[Bug 1687332] Re: Ubiquity can not be used from an installed system ( non casper ) to install to another drive

[Simon Quigley]

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Won't Fix

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Title:
  Ubiquity can not be used from an installed system ( non casper ) to
  install to another drive

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
  1. On an installed system, install the "ubiquity-frontend-gtk" package.
  2. Connect an external USB drive.
  3. Using the "Install RELEASE" application, try to install Ubuntu into the drive.

  RESULT:
  - The installation crashes.

  RELEVANT INFORMATION:
  - The usefulness of this process is being able to create writable USB drives easily, which is very valuable when testing Ubuntu releases on bare metal.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-75.96-generic 4.4.59
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-75-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon May  1 01:08:56 2017
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-02 (363 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  JournalErrors:
   Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority=warning', '--lines=1000'] failed with exit code 1: Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.
         Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
         turn off this notice.
   No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions.
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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