[Bug 1714167] Re: Netboot fails with - Unable to install the selected kernel - message while installing Ubuntu 17.10

[Steve Langasek]

Your bug report includes the warning that:

 Warning: http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/artful/main
/binary-ppc64el/Packages.xz was corrupt

If this were corrupt on our servers, we should see failures building all
images and packages for 17.10.  Since this is not the case, the most
likely explanation is either a one-time corruption at download time, or
corruption on some proxy in between the server and the machine you're
installing on.

Is this failure reproducible for you?

** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Netboot fails with - Unable to install the selected kernel - message
  while installing Ubuntu 17.10

Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project:
  New
Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  == Comment: #0 - Harish Sriram <hasriram at in.ibm.com> - 2017-08-31 00:24:25 ==
  ---Problem Description---
   based installation fails with "Unable to install the selected kernel" message
   
  Contact Information = Harish Sriram / hasriram at in.ibm.com 

  ---uname output---
  Linux ltc-test-ci2 4.12.0-11-generic #12-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 11 12:23:06 UTC 2017 ppc64le GNU/Linux
   
  Machine Type = POWER8 
   
  ---Debugger---
  A debugger is not configured
   
  ---Steps to Reproduce---
  1) Start Ubuntu 17.10 installation on a P8 BML.
  2) Continue with the installation. While trying to install linux-generic image installation fails with following error :

  
                                      [!!] Install the base system
         
                      Unable to install the selected kernel                
        An error was returned while trying to install the kernel into the  
        target system.                                                    
                                                                          
        Kernel package: 'linux-generic'.                                  
                                                                             
        Check /var/log/syslog or see virtual console 4 for the details.  
                                                                           
                  <Go Back>                           <Continue>                            
                                                                           
  While continuing, sometimes hitting this issue,

                                                       [!!] Install the base system
                                                          Debootstrap warning
    Warning:
    http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/artful/main/binary-ppc6 
    4el/Packages.xz was corrupt                                           

                   <Go Back>
  <Continue>

  Install method: Netboot

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  -Post a private note with access information to the machine that the bug is occuring on.

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