[Bug 963636] Re: Install from Ubuntu 12.04 beta 1 alternate amd64 ISO image fails

[R. Jones]

At the time the bug hit, retrying the failed install step did not
resolve the problem.  The program did not "crash" or present anything
other than the failure error message at the top level (of the alternate
install menu screens).  On the day of the failure, I tried at least two
times and failed all times.  Yet, at the same time, an install from the
desktop ISO image (to a full disk install, no encryption) worked.

I tried to repeat the install yesterday  from the alternate CD image,
and instead of failing, it succeeded.

I have been trying the standard install with full disk encryption (over
LVM), at the time of the failure.  Yesterday, I tried installing both to
the disk with full disk encryption (using LVM) and a regular full disk
install (no LVM and no encryption).  Both worked without errors,
succeeding in using the us.archive.ubuntu.com mirror.  Maybe something
was out of sync with the mirror I reached at the time of the failure.
Or maybe a network glitch getting out past the corporate firewall.  I
don't know.

If it happens again, what log files would you like me to try and grab?
Feel free to point me to a web page listing how to obtain the
information you want while running from the alternate disk installer's
commands.  I will need to use sftp to transfer any log files to another
system in order to review before possibly sending along.

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Title:
  Install from Ubuntu 12.04 beta 1 alternate amd64 ISO image fails

Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Attempting a clean install of Ubuntu 12.04 from beta-1 AMD64 alternate
  ISO image as a VM (under ESXi 4.1) behind a corporate firewall fails
  on the step where it starts to try to install packages.

  Network setup was manual with static IP address, netmask, DNS servers
  and domain properly specified.  Also specified proxy settings,
  including account and password, as used for installs of previous
  versions (10.04, 8.04, 11.10?) of Ubuntu off the alternate amd64 ISO
  disk image.

  Note:  Install of Ubuntu 12.04 from beta-1 AMD64 desktop ISO image
  succeeded under same environment.

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