thanks for the response. I have since installed Ubuntu without hitch. I may have selected wrong partition to install to. I am dual booting Ubuntu and Windows7..and I do have a swap space assigned. Once again , I appreciate the response.
> Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:12:33 +0000 > From: lbsol...@yahoo.com > To: wj883...@hotmail.com > Subject: [Bug 947738] Re: precise failed to install: unable to initialize > policy plugin > > About duplicate bug 980451 I notice the explanation says, "installing to > a external drive, ubiquity crashed. External drive was formatted - "do > somethng else" was chosen , no swap, / was selected on a ntfs > partition." > > That raises two red flags for me; using NTFS??? and no swap??? > > A manual install should proceed w/o swap but where does NTFS play into > this? > > I do have a blank 160GB external USB drive that I could test with if I > knew exactly how to reproduce, but I don't think we can install Ubuntu > to NTFS, can we? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (948207). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/947738 > > Title: > precise failed to install: unable to initialize policy plugin > > Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > I booted from the 12.04 beta image. Trying Ubuntu, everything works > great but during the install I got a dialog box that only said > "Installer Crashed". > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 > Package: ubiquity 2.9.24 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6 > Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperVersion: 1.306 > Date: Mon Mar 5 21:02:09 2012 > InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true > file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet > splash -- maybe-ubiquity > LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8 > TERM=unknown > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: ubiquity > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/947738/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/947738 Title: precise failed to install: unable to initialize policy plugin To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/947738/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
