fails again, I will have no choice but to go back to Ubuntu (vanilla). I really want the audio configuration from Ubuntu Studio but if the installer is broken... don't have time for that.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.3
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376.2
Date: Thu Jul 13 17:21:35 2017
InstallCmdLine: initrd=
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-Studio 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| James Harkins (biz-dewdrop-world) wrote | #1 |
| James Harkins (biz-dewdrop-world) wrote | #2 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Somewhat sheepishly, I have to admit that I didn't read the error message carefully at first. I think I see the issue now.
The flash disk was not clean when I started. I assumed unetbootin would wipe the disk or ignore other files. One of the other directories is named Sources. The Ubuntu Studio installer assumes this includes package repository info, but it doesn't. So it fails to parse.
It is my error (I think, will try shortly), but the behavior is not exactly graceful.
- unetbootin could warn that extraneous files could break the installer.
- or the installer could be more rigorous about ignoring directories that didn't come from the installation package.