18 April 2012

Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Beta 2 failure on VMWare

I saw a post from Ubuntu on Facebook that was asking for beta testers. I didn't officially sign up, but I did download http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/daily/20120417/precise-server-amd64.iso to test on a VMWare ESXi embedded cluster running 3.5.0 build 110271

The system booted from the ISO, and I proceeded through the keyboard selection and network settings. Then there was nothing. The system didn't lock up; pressing Alt-F2 got me to a working terminal.

The installation screen looked like this:


The log on Alt-F4 showed this:


I'll try again as well as search for other images to see if one works better than the one I downloaded.

Update: When I set up the VM, I didn't select the correct switch, so DHCP failed. During the install, I changed the switch and let it retry the network configuration. It succeeded then asked for the hostname. I just repeated those steps and have the same purple screen with no more activity. Having the correct network switch selected before network configuration allowed the install to complete normally. I call that a bug.

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