[Bug 952760] Re: installer should fallback to network if CD fails to read

[Colin Watson]

In most cases we don't have a useful networked source of such files.
The desktop installer mostly works by copying a pre-constructed
filesystem, not by unpacking .debs, so we can't just use
archive.ubuntu.com.  So I doubt that this is implementable without a
huge amount of infrastructure work - sorry.

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  installer should fallback to network if CD fails to read

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  CD/DVD readers become old and their reliability decreases, so it is
  not uncommon to see those failing. Still CD/DVD disks are still a
  popular giveaways. So..

  When Ubuntu installer is run from CD and CD fails to read some file, it should not crash immediately, but..
  1. propose to retry
  2. try to read this file from the internet

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