Crashes and errors during install of 17.3 Pro

Installing Zorin OS
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During my recent install adventure, I suffered installer crashes at roughly the same point on three attempts. These crashes said they'd start a bug reporter, but did not. They dropped me to the desktop of the live environment, where I attempted to run the installer again, only to get a series of worse errors. My options selected during iinstall on every occasion were as follows: Minimal install, yes to third party drivers, no to census (there's one more option here I can't recall, but that was also checked). Advanced options, no LVM, yes ZFS, yes encryption. No recovery key created. Partitioning was automatic, selecting nvme0n1.

These errors were as follows:
Installer crashed
"We're sorry; the installer crashed. After you close this window, we'll allow you to file a bug report using the integrated bug reporting tool. This will gather information about your system and your installation process. the details will be sent to our bug tracker, and a developer will attend to the problem as soon as possible."

This happened while entering name, username, PC name, etc. As mentioned above, no bug collector, and was dropped to desktop.

Installation failed
"The installer encountered an unrecoverable error. A desktop session will now be run so that you may investigate the problem or try installing again."

Launch installer and repeat. While entering username and the like this time, the error was different:

ERROR!!! [yes, it actually had three exclamation points]
"Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/nvme0n1p2 -- Device or resource busy. This means Linux won't know aboutany changes you made to /dev/nvme0n1p2 until you reboot -- so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting."

My options were ignore or cancel. I chose cancel.

ERROR!!! [it's a very excitable installer, isn't it?]
"Partitions 2, 3, 4 on /dev/nvme0n1 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 before making further changes."

I reboot. The next time around, I'm able to install, but there's a VERY significant, easily noticeable hang on the screen for entering username, etc., where it had been failing before. Waiting lets that subside, and afterward, I'm able to complete the install.

I've gone through this several times now, with the same errors. I'm only able to install after getting the fatal errors and rebooting.

The system is
AMD 9800X3D
Nvidia RTX 5090
64 GB RAM
Two 4 GB M.2s

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I see you are wanting ZFS. Personally I prefer to use Ext4 FS as it is the most stable file system. Trus there may be a kernel issue to boot. Would like to know though if you had better luck with Ext4 FS.

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Encryption isn't optional to me, and Zorin's installer only offers it with ZFS. When I have time for a full image and reinstall experiment, I'll see how ext4fs goes.

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That is because Ubuntu stopped enabling encryption at 22.04 on which Zorin is based. Found this using Brave A.I. search engine via mojeek:

"Can you encrypt /home with Ext4 on Ubuntu 22.04?

Yes, you can encrypt the /home directory with Ext4 filesystem on Ubuntu 22.04. To do this, you need to install the necessary packages and then follow the steps to encrypt the home directory. First, install ecryptfs-utils and cryptsetup by running:

sudo apt install ecryptfs-utils cryptsetup

After installing the required packages, you should switch to a temporary admin account to prevent interruptions during the encryption process. This can be done by going to "Settings" -> "Users" -> Click the "Unlock" button -> Click "Add user" -> enter the required details like username and password, ensuring to select Admin, then click "Add" to create an account.

Once you have a temporary admin account, you can proceed with the encryption process. For more detailed instructions, you can refer to the documentation or use the ecryptfs-setup-private command.

Note that the option to encrypt the home directory during the initial installation process is no longer available in Ubuntu 22.04, but you can still encrypt it manually after installation."

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