This bug is NOT invalid - please reopen. I have the same issue on Lenovo Ideapad S10e not being able to install Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix.
Partition table as shown in text console #2 when installer started up: > fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xe41dfeb7 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 3004 24121597 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 3004 19457 132165700+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 3004 5615 20979835 83 Linux /dev/sda6 5616 6008 3156741 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda7 6009 19457 108029061 83 Linux > ls -l /dev/sda* brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 2009-10-25 15:47 /dev/sda brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 1 2009-10-25 15:47 /dev/sda1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 2 2009-10-25 15:47 /dev/sda2 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 5 2009-10-25 15:47 /dev/sda5 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 6 2009-10-25 15:47 /dev/sda6 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 7 2009-10-25 15:47 /dev/sda7 I chose manual partition and set /dev/sda5: ext3, format yes, mount point / /dev/sda7: ext3, format yes, mount point /home ********************* In Summary page before hitting the "install" button it says (translated from german to english): Partition table of the following devices was changed: SCSI3 (0,0,0) (sda) Thats WRONG - i did NOT change any partition table in the installer - i just selected existing partitions to be formatted. I didn't create partitions, i didn't delete partitions, i didn't resize existing partitions. So the installer should not - i repeat, NOT - change anything at all regarding the existing partition table! ********************* What now happens affter hitting "install" button: The installer deletes some partitons and creates them again (WTF?) and then tells the kernel to reread the partition table of /dev/sda - which FAILS: > ls -l /dev/sda* brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 2009-10-25 16:12 /dev/sda brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 1 2009-10-25 16:12 /dev/sda1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 2 2009-10-25 16:12 /dev/sda2 > fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xe41dfeb7 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 3004 24121597 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 3004 19457 132165700+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 3004 5615 20979835 83 Linux /dev/sda6 5616 6008 3156741 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda7 6009 19457 108029061 83 Linux The installer does notice that something went wrong: Error informing the kernel about modofications to partition /dev/sda5 -- Device or resource busy ... I hit button "Ignore". Next thing error message appears, telling me mkfs on /dev/sda5 went wrong - no wonder since device file /dev/sda5 does not exist... Please fix the installers partition module. Marcel. -- Installer fails to format partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/365702 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
