Re: [Bug 1459832] Re: install failed; default 8GB virtual disk insufficient for installation

2015-06-04 Thread ladamo
There is nothing I can do to improve the legibility of that message. As an alternative, I installed the same 14.04.2 file as a VM under VirtualBox. The only difference in install options appears to be the format of the U disk partition. I selected the VirtualBox choice, rather than HDD, which

Re: [Bug 1459832] Re: install failed; default 8GB virtual disk insufficient for installation

2015-06-04 Thread ladamo
Don¹t assume that I shrunk it. I did not. That¹s the other problem: The U 14.04.2 desktop comes up too small, with too little resolution. On 6/4/15, 13:18, Phillip Susi ps...@ubuntu.com wrote: It is still completely unreadable. You need to not shrink it down so that it only has 12 pixels. --

Re: [Bug 1459832] Re: install failed; default 8GB virtual disk insufficient for installation

2015-06-04 Thread ladamo
Yes, that¹s right. Here¹s some screen shots: 14.04: General Config Display (which offers optional res choices) 14.04.2 General Config HDD (this is just like 14.04 except for the name) Install error (hard to read because of low-res; on first install, res

Re: [Bug 1459832] Re: install failed; default 8GB virtual disk insufficient for installation

2015-06-04 Thread ladamo
Ok. Here it is nativeŠ Still very difficult to read. First word in the series of 3 indented items is ³partition² I think. On 6/4/15, 11:45, Phillip Susi ps...@ubuntu.com wrote: Of all of those the only one that is relevant is the error message. I don't know why you wrapped the images in a

Re: [Bug 1459832] Re: install failed; default 8GB virtual disk insufficient for installation

2015-06-03 Thread ladamo
Hi Phillip, Thanks for your response. I¹m working on a MacMini i7 OS X 10.10 with plenty of resources. I was attempting to install ubuntu as a virtual machine under Parallels Desktop 9. I have limited experience with earlier ubuntu versions operating on other machines either under Parallels or

[Bug 1459832] [NEW] install failed; default 8GB virtual disk insufficient for installation

2015-05-28 Thread ladamo
Public bug reported: Default size of 8GB for virtual disk is not sufficient. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: ubiquity 2.18.8.6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-30.40~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt3 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-30-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7

[Bug 1323806] [NEW] 14.04 desktop installer crashes before completion.

2014-05-27 Thread ladamo
Public bug reported: I don't know--didn't see any error number. I've been trying to install any current version on a new MacMini OSX 10.8 machine. Only success has been U 12.04 under Parallels. 14.04 under Paralells completes, but the task bar never appears.. Same for both 64 bit versions.