[SOLVED] ubi-partman crashed + initramfs-tools error/problem on Lubuntu 17.04 install from USB (Asus EeePC 1005PE)

Hello,

I'm trying to install Lubuntu on my EeePC 1005PE, 1.66Ghz Atom proessor, 2GB RAM.

I've got several partitions: Windows 7, Linux 10.04 (which for the time being I want to conserve). I have prepared a 80GB partition ext4 for Lubuntu, I also have a 40GB FAT32 partition for data (empty for the time being) and also a large (12GB, I think) SWAP partition.

I finally managed to get the USB pendrive to work. I can get the live version of Lubuntu working.

When installing from it, I get error messages:

ubi-partman failed with exit code 10. Further information may be found in /var/log/syslog. Do you want to...

Problem in initramfs-tools... E:Write error (28: No space left on device), E:IO Error saving source cache, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened

I've sometimes got this error but not this time round): a prompt with

(initramfs)

after which I can do nothing.

I don't know how to consult "/var/log/syslog" in the context of a live USB pendrive.

I have googled it, and have found info, but am unable to interpret it, that is, info is given, but not exact instructions (commands, step-by-step), and I can't solve the problem.

One site said that the installer was attempting to install on a Windows partition and that I am supposed to put a "nodmraid" parameter when installing, but, after several attemps, I realized that I simply do not know how to do this (the "install" command does not work on boot prompt).

Looking forward to your replies!

Thanks in advance,

RM

Might help. Might not.

harry@harry-Latitude-XT2:~$ cd /var/log
harry@harry-Latitude-XT2:/var/log$ ls -l
total 38016
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root        4181 Sep  2 08:32 alternatives.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       13684 Jun 22 10:40 alternatives.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root         490 Nov 11  2014 alternatives.log.10.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root         977 Oct  6  2014 alternatives.log.11.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root        1517 Aug 28  2014 alternatives.log.12.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root         581 Aug 13  2016 alternatives.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root        1481 May 25  2016 alternatives.log.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root         851 Sep  1  2015 alternatives.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root         778 Jun 28  2015 alternatives.log.5.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root         314 Apr  5  2015 alternatives.log.6.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root         697 Mar 24  2015 alternatives.log.7.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root         575 Feb 17  2015 alternatives.log.8.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root         711 Jan 12  2015 alternatives.log.9.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 root              root        4096 Jun 28 06:33 apt
-rw-r----- 1 syslog            adm       144243 Sep 10 11:17 auth.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog            adm       388843 Jun 28 06:33 auth.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog            adm         3118 Aug 15  2016 auth.log.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog            adm        30256 Jun  6  2016 auth.log.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog            adm         8445 Sep  2  2015 auth.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root           0 May 31  2014 boot
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root        3950 Sep 10 09:18 boot.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root           0 May 31  2014 bootstrap.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root              root        4096 Jun 28 06:33 ConsoleKit
drwxr-xr-x 2 root              lpadmin     4096 Jun 28 06:33 cups
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root           0 May 31  2014 daemon.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root           0 May 31  2014 debug
drwxr-xr-x 2 root              root        4096 Nov 30  2016 dist-upgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              adm        80044 Sep 10 09:18 dmesg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              adm        80058 Sep  3 11:17 dmesg.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              adm        18688 Sep  2 17:47 dmesg.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              adm        18776 Sep  2 08:25 dmesg.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              adm        18732 Aug 26 10:49 dmesg.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              adm        18776 Aug 25 17:56 dmesg.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root      164143 Sep  2 08:32 dpkg.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root      636735 Jun 24 19:24 dpkg.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       10106 Nov 23  2014 dpkg.log.10.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       20821 Oct  7  2014 dpkg.log.11.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       28131 Sep  4  2014 dpkg.log.12.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root        6654 Aug 13  2016 dpkg.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       73481 Jun  2  2016 dpkg.log.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       23368 Sep  1  2015 dpkg.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       24578 Jun 28  2015 dpkg.log.5.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root        5194 Apr  5  2015 dpkg.log.6.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       13438 Mar 24  2015 dpkg.log.7.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       13547 Feb 17  2015 dpkg.log.8.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       14184 Jan 12  2015 dpkg.log.9.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       24024 Sep  1  2015 faillog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root        2518 Sep  2 08:32 fontconfig.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root              root        4096 Mar 27  2015 fsck
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root        2141 Sep 10 09:18 gpu-manager.log
drwxr-xr-x 3 root              root        4096 Apr 17  2014 hp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root              root        4096 Jan 31  2016 installer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root           0 May 31  2014 kern.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root      292292 Nov 24  2015 lastlog
drwxr-xr-x 2 root              root        4096 Sep 10 09:18 lightdm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root          77 Jun 20 17:23 lite-software.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       14560 Sep  2 08:32 llupdates.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root           0 May 31  2014 lpr.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root           0 May 31  2014 mail.err
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root           0 May 31  2014 mail.info
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root           0 May 31  2014 mail.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root           0 May 31  2014 mail.warn
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root           0 May 31  2014 messages
drwxr-xr-x 2 ntp               ntp         4096 Apr 13  2015 ntpstats
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root      112275 Sep 10 09:18 pm-powersave.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root      261468 Jun 28 05:49 pm-powersave.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root         917 Aug 15  2016 pm-powersave.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root        3292 Jun  6  2016 pm-powersave.log.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root        1187 Sep  2  2015 pm-powersave.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root           0 Jun 28 06:33 pm-suspend.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       43746 Oct  8  2016 pm-suspend.log.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root        1962 Aug 14  2016 pm-suspend.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root        2286 May 27  2016 pm-suspend.log.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root        1870 Aug 13  2015 pm-suspend.log.4.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 root              root        4096 Jun 28 06:33 samba
drwx------ 2 speech-dispatcher root        4096 Feb 19  2014 speech-dispatcher
-rw-r----- 1 syslog            adm      9299778 Sep 10 12:09 syslog
-rw-r----- 1 syslog            adm     18772856 Jun 28 06:33 syslog.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog            adm       257120 Aug 15  2016 syslog.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog            adm      3299302 Jun  6  2016 syslog.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog            adm       108406 Sep  4  2015 syslog.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog            adm       647602 Sep  2  2015 syslog.5.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog            adm      2002980 Jul  6  2015 syslog.6.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog            adm       243973 Apr  7  2015 syslog.7.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root      311281 Sep 10 09:18 udev
drwxr-xr-x 2 root              root        4096 Aug 18  2014 unattended-upgrades
drwxr-xr-x 2 root              root       12288 Jun 28 08:16 upstart
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root           0 May 31  2014 user.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root              root        4096 Aug 19  2016 wicd
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root              utmp      364416 Sep 10 12:08 wtmp
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root              utmp      863616 Jun 28 05:49 wtmp.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       37145 Sep 10 09:18 Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       38227 Sep  3 11:48 Xorg.0.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       37983 Jun 26 06:50 Xorg.1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root              root       40507 Oct  8  2016 Xorg.1.log.old
harry@harry-Latitude-XT2:/var/log$ cat syslog

