Please always include the installation log when reporting errors
Hello!
Since this keeps coming up when users are reporting issues on the mailing list,
I feel the need to reemphasize this: Please _always_ send the installation log
or at least the important parts of it when reporting errors.
It's not possible for me to be able to determine why an installation failed if
I'm not receiving the contents of your log file. I don't have a crystal ball
or any other sorts of super powers to read your computer's memory remotely.
You can view the log file from console #4. Switch to that console with Alt
plus the arrows keys or Ctrl + a and the n key when on a serial console.
If the machine has networking, you should be able to copy it over using "scp",
the installation log is part of the normal syslog, so /var/log/syslog.
If you can't copy it over, view the file with "more /var/log/syslog" and just
scroll to the interesting part and take a photo of it and send it to the list.
If the photo is very large, use something like imgur.com.
Having a logfile each time the installer fails makes live much easier for everyone.
Thanks,
Adrian
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