My comments are years old, so I can't recall the details of the error, but the combinations of the two sets of instructions for adding additional packages, and burning a USB from a CD, don't jibe, leaving users in the lurch. One or the other set of instructions should be updated to reflect this. I switched to Arch years ago, simply because their documentation is superb!
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 11:25 AM Phillip Susi <ps...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Setting up a USB stick with files in the wrong place is not a bug in > ubiquity. > > > ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => Invalid > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658865 > > Title: > Install from USB fails: "An attempt to configure apt to install > additional packages from the CD failed" > > Status in Estobuntu: > New > Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > Status in Baltix: > New > > Bug description: > Please note that removing /usr/lib/ubiquity/apt- > setup/generators/40cdrom from your system may cause the installer to > crash at a later stage. > > Original report follows: > > 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: > > There appear to be two alternatives: > > 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 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/estobuntu/+bug/658865/+subscriptions > -- bdown...@gmail.com -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658865 Title: Install from USB fails: "An attempt to configure apt to install additional packages from the CD failed" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/estobuntu/+bug/658865/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