after my last command. you will get tons of readouts. This part

No space left on device)

seems a key statement to me though. 12 gig of swap is not needed in my opinion. 4 gig would have been enough. I'd start over if I was in your shoes. Did you md5sum Lubuntu iso also before trying a install?

Thanks for your reply rokytnji,

So your telling me to run this command?:

$ cd /var/log
$ ls -l

I don't know where to run it? I can't seem to be able to run commands even when I get a prompt during installation. I'll try, but I'm not sure I can swing it. I had written about this in my initial message:

I don't know how to consult "/var/log/syslog" in the context of a live USB pendrive.

Actually, once I begin installation, I am no longer IN the live Lubuntu distro.

I'm not convinced, but fair enough, I'll try to download Lubuntu again, do the checksums, install on other USB device. You never know. It's worth a shot. I'll keep you posted.

The SWAP was formatted years ago for Ubuntu 10.04, which I'm running along side Windows 7. Lubuntu 17.04 is going to be on yet another partition.

I was also wondering if there was something in the BIOS that I could modify to solve the problem.

Is there an alternative method for installation? Other than launching the live distro and installing from there? If so, what is the procedure?

So, I'm going to dig deeper and start from scratch (probably tomorrow), but, in the meantime, if anybody else has any other suggestions, please let me know.

Many thanks again, rokytnji.

RM

I don't know where to run it?

https://s26.postimg.org/evgen45m1/Sc...2_34_12_PM.png

What ever terminal you are running is just fine. If you are to drop out of desktop. try it at/after the " $ " prompt shown on the
black screen full of unintelligible readouts when they are done loading and you are just left with $ or # with them waiting for input from you.

Moved: This thread is more suitable in <Ubuntu> and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

The problem was during the process of putting the iso onto the usb device. Somehow, the default software on my old Ubuntu 10.04 OS (disk creator or something like that) was doing something wrong. I then used other software and all was okay. Problem solved.