Hardy: Network install - Failed to load installer component

[Stanislav]

Hardy network install by mini.iso stop with error: "Loading apt-mirror-setup failed for unknown reasons. Aborting."

[Marcus Asshauer (mcas)]

Thank you for reporting this bug. Have you checked the md5 sum of the iso file?

[Stanislav (ginermillennium)]

Yes, I have checked md5 sum.
Url for mini.iso: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso

[Bob (ftoomch)]

This happens when doing a netboot via PXE too for amd64 too.

I have checked my md5sums too.

[raistlin_kell (subscribe-kernelpanic)]

I'm seeing the same error with both i386 & amd64 also. Have tried i386 on my old test laptop (Compaq Armada M700 with PXE boot nic) and a new(ish) P4 on a Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2 motherboard with an onboard Realtek Gbit nic.

If i select Gutsy 7.10 i386, (k)ubuntu PXE loads fine. I'm only seeing the error with Hardy Heron 8.04 i386 & amd64.

[Tomas Gustavsson (tomplast)]

I can verify this problem with Hardy Heron 8.04 i386.

[Tomas Gustavsson (tomplast)]

It seems that sometimes I can continue the installation and sometimes it hangs (at least when running in Virtualbox).

[jinnk (ubuntu-bugs-mx)]

I can confirm this as a problem too. I've tried to preseed the install from an already installed system without any luck.

The logs indicate that anna has set the apt-mirror-setup to be installed later. I can confirm that the package was downloaded successfully, and pressing enter 3 times to get back on track with the installer works fine.

[Paul Elliott (omahn)]

On a previously working PXE based setup this error has started appearing. We are also using Hardy from a local mirror of the Ubuntu archives.

[Paul Elliott (omahn)]

Resolved, for me, by bug 234486:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/net-retriever/+bug/234486