Public bug reported:
Every time I tried to install Ubuntu 7.04 or 7.10 in my system it failed
with a Crash message (in the upper bar). After trying a lot of things, I
found that the bug was because there was a non-accesible folder in the
partition I wanted to use as /home.
I was reinstalling my system due to some problems, and I wanted to
maintain all my /home data, and some configuration files (my firewall
and some other ones), so I copied (as root) the /etc folder to /home
before starting the installation. The folder had "root" as owner and
group.
Then I tried to install Ubuntu 7.04, but it crashed after choosing the
partitions. With Ubuntu 7.10 it was similar, but it crashed at 92% of
the installation. I tried to mount the partitions in another order, and
even to not mount /dev/sda6, but the installer always mounted it. After
a lot of tests, I found that it was the "Migration assistant" (I'm not
sure if this is the right name, since I use the spanish version. I'm
talking about the assistant which allows you to migrate an old account
into a new one) the one who was crashing.
Finally I found that the problem was that folder with "root" as owner
and group. Just changing the user and group, and moving it to another
folder fixed the problem, and allowed me to complete the installation
without crashes.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: crash folder permisions ubiquity
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Ubiquity installer crashes when there is a non-accesible folder in a partition
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155156
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