** Description changed:
Binary package hint: ubiquity
Description of problem:
When trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 from USB, ubiquity crashes with this
message: "An attempt to configure apt to install additional packages from the
CD failed."
Root of problem:
The problem is that the file structure on the usb differs to what is on a
livecd and apt-setup is unaware of this.
- Workaround:
- To resolve this, simply copy the contents of filesystem.squashfs on the iso
into the usb stick. Luckily the parts it is reading from this appear to be just
apt config files so the fact that you lose symbolic links or permissions on a
FAT32 usb stick shouldn't matter.
+ WORKAROUND:
- On your current Linux installation: (If you don't have one you could use a
live cd off a different usb stick)
- 1. Create USB stick.
- 2. Type in a terminal:
- sudo mkdir iso
- sudo mkdir source
- sudo mount -o loop pathtoiso/ubuntu-10.10-desktop-amd64.iso iso
- sudo mount -t squashfs -o loop iso/casper/filesystem.squashfs source
- sudo cp -pLr source/* pathtomountedusbstick
+ There appear to be two alternatives:
- (Thanks Klaas Hartmann for the workaround :))
+ a) Remove the script that causes the error, when installing from a Live setup
("Try Ubuntu"):
+ sudo rm /usr/lib/ubiquity/apt-setup/generators/40cdrom
+
+ b) Create the files as they are expected:
+
+ To resolve this, simply copy the contents of filesystem.squashfs on the
iso into the usb stick. Luckily the parts it is reading from this appear to be
just apt config files so the fact that you lose symbolic links or permissions
on a FAT32 usb stick shouldn't matter.
+
+ On your current Linux installation: (If you don't have one you could use a
live cd off a different usb stick)
+ 1. Create USB stick.
+ 2. Type in a terminal:
+ sudo mkdir iso
+ sudo mkdir source
+ sudo mount -o loop pathtoiso/ubuntu-10.10-desktop-amd64.iso iso
+ sudo mount -t squashfs -o loop iso/casper/filesystem.squashfs source
+ sudo cp -pLr source/* pathtomountedusbstick
+
+ (Thanks Klaas Hartmann for the workaround :))
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
Package: ubiquity 2.4.8
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Tags: maverick
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658865
Title:
An attempt to configure apt to install additional packages from the CD
failed upon install from USB
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