25th November 2016, 10:32
Well, you're not going to like this, but Maui2 simply cannot be installed [by this little black duck, anyway] using the Ubiquity [2.21.63.1+p16.04+git20160923.1840] installer.
I have now spent cumulatively several days, wasted, on this, & it's always the same failed status at the end of the installer's slideshow. The only positive news, since my original post in this thread, is that your advice that i had to run sudo apt-get update prior to installing the latest Ubiquity version, happily did eliminate the subsequent Ubiquity installation errors (ie, associated with the installation of Ubiquity, not of Maui2 itself]. Once i did install the right Ubiquity version, each of the following Maui2 installation attempts failed [same error msg as i earlier posted]:
1. "Download updates while installing Maui", "Install third-party s/w for graphics & WiFi... media" ticked; Manual Partitioning created, Bootloader in MBR [/sda], /home encrypted.
2. "Download updates while installing Maui", "Install third-party s/w for graphics & WiFi... media" ticked; Manual Partitioning created, Bootloader in / [/sda1], /home encrypted.
3. "Download updates while installing Maui", "Install third-party s/w for graphics & WiFi... media" ticked; Manual Partitioning created, Bootloader in MBR [/sda], /home unencrypted.
4. "Download updates while installing Maui", "Install third-party s/w for graphics & WiFi... media" unticked; Manual Partitioning created, Bootloader in MBR [/sda], /home unencrypted.
I've tested in VirtualBox, & i've tested in VMWare Workstation Player. All failed.
BTW, you've told me that the Ubiquity version i've been using in Maui2 is identical to that in Maui1, but today, after the umpteenth Maui2 installation failure, i decided to recycle my new VB VM intended for Maui2, by instead doing a fresh install with Ubiquity of Maui1 [using my original ISO], with encrypted /home... & it was successful [just like my original "real" Maui1 installation in my Tower, those couple of months back]. However, i noticed that every screen of the installer was different in Maui1 compared to the past several days' attempts of Maui2, despite them being the same Ubiquity version in Synaptic, & both using the dedicated Maui not Netrunner slideshow.
So somehow, way beyond my understanding, the Maui2 ISO is not "playing nice" with Ubiquity, whereas Maui1 ISO does, given that all my multiple tests demonstrate that [the same version of] Ubiquity causes a failed install of Maui2 but a successful install of Maui1.
PS - My final experiment was to re-recycle that same VB VM again, back to Maui2, but this time using the ISO's Calameres installer ... & i confirm this was successful [but as previously stated, this is of no practical benefit to me, as i wish to have /home encrypted]. It appears that my plan to put Maui2 onto my Lappy, to bring it in line with my Tower, will have to be put on hold... maybe til Maui3 comes along with Calamares able to do encryption?
I have now spent cumulatively several days, wasted, on this, & it's always the same failed status at the end of the installer's slideshow. The only positive news, since my original post in this thread, is that your advice that i had to run sudo apt-get update prior to installing the latest Ubiquity version, happily did eliminate the subsequent Ubiquity installation errors (ie, associated with the installation of Ubiquity, not of Maui2 itself]. Once i did install the right Ubiquity version, each of the following Maui2 installation attempts failed [same error msg as i earlier posted]:
1. "Download updates while installing Maui", "Install third-party s/w for graphics & WiFi... media" ticked; Manual Partitioning created, Bootloader in MBR [/sda], /home encrypted.
2. "Download updates while installing Maui", "Install third-party s/w for graphics & WiFi... media" ticked; Manual Partitioning created, Bootloader in / [/sda1], /home encrypted.
3. "Download updates while installing Maui", "Install third-party s/w for graphics & WiFi... media" ticked; Manual Partitioning created, Bootloader in MBR [/sda], /home unencrypted.
4. "Download updates while installing Maui", "Install third-party s/w for graphics & WiFi... media" unticked; Manual Partitioning created, Bootloader in MBR [/sda], /home unencrypted.
I've tested in VirtualBox, & i've tested in VMWare Workstation Player. All failed.
BTW, you've told me that the Ubiquity version i've been using in Maui2 is identical to that in Maui1, but today, after the umpteenth Maui2 installation failure, i decided to recycle my new VB VM intended for Maui2, by instead doing a fresh install with Ubiquity of Maui1 [using my original ISO], with encrypted /home... & it was successful [just like my original "real" Maui1 installation in my Tower, those couple of months back]. However, i noticed that every screen of the installer was different in Maui1 compared to the past several days' attempts of Maui2, despite them being the same Ubiquity version in Synaptic, & both using the dedicated Maui not Netrunner slideshow.
So somehow, way beyond my understanding, the Maui2 ISO is not "playing nice" with Ubiquity, whereas Maui1 ISO does, given that all my multiple tests demonstrate that [the same version of] Ubiquity causes a failed install of Maui2 but a successful install of Maui1.
PS - My final experiment was to re-recycle that same VB VM again, back to Maui2, but this time using the ISO's Calameres installer ... & i confirm this was successful [but as previously stated, this is of no practical benefit to me, as i wish to have /home encrypted]. It appears that my plan to put Maui2 onto my Lappy, to bring it in line with my Tower, will have to be put on hold... maybe til Maui3 comes along with Calamares able to do encryption?