[Bug 1280824] [NEW] complete system crash and unable to reinstall Xubuntu due to installer failure resulting from file system locked to read-only

[silicon.shaman]

Public bug reported:

Unknown error caused complete system failure, rebooting did not solve
teh problem, file-system was locked to read only causing the system to
become unusuable. Attempted to reinstall Xubuntu but unable to do so due
to file system being read only which caused the installer to crash.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.26 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-52.78-generic 3.2.48
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-52-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.315.1
Date: Sun Feb 16 15:39:14 2014
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130820)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise ubiquity-2.10.26

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Title:
  complete system crash and unable to reinstall Xubuntu due to installer
  failure resulting from file system locked to read-only

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Unknown error caused complete system failure, rebooting did not solve
  teh problem, file-system was locked to read only causing the system to
  become unusuable. Attempted to reinstall Xubuntu but unable to do so
  due to file system being read only which caused the installer to
  crash.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.26 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-52.78-generic 3.2.48
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-52-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.315.1
  Date: Sun Feb 16 15:39:14 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130820)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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