I seem to be in the same situation - installation fails in "select and install software" step.
Boot from CDROM, tried in expert mode and in normal mode. It says that "something" has failed - it only showd the failed command ... the whole dpkg output in a text field would be great in such an unexpected case. Anyways, created debug logs and entered the shell. The last entry I saw failing was the linux-headers-2.6.31-pae package so I ran the command it showed me in the error window during installation: "chroot /target --install --force-...something /media/cdrom0 /[...]/linux-headers-2.6.31-[...].deb" and ran that command there in the shell. To my astonishment, it gave up with the following: ~ # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on tmpfs 222312 144 222168 0% /dev /dev/sr0 655944 655944 0 100% /cdrom /dev/sda1 19528876 605744 17946384 3% /target /dev/sda1 19528876 605744 17946384 3% /dev/.static/dev tmpfs 222312 144 222168 0% /target/dev /dev/sr0 655944 655944 0 100% /target/media/cdrom0 /usr/bin # chroot /target/ dpkg --force-all --install /media/cdrom0/pool/main/l/linux/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic-pae_2.6.3 1-14.48_i386.deb (Reading database ... 14458 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic-pae (from .../linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic-pae_2.6.31-14.48_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /media/cdrom0/pool/main/l/linux/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic-pae_2.6.31-14.48_i386.deb (--install): unable to create `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic-pae/include/config/nf/nat/proto/udplite.h.dpkg-new' (while processing `./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic-pae/include/config/nf/nat/proto/udplite.h'): No space left on device dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /media/cdrom0/pool/main/l/linux/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic-pae_2.6.31-14.48_i386.deb /usr/bin # ... which in my opinion makes no sense. Only thing I could think of are too strong or unlucky compilation flags for dpkg or the running kernel or file system code, something I had sometimes in a custom-compiled Gentoo system. Will try to attach my full syslog output I transfered out via USB storage. -- 9.10 Server i386: Installation step failed .. failing step is: Select and install software https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478754 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
