tried to install ubuntu kept on getting errors no matter the USB device, even after bios update

Bug #2047365 reported by paul
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Bug Description

tried to install ubuntu kept on getting errors no matter the USB device, even after bios update

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: ubiquity 23.10.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-9.9-generic 6.5.3
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-9-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.486
CloudArchitecture: x86_64
CloudID: nocloud
CloudName: unknown
CloudPlatform: nocloud
CloudSubPlatform: seed-dir (/var/lib/cloud/seed/nocloud)
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Dec 25 15:01:50 2023
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz layerfs-path=minimal.standard.live.squashfs --- quiet splash
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 23.10.1 "Mantic Minotaur" - Release amd64 (20231016.1)
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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paul (avaviel) wrote :
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paul (avaviel) wrote :

Regular installer kept on giving an error no matter what I did. So I had the bright idea of manually doing this:

sudo apt-get install ubiquity ubiquity-frontend-gtk

ubiquity --desktop gtk_ui

That one worked, formatted everything as I should, and while copying got the crash.

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