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Win XP Pro install of 11.10 fails

Asked by Bernhard Behling

I'm trying to do a Windows install of 11.10 on a system running Wix XP Pro SP3.

The install goes along fine, then fails at the end when the installer tries to write to drive I: and fails.

Drive I: is part of a multi-card memory card reader.

That particular drive letter is for the XD/SMC slot in the reader and I have no idea why the installer would be trying to write to it at all.

I do not have any XD/SMC media here, so putting a card into the slot so it can be written to is not an option.

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Bernhard Behling (bwbehling) said : 		#1

Here's the tail end of the logfile if it helps...

10-14 23:23 ERROR TaskList: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'I:\\wubildr'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 197, in __call__
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\win32\backend.py", line 483, in diskimage_bootloader
  File "\lib\shutil.py", line 39, in copyfile
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'I:\\wubildr'
10-14 23:23 DEBUG TaskList: # Cancelling tasklist
10-14 23:23 DEBUG TaskList: # Finished tasklist
10-14 23:23 ERROR root: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'I:\\wubildr'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 58, in run
  File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 132, in select_task
  File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 158, in run_installer
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 197, in __call__
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\win32\backend.py", line 483, in diskimage_bootloader
  File "\lib\shutil.py", line 39, in copyfile
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'I:\\wubildr'

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bcbc (bcbc) said : 		#2

This is a bug - the install has actually completed successfully. Reboot to confirm. I'll attach the bug report.

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Bernhard Behling (bwbehling) said : 		#3

Well, it's (Ubuntu) on the hard drive, it shows in Windows Add/Remove programs, and trying to rerun wubi results in a message that it's installed, but no option to boot into Ubuntu comes up when rebooting the machine.

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Best bcbc (bcbc) said : 		#4

Right click on Computer, Properties, Advanced system settings, Startup & Recovery settings. Check that Ubuntu is in the drop down box (default OS, but don't change this to Ubuntu please). If not report back.
If it is there, check that the 'Time to display operating systems' is 10. If it is zero, change it to 10.

Please also copy the full logfile to http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/ and return the pastebin address here.
Thanks

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Bernhard Behling (bwbehling) said : 		#5

That got it. The delay was set to 2 seconds, and it takes about 6 before the screen actually displays.

Here's the link for the log file: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/709725/

Thanks for the assistance!

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Bernhard Behling (bwbehling) said : 		#6

Thanks bcbc, that solved my question.

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bcbc (bcbc) said : 		#7

Thanks for the feedback - I've linked your question to some bug reports - if you could click on them (on This affects me) - that will help the developers set the priority. Also add any comments if you feel there is some info missing. Perhaps something about your setup that might have affected the ability of wubi to set the timeout.

Thanks!

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Bernhard Behling (bwbehling) said : 		#8

I've done so on both, giving as much info about my system as I can. If you, or the developers, need additional info, or would like me to runs some tests, just ask.