The installer stuff is pretty obsolete and nobody seems to maintain it anymore. It was suggested to not even have it on the 13.04 help pages (it isn't included on the 12.10 help pages) However, and due to the many links that would become broken, I put it there and just changed the titles away from "alternate CD". Anyway, the correct package is "installation-guide" and I will change it in a moment.
** Package changed: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) => installation-guide (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Documentation Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-docs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1221356 Title: hd-media installer rejects official raring ISO Status in “installation-guide” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Following the Ubuntu 13.04 Installation Guide's USB install instructions for amd64 at https://help.ubuntu.com/13.04/installation- guide/amd64/ch04s03.html#usb-copy-flexible doesn't work, it seems. I guess not many people are using the hd-media + ISO install method? The ISO is located and mounted successfully, then rejected due to missing items in the Packages file. What I did: 1) Downloaded vmlinuz and initrd.gz to a USB drive from http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/installer-amd64/current/images/hd-media/ 2) Set up syslinux to boot those two 3) Downloaded to the same flash drive ubuntu-13.04-desktop-amd64.iso 4) Booted from the flash drive. After the ISO is located and mounted, the installer errors out and is unable to proceed. The log says: Sep 2 17:24:55 iso-scan: ISOS_FOUND='[sdf1] /isos/ubuntu-13.04-desktop-amd64.iso (raring - 13.04)' Sep 2 17:24:55 iso-scan: Selected ISO: /isos/ubuntu-13.04-desktop-amd64.iso on /dev/sdf1 Sep 2 17:24:55 kernel: [ 50.033763] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Sep 2 17:24:55 kernel: [ 50.036768] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Sep 2 17:24:55 iso-scan: Detected ISO with 'raring' (raring) distribution Sep 2 17:24:55 iso-scan: Detected ISO with distribution 'raring' (raring) Sep 2 17:24:55 anna-install: Queueing udeb apt-mirror-setup for later installation Sep 2 17:24:55 anna-install: Queueing udeb apt-cdrom-setup for later installation Sep 2 17:24:55 anna-install: Queueing udeb raring-support for later installation Sep 2 17:24:55 main-menu[423]: (process:1616): libkmod: kmod_lookup_alias_from_builtin_file: could not open builtin file '/lib/modules/3.8.0-19-generic/modules.builtin.bin' Sep 2 17:24:55 main-menu[423]: (process:1616): [sdf1] isos/ubuntu-13.04-desktop-amd64.iso (raring - 13.04) Sep 2 17:24:55 main-menu[423]: DEBUG: resolver (libc6-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored) Sep 2 17:24:55 main-menu[423]: INFO: Menu item 'load-iso' selected Sep 2 17:24:55 cdrom-retriever: warning: Unable to find main/debian-installer/binary-amd64/Packages in /cdrom/dists/raring/Release. Sep 2 17:24:55 cdrom-retriever: warning: Unable to find main/debian-installer/binary-amd64/Packages.gz in /cdrom/dists/raring/Release. Sep 2 17:24:55 cdrom-retriever: warning: Unable to find restricted/debian-installer/binary-amd64/Packages in /cdrom/dists/raring/Release. Sep 2 17:24:55 cdrom-retriever: warning: Unable to find restricted/debian-installer/binary-amd64/Packages.gz in /cdrom/dists/raring/Release. Sep 2 17:25:00 anna[3819]: WARNING **: bad d-i Packages file Sep 2 17:25:00 main-menu[423]: INFO: Menu item 'load-iso' succeeded but requested to be left unconfigured. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/installation-guide/+bug/1221356/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~documentation-packages Post to : documentation-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~documentation-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp