Installation of Hoary array 4 going wrong

[Philippe Landau]

hello Ari

when i read your post i thought i was reading what i wrote
yesterday describing the exact same problem
(Re: installing hoary, no sound; 02/12/2005 04:57 AM).
and because 4 days ago the same installation
went through without a problem,
is it possibly an update they made since on the ftp servers
is breaking installs now ?

kind regards     philippe

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Ari Torhamo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been trying to install Hoary (array 4) from a CD for several times
> now, but the installation always stops to an error message before it
> gets finnished. Packages seem to get installed normally and I get past
> the point where I'm asked my name and password. I'm not sure if the
> system is about to enter the log-in phase or starting to download
> software, but I get the following errormessage:
> 
> *Ubuntu base system configuration*
> There was a problem installing the selected software
> One or more packages faild to install...
> 
> Then I'm taken to Aptitude and told that I might do something there to
> make things better (which I can't :) When I quit Aptitude, I'm brought
> to the command line. I tried "startx", but got the message "no such
> command". I was able to do "shutdown -h now" though.
> 
> I downloaded the iso-image twice (got same checksum for both), first
> with Bittorrent and then as a normal download. I also burned the image
> twice on different discs, so this shouldn't be a media or download
> problem.
> 
> I didn't find a similar case in bugzilla. What might be the best way to
> diagnose the problem. I might try installing once again and take notes
> of what's on the screen right before the errormessage (I missed it last
> time). BTW, live CD worked fine for me.
> 
> Ari Torhamo
> 
>