Public bug reported: Yesterday I tried to install Dapper on a completely blank PC. I planned to install Windows later too, so I made 4 partitions in GParted (all primary), formatted the 1st one as ext3 and the third one as fat32. And the installer (and the whole system) simply froze when it reached the partitioner. After trying two more times, I deleted the fat32 partition and it started "simply working"!
BTW, I have experienced this before, with another Ubuntu version, on another PC and another HDD! Just recreated the situation - and it's all the same. No FAT32 partition - everything works, create one - everything doesn't. (can't attach /var/log/installer/syslog and /var/log/partman as they are on RAM and system freezes...) ** Affects: gparted (Ubuntu) Severity: Normal Priority: (none set) Status: Unconfirmed -- Partition editor freezes on the install https://launchpad.net/bugs/48175 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs