[Bug 996525] Re: installation on external disk crashed

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Exception during installation:
May  8 13:05:54 majestix plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
May  8 13:05:54 majestix plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1735, in <module>
May  8 13:05:54 majestix plugininstall.py:     install.run()
May  8 13:05:54 majestix plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
May  8 13:05:54 majestix plugininstall.py:     func(self)
May  8 13:05:54 majestix plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 155, in run
May  8 13:05:54 majestix plugininstall.py:     self.configure_python()
May  8 13:05:54 majestix plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 297, in configure_python
May  8 13:05:54 majestix plugininstall.py:     cache = Cache()
May  8 13:05:54 majestix plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 102, in __init__
May  8 13:05:54 majestix plugininstall.py:     self.open(progress)
May  8 13:05:54 majestix plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 145, in open
May  8 13:05:54 majestix plugininstall.py:     self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
May  8 13:05:54 majestix plugininstall.py: SystemError: W:Unable to read /target/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ - DirectoryExists (2: No such file or directory), W:Unable to read /target/etc/apt/sources.list - RealFileExists (2: No such file or directory), E:Could not open file /target/var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
May  8 13:05:54 majestix plugininstall.py: 


** Tags added: installer-crash

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Title:
  installation on external disk crashed

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  not possible to install 12.04 on external disk.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue May  8 15:06:09 2012
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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