Public bug reported:
I just installed Ubuntu 8.04.1 with a lot of pain (5 tries necessary).
Configuration: 1GB mem, 320GB SATA, AMD Athlon 1800XP, ATI9250
Please note that I successfully installed versions 6.10 & 7.04 (and various
other distros) without errors on the same computer.
(By live-session, I mean what you get by starting the install CD as a
live CD, with the install icon, etc.)
During the first installation attempt, I got an error message about some
XML file missing at 81% (I think) of the installation process. Then the
installer opened the live-session without any error message, giving the
impression that in spite of the pb, the installation was finished.
Since I had started the CD with the install option, and not the install
icon from the live-session, I did not realize at first that the
installation process had failed. It took me a few moments to notice the
"install" icon that hinted that something had gone wrong. I think that a
non experienced user would not have understood that the install had, in
fact, failed.
What I expected:
1) a single "missing" file should not have stopped the installation
process. Given my installation problems, I guess that something must
have been corrupted on the CDROM (though I managed to finish the install
after several tries) but I was expecting the installer to ask if I
wanted to retry/abort, I just got an short error message before the
installer _silently_ aborted.
2) when the installer fails, it should say so in an obvious way. I mean
with a clear and obvious message in a _big_ window. There were no
messages at all to tell me that the installation process was stopped.
3) It would also have been nice if the installer had proposed to retry
the whole step. Restarting from the beginning is really annoying.
Thanks.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[Heron] file not found failure during installation goes to live-session without
warning
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249336
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