[Bug 825704] Re: Wubi installer crashed while installing amd64 natty (no /var/log/syslog or /var/log/partman available)

[Radu C]

could not retrieve logs; found them using Ctrl-Shift-F1 (via terminal)
while error is on screen. need some way to copy logfiles to a safe place
as they get deleted even on hard reset. might try to copy logfiles to
filesystem root.

at the same time, found a workaround: unplugging the network cable seems
to make Wubi/ubiquity skip over some steps which are responsible for
this error.

yet, other errors pop up afterwards, see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/825736

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Title:
  Wubi installer crashed while installing amd64 natty (no
  /var/log/syslog or /var/log/partman available)

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  - dual-boot along Win7
  - wubi install (11.04-desktop-amd64) always crashes while "Checking for packages to remove..."
  - message box:
  "Installation failed
  The installer encountered an unrecoverable error and will now reboot. [OK]"
  - opened \ubuntu\disks\root.disk with ext2explore in Win7 after reboot, but there were no /var/log/syslog OR /var/log/partman files to be found inside the disk image.

  after seeing current bug reports and guidelines, will retry the
  install using manual hard reset, see if I can retrieve any of the
  required log files, at all.

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