With Feisty Herd-5 i386 I too get this:
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists.
>From syslog:
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1468, in <module>
install.run()
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 307, in run
self.copy_all()
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 481, in copy_all
os.mknod(targetpath, stat.S_IFCHR | mode, st.st_rdev)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists
It occurs when I set as the root mount point (/) an existing ext3
partition that already has an Ubuntu Feisty Herd installation.
For me, there is no indication that the installer crashed, and instead had to
determine problem from the syslog. On the desktop is a /target mount:
$ cat /etc/mtab |grep -i target
/dev/hda7 /target ext3 rw 0 0
** Attachment added: "syslog"
http://librarian.launchpad.net/6608911/syslog
** Tags added: 17 errno existing exists file herd herd-5 herd5 i386
installer mount oserror overwrite partition target ubiquity
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Crash if old install exists on harddrive
https://launchpad.net/bugs/89461
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