Wubi seems stuck during download

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Thu, 07 May 2009 14:10:55 +0100
Charlie Gray <cgray at xelix.net> wrote:

> Ashley Benton wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Charlie Gray <cgray at xelix.net
> > <mailto:cgray at xelix.net>> wrote:
> > 
> >     Ashley Benton wrote:
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Charlie Gray <cgray at xelix.net
> >     <mailto:cgray at xelix.net>
> >     > <mailto:cgray at xelix.net <mailto:cgray at xelix.net>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     Ashley Benton wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     > i am trying to install wubi and Ubuntu on a computer
> >     >     > but it
> >     get stuck
> >     >     > after a third of the  first bar. It was there at
> >     >     > midnight
> >     and still is
> >     >     > this morning. Anything that I can do?
> >     >
> >     >     What version of Ubuntu was it trying to install? And it
> >     freezes WHILE
> >     >     installing Wubi, or while Wubi is installing Ubuntu?
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >     I am trying to install Ubuntu 9.04, and I am guessing
> >     > while
> >     wubi is
> >     >     installing Ubuntu as I was asked an user name and
> >     > password. It begins to say 1 hours, 5, then 60, time goes up
> >     > but the bar
> >     doesn't
> >     >     seem to move at all after a while.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > Thanks
> >     >
> >     > Meg
> >     >
> >     Hmm...
> > 
> >     I am frantically searching the Wubi launchpad and Ubuntu forums
> > with no avail, is there any additional information you can give me?
> > Did Wubi create a log?
> > 
> >     Did you get any error message, or is it still frozen at the
> > moment?
> > 
> > 
> > No log that I can see (doesn't mean there isn't any, just I don't
> > know where).
> > I uninstall and tried again but yes it is still stuck, only the time
> > seems to be going up now 65 or 66.
> > If I burn Ubuntu 9.04 on DVD and burn it can I still do a wubi
> > install? Maybe it would solve the problem.
> > I seem to have a problem with this computer. Each time it download
> > something from internet the internet connection is disconnected
> > from my ISP, which may cause the problem.
> > I can download using ubuntu and the disconnection doesn't happen.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Meg
> > 
> 
> I think you have to have the ISO in the Wubi Folder, I dunno if it
> works with a cd. Have you tried checking the checksum of the ISO
> file? To make sure everything is all ok?
> 
> Otherwise, I don't know what to suggest, apart from installing Ubuntu
> on a dedicated partition, but I assume that's not what you want.
> 
> Have you checked where Wubi is installed extensively for logs? Maybe
> once you kill the Wubi Installer it'll generate a log, but I assume
> that'll leave you with a half finished Ubuntu installation.
> 

There are a couple of bugs for this. Have you tried installing in
Safe Graphics mode? [1]

Also, there is at least one bug for wubi simply refusing to install. [2]

There is also the possibility that it is the internet connection getting
lost. Perhaps unplugging the ethernet cable and running the
installation will allow it to complete. Then plug the cable back in and
start Ubuntu. You should be able to run the updates then, to bring it
up to date.

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/292417
[2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/370476

Good luck,

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