Unable to create a newworld partition with the new graphical installer

[jaumedejuan]

Hi buddies this is my first post around here,

I think that this is a big BUG in here. After partitioning my disk with the custom mode, the installer warns telling that there isn't a newworld partition available to boot the system. Even though, there was a previous one that used to boot ubuntu 5.10

The I tried to reformat this partition located in /dev/hda2 with hfs using GParted (within the installer), but I would still get the warning.

The next step, has been to delete and create the partition, and this brought up another possible bug. The second stage of the partitioning scheme (where mount points are assigned) wouldn't recognize the new size of the partition.

After cancelling the installation and starting all over, the new size of the partition was detected successfully but I keep getting the same warning asking me for a valid newworld partition.

The situation now is that the existing newworld partition has been destroyed without being able to create a new one. So I won't even boot the old 5.10.

As a temporal workaround, I could do with the good old ncurses-based installer, that allows me easily to setup up the newworld partition. I've checked all the boot modes from the desktop-live cd and I haven't seen anything that could allow me to do the ncurses installation.

Now I'm downloading the server cd, not sure if it's possible to do the ncurses install with this one.

Any ideas? Is there any proper way to create a newworld partition with GParted, so I can actually start the installation?

Ps: The Installer could also do with some "help" menu during the partitioning bit. Explaining the basics and what the process will do to the system.
I known what I'm doing because I'm an experienced user, but every time I recommend somebody to try a linux distribution I always end up helping them out on the phone explaining what all the partitioning thing is about.

[jobezone]

I think the ncurses text install is the ISO file called alternative on FTP's . If you manage to make it work with the ncurses install, remember to report a bug against the ubiquity package in launchpad.net.

[Ford Flox]

I'm having the same problem. Ubuntu won't install, and no "newworld" partition can be created. Running on an Ibook G4. I guess I'll look for alternative install modes.

[sulobanks]

I just told it to go ahead and install anyway when it got to that point and it worked fine for me. I'm wondering if the error might simply be an errant error message.

[Ptero-4]

It might just be that the new partitioner is shot.

[yojimbo-San]

Yeah, same problem here; the Live installer would neither locate nor create a bootstrap; my machine already had an Ubuntu bootstrap on it, although I'd blown away the actual Linux partition ...

Switching to the Alternative CD, and running an 'expert' install allowed me to create a boot partition, and use it. So all seems well.

I haven't tried booting OSX yet though ... sure it'll be OK, and if not ... well, I'll be installing MoL anyway

[colinhayes]

this is a recognised bug with the ppc graphical installer, there's a note on one of the main pages before you can download it.

just hit continue, you'll be fine... if there is a boot partition really.

[EuroCity]

Yes, the graphical installer definitely needs to be more powerful in the future: sofar, from the partitioning and formatting point of view, the Fedora Core 5 installer seems to be the best one, at least on the PPC...

[kellogs]

I had to use the Osx disc to create the newworld partition, once you have it, the ubuntu installer detects it and yaboot does it work and everything goes ok.

Thats the problem with the ubuntu installer, it cannot create HFS or make newworld boots as far as I know. Maybe in a next installer version.

[Sipheren]

I am new to mac, would you be able to tell me how you made the 'newworld' partition, I am haveing the same problem trying to install ubuntu on my second hard drive on my G4.