Wubi

wubi installation fails (Invalid Argument)

Bug #678022 reported by Ben Hodgson on 2010-11-21

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Wubi	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Wubi installation fails with an Invalid Argument. Have tried downloading ISO through wubi, have tried downloading ISO and starting wubi from same directory, and have tried mounting ISO and running wubi.

Here's the log of the failed installation:

11-19 22:58 INFO root: === wubi 10.10 rev197 ===
11-19 22:58 DEBUG root: Logfile is c:\users\ben\appdata\local\temp\wubi-10.10-rev197.log
11-19 22:58 DEBUG root: sys.argv = ['main.pyo', '--exefile="E:\\wubi.exe"']
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: data_dir=C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\data
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: 7z=C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\bin\7z.exe
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Fetching basic info...
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: original_exe=E:\wubi.exe
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: platform=win32
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: osname=nt
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: language=en_US
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: encoding=cp1252
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: arch=amd64
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Parsing isolist=C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\data\isolist.ini
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Xubuntu-i386
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Xubuntu-amd64
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Kubuntu-amd64
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Mythbuntu-i386
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Ubuntu-amd64
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Ubuntu-i386
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Mythbuntu-amd64
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Kubuntu-i386
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro KubuntuNetbook-i386
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro UbuntuNetbook-i386
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: Fetching host info...
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: registry_key=Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: windows version=vista
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: windows_version2=Windows 7 Ultimate
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: windows_sp=None
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: windows_build=7600
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: gmt=-8
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: country=US
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: timezone=America/Los_Angeles
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: windows_username=ben
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: user_full_name=ben
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: user_directory=C:\Users\ben
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: windows_language_code=1033
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: windows_language=English
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: processor_name=Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: bootloader=vista
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: system_drive=Drive(C: hd 102772.910156 mb free ntfs)
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: drive=Drive(C: hd 102772.910156 mb free ntfs)
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: drive=Drive(D: cd 0.0 mb free )
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: drive=Drive(E: cd 0.0 mb free cdfs)
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: uninstaller_path=C:\ubuntu\uninstall-wubi.exe
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: previous_target_dir=C:\ubuntu
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: previous_distro_name=Ubuntu Netbook
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: keyboard_id=67699721
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: keyboard_layout=us
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: keyboard_variant=
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: python locale=('en_US', 'cp1252')
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: locale=en_US.UTF-8
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: total_memory_mb=2038.0546875
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Searching ISOs on USB devices
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Searching for local CDs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Ubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Ubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Ubuntu Netbook CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Kubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Kubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Kubuntu Netbook CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Xubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Xubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Mythbuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Mythbuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Ubuntu Netbook CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Kubuntu Netbook CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether E:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: parsing info from str=Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: parsed info={'name': 'Ubuntu-Netbook', 'subversion': 'Release', 'version': '10.10', 'build': '20101007', 'codename': 'Maverick Meerkat', 'arch': 'i386'}
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: wrong name: Ubuntu Netbook != Ubuntu
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether E:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: wrong name: Ubuntu Netbook != Ubuntu
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether E:\ is a valid Ubuntu Netbook CD
11-19 22:58 INFO Distro: Found a valid CD for Ubuntu Netbook: E:\
11-19 22:58 INFO root: Running the CD menu...
