Dapper installation hangs

Robert E. Butts himco2 at sbcglobal.net
Sun Jul 16 02:41:37 UTC 2006


My recommendation is to reburn the CD.  If that doesn't work, download
another image .. from a different mirror .. and re-burn.  The times I've
had this problem, I fixed it with a re-burn.  I hope you're as lucky ..

On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 19:04 -0700, Tom Smith wrote:

> My apologies... I should've mentioned what I'm using...
> 
> I'm using the server installation of Dapper (the server ISO) and 
> selecting the default installation type (not using "LAMP" or any other 
> options--I'm just pressing "enter" when the initial installation screen 
> appears).
> 
> Tom Smith wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to install Dapper in to a VMware Server Virtual Machine. 
> > The installation has hung every time at the same exact spot. The two 
> > symptoms of this are:
> >
> > 1) The ncurses interface is stuck at "Retrieving file 57 of 64". The 
> > percentage meter is at 5%.
> >
> > 2) The last line in terminal four (Alt-F4) reads "Jul 15 17:57:58 
> > in-target: Setting up ubuntu-standard (0.119) ..."
> >
> > I tried to locate some information on this but have been unable to. 
> > And I found nothing in any of the log files (Alt-F2, /var/log) that 
> > indicates what the problem is.
> >
> > Can anyone provide me with more information regarding this problem or 
> > some possible sources of information to aid in troubleshooting it?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help!
> >
> > ~ Tom
> >
> 
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