[Bug 1837763] Re: error on first install from USB. Trying to replace previous (non-Ubuntu) distro.

[Paul White]

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all
reported bugs in a timely manner.

The following errors can be found in UbiquitySyslog.txt which was
automatically attached to this bug report:

Jul 24 17:08:52 ubuntu kernel: [ 1182.044161] SQUASHFS error: zlib decompression failed, data probably corrupt
Jul 24 17:08:52 ubuntu kernel: [ 1182.044166] SQUASHFS error: squashfs_read_data failed to read block 0x81cb1

It's possible you had a bad write to your media. When having such
problems should try the option to check the integrity of the image from
the installer boot menu, and if this confirms that the media is corrupt,
try re-writing it.


I'm closing this bug due to the time that has elapsed since you raised it. I hope you were eventually successful installing Ubuntu.

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       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  error on first install from USB.  Trying to replace previous (non-
  Ubuntu) distro.

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I am using a bootable USB (Ubuntu 18.04) to install to my SSD,
  replacing the previous openSUSE distro on the `/` mount point at
  /dev/sda3 (40.0 GB), including format as `ext4`.  OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
  had main partition formatted as `btrfs`.

  Also trying to retain my existing `/home` partitition at /dev/sda2
  (~80 GB), without reformat.

  Currently dead in the water -- I no longer get a boot prompt from the
  installed distro (dumps me into GRUB), so I can only boot from the
  USB.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-15.16~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20
  Uname: Linux 4.18.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.394
  Date: Wed Jul 24 10:09:13 2019
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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