ubuntu 10.10 netbook clean install crash

[Rus Mokhberi]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

when installing ubuntu 10.10 netbook edition on a clean install (wipe and use entire hard disk). The installer crashes towards the end of installation. After copying all the files it switches to "configuring apt" then "scanning CD rom - to allow applications to be installed from CD" at which point it throws an error "FAILURE -- no CD drive found".

Immediately after, you get a warning dialogue saying the installer crashed. So the evidence points to an issue with the installer not being able to locate a CD drive, However this being a netbook it has no CD drive anyway.

[Owen (changbiyuan)]

I had exactly the same problem and I have a CD-ROM drive. (My computer is an HP DV9000 laptop.) I decided to burn a CD and install from that instead, and that worked. (I had been booting from an external hard drive.) I suppose this doesn't help your situation though, but maybe it'll be useful for people who hit this page when googling that error, as I did.

[spylin1 (spylin1)]

same problem...
After copying all the files it switches to "configuring and then installation stop with error........
live cd with ubuntu 10.10 desktop...

[David Jenkins (daviddjenkins)]

Same problem here. The logs look the same.

Installing on a Dell Inspiron 910.

[Neil Romig (neil-romig)]

I had this problem (or very similar). Near the end of install to EeePC 701SD an apt error window opened saying "An attempt to configure apt to install additional packages from the CD failed". I clicked OK and then the installer crashed. Log files very similar to those attached. I was using unetbootin to create the USB, but when I tried the pendrivelinux utility (v1.8.0.9) to create the USB my install worked perfectly.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Exception during installation:
Oct 10 18:19:05 ubuntu python: Traceback (most recent call last):
Oct 10 18:19:05 ubuntu python: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1424, in <module>
Oct 10 18:19:05 ubuntu python: install.run()
Oct 10 18:19:05 ubuntu python: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 54, in wrapper
Oct 10 18:19:05 ubuntu python: func(self)
Oct 10 18:19:05 ubuntu python: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 136, in run
Oct 10 18:19:05 ubuntu python: self.configure_apt()
Oct 10 18:19:05 ubuntu python: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 438, in configure_apt
Oct 10 18:19:05 ubuntu python: raise install_misc.InstallStepError("AptSetup failed with code %d" % ret)
Oct 10 18:19:05 ubuntu python: InstallStepError: AptSetup failed with code 127
Oct 10 18:19:05 ubuntu python:
Oct 10 18:36:10 ubuntu kernel: [ 1945.952715] Associated successfully
Oct 10 18:36:10 ubuntu kernel: [ 1945.952728] Using G rates
Oct 10 18:36:10 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1711]: WPA: EAPOL-Key Replay Counter did not increase - dropping packet
Oct 10 18:36:10 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1711]: Associated with 00:21:29:78:9b:f3
Oct 10 18:36:10 ubuntu NetworkManager[1433]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: completed -> associated
Oct 10 18:36:13 ubuntu NetworkManager[1433]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake
Oct 10 18:36:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 1957.975551] Associated successfully
Oct 10 18:36:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 1957.975565] Using G rates
Oct 10 18:36:22 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1711]: Associated with 00:21:29:78:9b:f3
Oct 10 18:36:22 ubuntu NetworkManager[1433]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> associated
Oct 10 18:36:25 ubuntu NetworkManager[1433]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake
Oct 10 18:36:34 ubuntu kernel: [ 1969.686571] Associated successfully
Oct 10 18:36:34 ubuntu kernel: [ 1969.686582] Using G rates
Oct 10 18:36:34 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1711]: Associated with 00:21:29:78:9b:f3
Oct 10 18:36:34 ubuntu NetworkManager[1433]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> associated
Oct 10 18:36:36 ubuntu ubiquity[10119]: Ubiquity 2.4.8
Oct 10 18:36:37 ubuntu NetworkManager[1433]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake
Oct 10 18:36:41 ubuntu ubiquity[10119]: log-output -t ubiquity laptop-detect
Oct 10 18:36:44 ubuntu ubiquity[10119]: log-output -t ubiquity fontconfig-voodoo --auto --force --quiet
Oct 10 18:36:46 ubuntu kernel: [ 1981.947592] Associated successfully
Oct 10 18:36:46 ubuntu kernel: [ 1981.947603] Using G rates
Oct 10 18:36:46 ubuntu wpa_supplicant[1711]: Associated with 00:21:29:78:9b:f3
Oct 10 18:36:46 ubuntu NetworkManager[1433]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: 4-way handshake -> associated
Oct 10 18:36:49 ubuntu NetworkManager[1433]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant connection state: associated -> 4-way handshake
Oct 10 18:36:51 ubuntu ubiquity[10119]: switched to page language
Oct 10 18:36:55 ubuntu localechooser: info: Locale has been preseeded to en_GB.UTF-8
Oct 10 18:36:55 ubuntu localechooser: ...

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 658865, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.