Install of Hardy/8.04 failed for me several times.
The failure was always upon trying to make ext3 filesystem.
Before details, let me summarize some points of my case.
+ The problem happened for Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Xubuntu-alternate.
+ LiveCD and alternate-install refers to IDE-disk as /dev/sda and SCSI2,
while on previous releases it was always /dev/hda.
+ Kernel/initrd 2.6.24-16 fails to recognize root partition.
Kernel/initrd 2.6.22-14 recognizes the root partition and load well.
I started from a running Gutsy-7.10 having:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00007edb
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 5 40131 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 * 6 2324 18627367+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 2325 4757 19543072+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 4758 14593 79007670 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 4758 4999 1943833+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda6 5000 14593 77063773+ 83 Linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mount | grep hda
/dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/hda6 on /home type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /media/hda1 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda3 on /media/hda3 type ext3 (rw)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
When trying to install via CD, both Ubuntu-8.04 XUbuntu-8.04 failed
with a message:
..............................................
Failed to creae a file system
The ext3 file system creation in partition #2
of SCSI2 (0,0,0) (sda) failed
..............................................
Attached is a tar.gz file having inside the following:
parti-dlg.jpeg - partition dialog
parti-dlg2.jpeg - ready-to-install dialog
fail.jpeg - partition fail - dialog
fdisk-l.out - 'fdisk -l' output. Notice: /dev/sda (should be /dev/hda !?)
messages - /var/log/message of liveCD whole session .
Similar failures happened using the Xubuntu-Alternate-8.04 CD.
After several failures, I re-installed 7.10, and upgraded to 8.04 using
the 'update-manager' tool.
But then the system failed to but with the default 2.6.24-16 kernel.
I got message of
ldm_validate_partition_table()
Disk read failed
...
/dev/disk/by/uuid ... does not exist
... Dropped to a shell.
... Busybox.
Changing grub to use the 2.6.22-14 kernel fixed this problem.
With this kernel, my disk is recognized as /dev/hda and works well.
So may be the above partition problems are related to the 2.6.24-16 kernel.
-- yotam
** Attachment added: "instbug-8.04.tgz"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14673484/instbug-8.04.tgz
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The ext3 file system creation in partition #1 of SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) failed.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99908
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