I tried to (re)install LMDE4 (on a disk where LMDE4 was already installed) and the installation failed with the following error message:
("The partition table could not be written for /dev/sda. Restart the computer and try again.")
I then started the the live-installer via command line and saw the following:
mint@mint:~$ sudo /usr/bin/live-installer
[....]
Starting PartitionSetup()
Excluding /dev/sdb (detected as the live device)
Can't find model in blkid output: ['loop', 'loop0', '0', '1.7G']
Disks: [('/dev/sda', 'CT500MX500SSD1 (500 GB)')]
Analyzing path='/dev/sda' description='CT500MX500SSD1 (500 GB)'
- Found the device...
- Found the disk...
- Looking at partitions...
-> 1 free space partitions
-> 0 primary partitions
-> 0 logical partitions
-> 0 raid partitions
-> 0 LVM partitions
-> set of 1 partitions
-> Building partition object for /dev/sda-1
. length 976773101
. size_percent 80
. size 500.1 GB
. name
. type Free space
. About to mount it...
mount: /tmp/live-installer/tmpmount: special device /dev/sda-1 does not exist.
df: /dev/sda-1: No such file or directory
. value error!
WARNING: Partition /dev/sda-1 or type 4 failed to mount!
. self.os_fs_info : Free space, self.description , self.free_space , self.used_percent 0
. umounting it
. done
(u'/dev/sda-1', '500.1 GB', 500107827712.0)
- Found partitions...
- Iterating partitions...
. Appending partition ...
- Loading HTML view...
Finished PartitionSetup()
Loading HTML string
Showing the partition screen
## INSTALLATION
--> Installation started
umount: /target/dev/shm: no mount point specified.
umount: /target/dev/pts: no mount point specified.
umount: /target/dev/: no mount point specified.
umount: /target/sys/: no mount point specified.
umount: /target/proc/: no mount point specified.
umount: /target/run/: no mount point specified.
--> Mounting partitions
------ Mounting /run/live/medium/live/filesystem.squashfs on /source/
EXECUTING: 'mount -o loop -t squashfs /run/live/medium/live/filesystem.squashfs /source/'
--> Creating partitions on /dev/sda
Error: Partition(s) 2 on /dev/sda have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use. As a result, the old partition(s) will remain in use. You should reboot now before making further changes.
When running the installer in German, the following error is shown:
("'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 36: ordinal not in range(128)")
The shell output when set to German looks like this:
[..live-installer output..]
Excluding /dev/sdb (detected as the live device)
Can't find model in blkid output: ['loop', 'loop0', '0', '1.7G']
Disks: [('/dev/sda', 'CT500MX500SSD1 (500 GB)')]
Analyzing path='/dev/sda' description='CT500MX500SSD1 (500 GB)'
- Found the device...
- Found the disk...
- Looking at partitions...
-> 1 free space partitions
-> 0 primary partitions
-> 0 logical partitions
-> 0 raid partitions
-> 0 LVM partitions
-> set of 1 partitions
-> Building partition object for /dev/sda-1
. length 976773101
. size_percent 80
. size 500.1 GB
. name
. type Freier Speicherplatz
. About to mount it...
mount: /tmp/live-installer/tmpmount: special device /dev/sda-1 does not exist.
df: /dev/sda-1: No such file or directory
. value error!
WARNING: Partition /dev/sda-1 or type 4 failed to mount!
. self.os_fs_info : Freier Speicherplatz, self.description , self.free_space , self.used_percent 0
. umounting it
. done
(u'/dev/sda-1', '500.1 GB', 500107827712.0)
- Found partitions...
- Iterating partitions...
. Appending partition ...
- Loading HTML view...
Finished PartitionSetup()
Loading HTML string
Showing the partition screen
## INSTALLATION
--> Installation started
umount: /target/dev/shm: no mount point specified.
umount: /target/dev/pts: no mount point specified.
umount: /target/dev/: no mount point specified.
umount: /target/sys/: no mount point specified.
umount: /target/proc/: no mount point specified.
umount: /target/run/: no mount point specified.
--> Mounting partitions
------ Mounting /run/live/medium/live/filesystem.squashfs on /source/
EXECUTING: 'mount -o loop -t squashfs /run/live/medium/live/filesystem.squashfs /source/'
--> Creating partitions on /dev/sda
Error: Partition(s) 2 on /dev/sda have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use. As a result, the old partition(s) will remain in use. You should reboot now before making further changes.
'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 36: ordinal not in range(128)
My workaround was to deactive the LVM via sudo vgchange -an lvmlmde before starting the live-installer.
I tried to (re)install LMDE4 (on a disk where LMDE4 was already installed) and the installation failed with the following error message:
("The partition table could not be written for /dev/sda. Restart the computer and try again.")
I then started the the live-installer via command line and saw the following:
This is how the disk was partitioned:
When running the installer in German, the following error is shown:
("'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 36: ordinal not in range(128)")
The shell output when set to German looks like this:
My workaround was to deactive the LVM via
sudo vgchange -an lvmlmde
before starting the live-installer.