Install from USB fails: "An attempt to configure apt to install additional packages from the CD failed"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estobuntu |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Baltix |
New
|
Medium
|
Mantas Kriaučiūnas | ||
ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Please note that removing /usr/lib/
Original report follows:
Binary package hint: ubiquity
Description of problem:
When trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 from USB, ubiquity crashes with this message: "An attempt to configure apt to install additional packages from the CD failed."
Root of problem:
The problem is that the file structure on the usb differs to what is on a livecd and apt-setup is unaware of this.
WORKAROUND:
There appear to be two alternatives:
a) Remove the script that causes the error, when installing from a Live setup ("Try Ubuntu"):
sudo rm /usr/lib/
b) Create the files as they are expected:
To resolve this, simply copy the contents of filesystem.squashfs on the iso into the usb stick. Luckily the parts it is reading from this appear to be just apt config files so the fact that you lose symbolic links or permissions on a FAT32 usb stick shouldn't matter.
On your current Linux installation: (If you don't have one you could use a live cd off a different usb stick)
1. Create USB stick.
2. Type in a terminal:
sudo mkdir iso
sudo mkdir source
sudo mount -o loop pathtoiso/
sudo mount -t squashfs -o loop iso/casper/
sudo cp -pLr source/* pathtomountedus
(Thanks Klaas Hartmann for the workaround :))
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
Package: ubiquity 2.4.8
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
Tags: maverick
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
importance: | Medium → High |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: ubiquity-2.4.8 |
tags: | added: maverick |
summary: |
- An attempt to configure apt to install additional packages from the CD - failed upon install from USB + Install from USB fails: "An attempt to configure apt to install + additional packages from the CD failed" |
tags: | added: natty |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Ubuntu Foundations Team (ubuntu-foundations-team) |
tags: | added: rls-mgr-p-tracking |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: rls-p-tracking |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-12.04 |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Opinion |
status: | Opinion → Fix Released |
no longer affects: | ubiquity (Fluxbuntu) |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Released → Triaged |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Ubuntu Foundations Team (ubuntu-foundations-team) → Colin Watson (cjwatson) |
assignee: | Colin Watson (cjwatson) → Evan Dandrea (ev) |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Incomplete |
tags: |
added: rls-p-nottracking removed: rls-mgr-p-tracking rls-p-tracking |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Evan Dandrea (ev) → nobody |
tags: |
added: precise quantal removed: maverick natty oneiric ubiquity-2.4.8 |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
Changed in baltix: | |
assignee: | nobody → Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas) |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Sorry couldn't figure out how to attach the second file. So here it is.