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Install (manual partitioning) in Lubuntu Desktop i386 in Utopic Beta 2 (archived)

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Boot up the image
If you see the GRUB boot menu you should see the following:
  • 'Try or Install Lubuntu'
  • 'Lubuntu (safe graphics)'
  • 'OEM install (for manufacturers)'
  • 'Test memory' (only on BIOS systems)
  • The system boots properly and loads the installer displaying the Welcome dialog with language selection and 'Try Lubuntu' and 'Install Lubuntu' buttons
    Click on the release notes hyperlink to confirm that a browser launches and you are taken to the release notes discourse page.
    Click on the Install Lubuntu button
    The 'Keyboard layout' screen appears
    The proposed keyboard corresponds with your keyboard
    Select your keyboard layout and click on Continue
    The 'Updates and other software' screen is displayed
    On the screen 'Updates and other software', note the availability of the following components
    Available options should represent the state of your system accurately
    • (If network is available) 'Download updates while installing Lubuntu'
    • (If on a 'laptop') 'Is plugged to a power source'
    • 'Install third-party software...' option available
    Click on the Continue button
    The 'Installation type' screen is displayed
    Select Something Else
    A screen showing the current hard disks and partition layouts is displayed
    Select the drive you wish to partition and use the Add '+', Change 'Change...', and Delete '-' buttons to create your desired scheme
    The screen updates showing your desired partitions and mount points
    Once you have your required partitioning scheme laid out, click on the Install Now button
    The 'Where are you?' screen is displayed
    If your system is connected to the network, note the preselected timezone corresponds with your timezone and the city indicated in the text box
    The timezone and city displayed match your timezone and a major city from your area
    Select your timezone, and click on the Continue button
    The 'Who are you?' screen appears
    Input your initial user details and password admin can not be used - it is a dedicated Linux User
    'Require my password to log in' is shown and selected or if 'Log in automatically' and 'require my password to log in' are shown then 'Require my password to login' is selected. If just 'Require my password to log in' is shown, having it off is the equivalent of having 'Log in automatically' on.
    Name, username and password are accepted.
    Continue button becomes available
    Press Continue
    The 'Welcome to Lubuntu' slide is displayed
    The slideshow is entirely in your language
    Wait for the installer to finish
    An 'Installation Complete' dialog appears
    Click the 'Restart Now' button
    GUI is shut down, a prompt to remove media and press Enter appears
    Remove the disc and press enter
    The machine is rebooted
    Allow the machine to reboot
    The system boots properly and loads into Lubuntu showing username selected

    If all actions produce the expected results described,
    please submit a 'passed' result.
    If any action fails, or produces an unexpected result,
    please submit a 'failed' result and file a bug. Please be sure to include
    the bug number when you submit your
    result.

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    Passednio-wiklund2014-09-25 12:29

    A program tested before ubiquity left cruft in /etc/mtab, which was not seen by df, and not affecting terminal window commands (umount and swapoff), but it was affecting ubiquity. This is a very special case. Running various programs, and checking that /etc/mtab is clean (matching the output of df), makes it possible to install into this same computer with a USB 3 HDD, as well as installing into another computer's internal HDD

    http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M2NVM_DVI/

    So we can give bug #1373365 very low priority.

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    Passednio-wiklund2014-09-25 12:29
    Ubiquity got stuck at 'Identifying file system...' (#1373365)
    In: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
    Status: Expired
    Importance: Undecided
    Assignee:
    1 reports, 10 comments, 2 subscribers, 0 duplicates
    1373365

    Tried again, this time without swap and zRAM, but running some programs before starting Ubiquity and setting up the root partition for re-formatting. The same thing happened as the first time (or very similar). Stuck at 'Identifying file system...'.

    I had htop on, and it showed RAM usage approx 300 MB (of a total of 4 GB) so the computer was not running out of memory.

    Just after leaving the partitioning screen the system complained that it could not shut off the swap. But I had already done it manually (including zRAM).

    It seemed that Ubiquity is happy only when it is allowed to run first (not after other programs have been running).

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    Passednio-wiklund2014-09-24 13:56
    Ubiquity got stuck at 'Identifying file system...' (#1373365)
    In: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
    Status: Expired
    Importance: Undecided
    Assignee:
    1 reports, 10 comments, 2 subscribers, 0 duplicates
    1373365

    Installing from the live session: nasty at the partitioning page: I had complaints, that swap was on, even when it was not on. After re-trying, the installer could continue.

    Note: The swap partition is shared with two other linux distros/versions on a USB HDD for experimental installs. But it should work anyway.

    Stuck at 'Identifying file system...', Rotating round cursor, but could initiate bug report against Ubiquity.

    After writing the bug report, I tried to shut down the installer window. Then it responded with:

    'The installation has finished...'. That info window was a little hard to shut down, but finally it went away. And then there was a good (normal) shutdown sequence. But no system was installed.

    See separate test report:

    [Trying again, this time directly from Syslinux via 'Install Lubuntu', and formatting the (same) partition: it works :-) ]

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    Passednio-wiklund2014-09-24 08:34

    Trying again, this time again from a live session , and using another partition formatted by gparted: This time it created a working Lubuntu Utopic system :-)

    So my conclusion so far is that either there are problems installing from the live session when several other programs has been run (testing that the live session works), or that first particular file system made by gparted was bad. The Ubiquity installer has been very sensitive during several versions, and installation should be done at once, not after running several other programs, particularly with low RAM.

    With 4 GB RAM (in this test), there should not be a problem with too low RAM, but maybe zRAM was crowded and caused problems (zRAM is used in Lubuntu's live session).

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    Passednio-wiklund2014-09-24 07:31

    Trying again, this time directly from Syslinux via 'Install Lubuntu', and formatting the (same) partition: It reached 'Restart' seeming to work well, but it ended at a black screen and I had to press the Enter key to make it restart. Not only was something installed, it was a working Lubuntu Utopic system :-)

    So my conclusion so far is that either there are problems installing from the live session, or the installer was not happy with the file system made by gparted.

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