unable to install ubuntu on my pc

Bug #1412645 reported by LInus Kun
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Medium
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Bug Description

AfterI installing ubuntu on my pc, and click to restart as prumpted, i will get en error saying it can't find boot brive

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340
Date: Mon Jan 19 22:56:50 2015
InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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LInus Kun (lkkun67) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote : Traceback

Exception during installation:
Jan 20 03:55:52 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jan 20 03:55:52 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1770, in <module>
Jan 20 03:55:52 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: install.run()
Jan 20 03:55:52 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 78, in wrapper
Jan 20 03:55:52 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: func(self)
Jan 20 03:55:52 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 252, in run
Jan 20 03:55:52 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: self.remove_extras()
Jan 20 03:55:52 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1455, in remove_extras
Jan 20 03:55:52 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: cache = Cache()
Jan 20 03:55:52 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 107, in __init__
Jan 20 03:55:52 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: self.open(progress)
Jan 20 03:55:52 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 151, in open
Jan 20 03:55:52 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
Jan 20 03:55:52 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: SystemError: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /target/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Translation-en, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Jan 20 03:55:52 ubuntu /plugininstall.py:

tags: added: installer-crash
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

There was an issue obtaining all the packages from the internet for the installation:

Jan 20 03:55:17 ubuntu in-target: W: Failed to fetch gzip:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_universe_source_Sources Hash Sum mismatch
Jan 20 03:55:17 ubuntu in-target:
Jan 20 03:55:17 ubuntu in-target: W: Failed to fetch gzip:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_universe_binary-amd64_Packages Hash Sum mismatch
Jan 20 03:55:17 ubuntu in-target:
Jan 20 03:55:17 ubuntu in-target: W: Failed to fetch gzip:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_universe_binary-i386_Packages Hash Sum mismatch
Jan 20 03:55:17 ubuntu in-target:
Jan 20 03:55:17 ubuntu in-target: E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I'd try the installation process again, possibly without choosing to install from the network (updated packages) and see if that resolves the issue.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
importance: High → Medium
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