Public bug reported:
When installing Ubuntu on a computer with a shared /boot partition, the
installer crash.
AFAK it tries to rebuild initrd when udev is installed. However, even if
the kernels are in /boot (example /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-12mdksmp,
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2096_FC5xen0) it tries to rebuild the initrd for
those kernel.
It is not possible to rebuild initrd because /lib/module/$kernel-version
can not be found (it is on another partition containing alternartives
OS).
A possible solution would be to look for /lib/modules/$kernel-version
and only rebuild those initrd.
I'm not sure wether this is an installer problem or a udev script
problem.
Anyhow, this is not very pratical and the installation is not possible
"as is".
Solution :
In a console, during install,
cd /boot
mkdir tmp
mv * tmp
And when the install is over, bring back the stock and adujst
/boot/grub/menu.lst
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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Installer does not work when /boot is shared between distro
https://launchpad.net/bugs/49778
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