** Description changed: Binary package hint: ubiquity + + + ************************************** + EDIT marcel: Please read comment #4 + ************************************** + I booted from the newly released Kubuntu 9.04 Desktop amd64 iso and chose the install option. When asked about partitions, I chose the manual / advanced option. I have a scsi drive and I already had 2 ntfs partitions (sda1 and sda5) + 20 gb free space at the end. I made two more partitions in the free space, sda6 as ext4 and sda7 as swap (2gb) and I chose to format the ext4 partition. After hitting next, the installer worked a bit then told me it can't format the ext4 partition and jumped back to the time zone selection page. Tried again (partitions sda6 & sda7 were already there this time) and got the same error. Extract from /var/log/messages: Apr 23 20:12:54 ubuntu ubiquity[9388]: switched to page stepReady Apr 23 20:13:20 ubuntu kernel: [ 2029.196034] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec Apr 23 20:13:47 ubuntu ubiquity[9388]: Step_before = stepReady Apr 23 20:13:47 ubuntu ubiquity[9388]: progress_loop() Apr 23 20:13:49 ubuntu partman: mke2fs 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009) Apr 23 20:13:49 ubuntu partman: Could not stat /dev/sda6 --- No such file or directory - Apr 23 20:13:49 ubuntu partman: + Apr 23 20:13:49 ubuntu partman: Apr 23 20:13:49 ubuntu partman: The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly? Apr 23 20:14:30 ubuntu ubiquity[9388]: switched to page stepPartAdvanced Apr 23 20:14:31 ubuntu ubiquity[9388]: switched to page stepLocation Apr 23 20:14:36 ubuntu ubiquity[9388]: Step_before = stepLocation - Apr 23 20:14:37 ubuntu ubiquity[9388]: log-output -t ubiquity setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout us -variant altgr-intl -option + Apr 23 20:14:37 ubuntu ubiquity[9388]: log-output -t ubiquity setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout us -variant altgr-intl -option Apr 23 20:14:37 ubuntu ubiquity[9388]: switched to page stepKeyboardConf - I managed to complete the installation by manually creating devices /dev/sda6 and /dev/sda7 before hitting next (I checked and I only had /dev/sda /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda5, sda2 being the logical partition windows makes): mknod /dev/sda6 b 8 6 mknod /dev/sda7 b 8 7 I am guessing the installer won't automatically create the device files in /dev after creating the partitions, so it can't format them.
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