*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 542210 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542210
Hi, NickJ,
If I interpret Whoop correctly, his problem was that he tried to install
Ubuntu to 2 separate machines while leaving his RAID /home partition
alone on each. The end result was the installer goofed his install and
gave him that "failed to remove conflicting files" message, but in both
cases his /home RAID partition was undamaged. His end result was a
botched install, on the first machine to sda1, and on the second machine
to md0(?), but neither RAID /home directory had any problems.
Whoop, if this is not the case, please let me know.
In your case, NickJ, you also tried to install Ubuntu while leaving your
RAID /home partition alone, but things diverge soon after that.
1. In your case, although you elected to not format or modify your RAID
/home partition, the installer told you that the partition tables would
be changed, anyway. Whoop makes no mention of this in his case. And he
has screen shots of his install which also don't show anything abnormal.
2. In your case, the installer actually corrupted your RAID /home
partition, despite you telling the installer not to touch it. This did
not happen in Whoop's case.
This next part gets logically convoluted, but bear with me. You both
started off with similar starting positions, and you both used similar
procedures, but you had markedly different results. Therefore, there
must be a different bug at play in your case. If you also received the
"failed to remove conflicting files" error, it logically follows that
you must have been blessed with two bugs. Lucky you!
Additionally, the results you mention in 1 and 2 above are cornerstones
of the bugs I mentioned. See that first long email in bug 568183, which
is currently a duplicate of bug 191119.
Long story short: it was likely *you* who fixed your second bug when you
rebuilt your corrupted RAID arrays, and the fix to this bug fixed your
remaining problem. BTW, how did you wind up recovering your RAID
drives?
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