[Bug 874216] Re: ubiquity crashed Ubuntu 11.10 at "configuring apt"

[jerrylamos]

crichton, thanks for looking at it.
The T40 is multiboot with Lucid, Meerkat,  Narwhal, and the new Ocelot partly installed.  
Wouldn't boot at all, just got grub rescue>
It would not recognize some of the grub rescue commands such as linux.
Flailed around for a couple hours with no luck.  Then tried:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20from%20the%20LiveCD
Boot to the LiveCD Desktop.
Mount the partition with your Ubuntu installation.  I picked one of the three available, Lucid.
sudo grub-setup -d /media/LucidLTS/boot/grub /dev/sda
reboot 
Voila!  Everything back again.

The partly installed 11.10 would come up as guest but pretty crippled, example no /etc/apt/sources.list.
Couldn't make a new user.  What's the password for guest, anyway.  Likely not worth pursuing.
 I'm writing a CD with the 20111011 image to see if it will install....

Jerry

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Title:
  ubiquity crashed Ubuntu 11.10 at "configuring apt"

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 11.10 at release level USB stick install on IBM Thinkpad T40 got "we're sorry, installer crashed.
  Last message on progress bar was "Configuring apt"  
  T40 running Ocelot Alpha, Beta, etc. just fine as well as Narwhal and Lynx LTS.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Fri Oct 14 09:25:19 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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