installation of ubuntu 11.10 crashed at end of installation (before 90% reached)

[Adrien Dorsaz]

installation of ubuntu 11.10 crashed at end of installation (before 90% reached).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Wed Dec 28 12:19:25 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_CH.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Dec 28 12:16:07 ubuntu plugininstall.py: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Dec 28 12:16:07 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[Adrien Dorsaz (adorsaz)]

Ok, I thought about this bug after trying again installation. I think the second try worked because I didn't ask to install firmware for broadcom 4311 and I didn't setup keyboard layout before installation.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The installation failed due to encountering a corrupted package:

Dec 28 12:15:10 ubuntu ubiquity: dpkg-deb (subprocess): data: internal gzip read error: '<fd:0>: data error'
Dec 28 12:15:10 ubuntu ubiquity: dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2
Dec 28 12:15:10 ubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: error processing /target/var/cache/apt/archives/freepats_20060219-1_all.deb (--unpack):
Dec 28 12:15:10 ubuntu ubiquity: subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
Dec 28 12:15:10 ubuntu ubiquity: No apport report written because the error message indicates an issue on the local system