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsFrontend: __init__...
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsFrontend: on_init...
11-19 22:58 INFO WinuiPage: appname=wubi, localedir=C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\translations, languages=['en_US', 'en']
11-19 22:58 INFO WinuiPage: appname=wubi, localedir=C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\translations, languages=['en_US', 'en']
11-19 22:58 INFO root: CD menu finished
11-19 22:58 INFO root: Already installed, running the uninstaller...
11-19 22:58 INFO root: Running the uninstaller...
11-19 22:58 INFO CommonBackend: This is the uninstaller running
11-19 22:58 INFO WinuiPage: appname=wubi, localedir=C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\translations, languages=['en_US', 'en']
11-19 22:58 INFO root: Received settings
11-19 22:58 INFO WinuiPage: appname=wubi, localedir=C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\translations, languages=['en_US', 'en']
11-19 22:58 DEBUG TaskList: # Running tasklist...
11-19 22:58 DEBUG TaskList: ## Running Backup ISO...
11-19 22:58 DEBUG TaskList: ## Finished Backup ISO
11-19 22:58 DEBUG TaskList: ## Running Remove bootloader entry...
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: Could not find bcd id
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: undo_bootini C:
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: undo_configsys Drive(C: hd 102772.910156 mb free ntfs)
11-19 22:58 DEBUG TaskList: ## Finished Remove bootloader entry
11-19 22:58 DEBUG TaskList: ## Running Remove target dir...
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Deleting C:\ubuntu
11-19 22:58 DEBUG TaskList: ## Finished Remove target dir
11-19 22:58 DEBUG TaskList: ## Running Remove registry key...
11-19 22:58 DEBUG TaskList: ## Finished Remove registry key
11-19 22:58 DEBUG TaskList: # Finished tasklist
11-19 22:58 INFO root: Almost finished uninstalling
11-19 22:58 INFO root: Finished uninstallation
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Fetching basic info...
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: original_exe=E:\wubi.exe
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: platform=win32
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: osname=nt
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: arch=amd64
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Parsing isolist=C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\data\isolist.ini
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Xubuntu-i386
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Xubuntu-amd64
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Kubuntu-amd64
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Mythbuntu-i386
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Ubuntu-amd64
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Ubuntu-i386
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Mythbuntu-amd64
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro Kubuntu-i386
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro KubuntuNetbook-i386
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Adding distro UbuntuNetbook-i386
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: Fetching host info...
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: registry_key=Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: windows version=vista
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: windows_version2=Windows 7 Ultimate
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: windows_sp=None
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: windows_build=7600
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: gmt=-8
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: country=US
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: timezone=America/Los_Angeles
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: windows_username=ben
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: user_full_name=ben
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: user_directory=C:\Users\ben
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: windows_language_code=1033
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: windows_language=English
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: processor_name=Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: bootloader=vista
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: system_drive=Drive(C: hd 103414.492188 mb free ntfs)
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: drive=Drive(C: hd 103414.492188 mb free ntfs)
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: drive=Drive(D: cd 0.0 mb free )
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: drive=Drive(E: cd 0.0 mb free cdfs)
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: uninstaller_path=None
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: previous_target_dir=None
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: previous_distro_name=None
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: keyboard_id=67699721
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: keyboard_layout=us
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: keyboard_variant=
11-19 22:58 DEBUG WindowsBackend: total_memory_mb=2038.0546875
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Searching ISOs on USB devices
11-19 22:58 DEBUG CommonBackend: Searching for local CDs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Ubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Ubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Ubuntu Netbook CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Kubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Kubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Kubuntu Netbook CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Xubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Xubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Mythbuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp is a valid Mythbuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Ubuntu Netbook CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Kubuntu Netbook CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether D:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether E:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: wrong name: Ubuntu Netbook != Ubuntu
