Comment 4 for bug 2062988

OK, a possible workaround is to boot the system with kernel parameter cloud-init=disabled, clicking through the first few installer pages, and then manually specifying an autoinstall URL.

(But don't mistype the URL, otherwise the installer will crash. Clicking the button to show the error will result in a blank, black page in the installer window. After this, the installer won't work again in the same session, but a reboot is necessary. So these are four bugs in a row, when including the bug this issue is about.

Normally I'm not the one to say such a thing, and this is not meant as a personal attack on anybody, but: Having an installer in such a state in an LTS release should be embarrassing to Canonical!)