Wubi fails without explanation on restrictive networks
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Bug Description
Wubi (rev 211 for 11.04 64bit)
Windows 7
Wubi can't fetch install data on a restrictive network with bittorrent ports closed. That would include many corporate networks. Wubi fails as described in bug #156922. One reason why this silent failure is such a problem is that the log file is in the c:\users\
Off the top of my head wubi could deal with this as follows:
* Wubi should check for a working torrent connection before bothering to collect user data
* If the connection test fails Wubi should explain the problem
* Wubi should offer alternative ways to fetch the iso
(now the user has fetched the iso manually)
* When failing the network test (on being re-run) it should offer the user the chance to point to the iso manually