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether E:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: wrong name: Ubuntu Netbook != Ubuntu
11-19 22:58 DEBUG Distro: checking whether E:\ is a valid Ubuntu Netbook CD
11-19 22:58 INFO Distro: Found a valid CD for Ubuntu Netbook: E:\
11-19 22:58 INFO root: Running the installer...
11-19 22:58 INFO WinuiPage: appname=wubi, localedir=C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\translations, languages=['en_US', 'en']
11-19 22:58 INFO WinuiPage: appname=wubi, localedir=C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\translations, languages=['en_US', 'en']
11-19 22:59 DEBUG WinuiInstallationPage: target_drive=C:, installation_size=17000MB, distro_name=Ubuntu Netbook, language=en_US, locale=en_US.UTF-8, username=ben
11-19 22:59 INFO root: Received settings
11-19 22:59 INFO WinuiPage: appname=wubi, localedir=C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\translations, languages=['en_US', 'en']
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: # Running tasklist...
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: ## Running select_target_dir...
11-19 22:59 INFO WindowsBackend: Installing into C:\ubuntu
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: ## Finished select_target_dir
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: ## Running create_dir_structure...
11-19 22:59 DEBUG CommonBackend: Creating dir C:\ubuntu
11-19 22:59 DEBUG CommonBackend: Creating dir C:\ubuntu\disks
11-19 22:59 DEBUG CommonBackend: Creating dir C:\ubuntu\install
11-19 22:59 DEBUG CommonBackend: Creating dir C:\ubuntu\install\boot
11-19 22:59 DEBUG CommonBackend: Creating dir C:\ubuntu\disks\boot
11-19 22:59 DEBUG CommonBackend: Creating dir C:\ubuntu\disks\boot\grub
11-19 22:59 DEBUG CommonBackend: Creating dir C:\ubuntu\install\boot\grub
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: ## Finished create_dir_structure
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: ## Running uncompress_target_dir...
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: ## Finished uncompress_target_dir
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: ## Running create_uninstaller...
11-19 22:59 DEBUG WindowsBackend: Copying uninstaller E:\wubi.exe -> C:\ubuntu\uninstall-wubi.exe
11-19 22:59 DEBUG registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi UninstallString C:\ubuntu\uninstall-wubi.exe
11-19 22:59 DEBUG registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi InstallationDir C:\ubuntu
11-19 22:59 DEBUG registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi DisplayName Ubuntu Netbook
11-19 22:59 DEBUG registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi DisplayIcon C:\ubuntu\Ubuntu Netbook.ico
11-19 22:59 DEBUG registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi DisplayVersion 10.10-rev197
11-19 22:59 DEBUG registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi Publisher Ubuntu Netbook
11-19 22:59 DEBUG registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi URLInfoAbout http://www.ubuntu.com
11-19 22:59 DEBUG registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi HelpLink http://www.ubuntu.com/support
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: ## Finished create_uninstaller
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: ## Running copy_installation_files...
11-19 22:59 DEBUG WindowsBackend: Copying C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\data\custom-installation -> C:\ubuntu\install\custom-installation
11-19 22:59 DEBUG WindowsBackend: Copying C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\winboot -> C:\ubuntu\winboot
11-19 22:59 DEBUG WindowsBackend: Copying C:\Users\ben\AppData\Local\Temp\pyl3330.tmp\data\images\Ubuntu Netbook.ico -> C:\ubuntu\Ubuntu Netbook.ico
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: ## Finished copy_installation_files
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: ## Running get_iso...
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: New task copy_file
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: ### Running copy_file...
11-19 22:59 ERROR TaskList: [Errno 22] Invalid argument
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 197, in __call__
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\utils.py", line 208, in copy_file
IOError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: # Cancelling tasklist
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: New task check_iso
11-19 22:59 ERROR root: [Errno 22] Invalid argument
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 56, in run
  File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 128, in select_task
  File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 194, in run_cd_menu
  File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 118, in select_task
  File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 156, in run_installer
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 197, in __call__
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\utils.py", line 208, in copy_file
IOError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument
11-19 22:59 DEBUG CommonBackend: Searching for local ISO
11-19 22:59 DEBUG CommonBackend: Could not find any ISO or CD, downloading one now
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: New task get_metalink
11-19 22:59 ERROR TaskList: Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 197, in __call__
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 492, in get_iso
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 330, in download_iso
Exception: Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: # Cancelling tasklist
11-19 22:59 DEBUG TaskList: # Finished tasklist

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Ben Hodgson (cataphractlance) wrote on 2010-11-21:

solved the problem. The ISO was downloaded from an FTP server, and apparently was corrupted in the download. A fresh ISO downloaded via torrent worked just fine.

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