Re: Defaulting to verify the image integrity before installing on desktop?

2019-12-10 Thread Brian Murray
On Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 11:49:11AM +, TJ wrote: > There's another angle to this that ought to be considered. > > A few months ago in the Lubuntu project, due to a variety of issues with > installer images, I investigated using dm-verity to detect errors: > > "Make checksum verification

Defaulting to verify the image integrity before installing on desktop?

2019-12-10 Thread TJ
There's another angle to this that ought to be considered. A few months ago in the Lubuntu project, due to a variety of issues with installer images, I investigated using dm-verity to detect errors: "Make checksum verification automatic" https://phab.lubuntu.me/T32 I went further to

Re: Defaulting to verify the image integrity before installing on desktop?

2019-11-27 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 07:02:08AM +0100, Junien Fridrick wrote: > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 09:27:33AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 11:02:07AM +, Iain Lane wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 05:52:21PM +0100, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > > > > What do others think?

Re: Defaulting to verify the image integrity before installing on desktop?

2019-11-27 Thread Mark Rogers
On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 at 16:53, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > What do others think? Should we default to check the media before booting > the ISO? (And if so do we need to ensure the menu still provide a way to > skip the testing (we should at least for automaticall installation)?) > On machines with

Re: Defaulting to verify the image integrity before installing on desktop?

2019-11-27 Thread Junien Fridrick
On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 09:27:33AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 11:02:07AM +, Iain Lane wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 05:52:21PM +0100, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > > > What do others think? Should we default to check the media before > > > booting the ISO? (And if

Re: Defaulting to verify the image integrity before installing on desktop?

2019-11-26 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 11:02:07AM +, Iain Lane wrote: > On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 05:52:21PM +0100, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > > What do others think? Should we default to check the media before > > booting the ISO? (And if so do we need to ensure the menu still provide > > a way to skip the

Re: Defaulting to verify the image integrity before installing on desktop?

2019-11-26 Thread James Cameron
It would be better if the cause of the problem was displayed, then the user could do something about it. I know this may have to cross several boundaries of responsibility within the kernel, but magic is needed. Media verification is temptingly easy. A way to turn the feature off would be

Re: Defaulting to verify the image integrity before installing on desktop?

2019-11-26 Thread Colin Law
On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 at 16:52, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > > What do others think? Should we default to check the media before booting the > ISO? (And if so do we need to ensure the menu still provide a way to skip the > testing (we should at least for automaticall installation)?) If this is

Re: Defaulting to verify the image integrity before installing on desktop?

2019-11-26 Thread Iain Lane
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 05:52:21PM +0100, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > What do others think? Should we default to check the media before > booting the ISO? (And if so do we need to ensure the menu still provide > a way to skip the testing (we should at least for automaticall > installation)?) Sounds

Defaulting to verify the image integrity before installing on desktop?

2019-11-25 Thread Sebastien Bacher
(cross posting https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/defaulting-to-verify-the-image-integrity-before-installing-on-desktop/13472) Triaging ubiquity bug reports on launchpad, one of the most common reason for failing installations is that the image/media used to do the installation is invalid/corrupted.