Trouble installing Ubuntu 18.04. Machine unable to reach archive

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 18:33:30 -0700, Eric Fort wrote:
>Id be happy to try again with the full Server DVD but I’ve had
>problems with that install selecting and deselecting packages so as to
>get a lean install.  Could go either way here but I need to download
>the full dvd again as it was accidentally deleted.  If I download the
>full iso how do I get the expert text installer running?

I don't remember, since it was a long time ago when I installed Ubuntu
by using the server image. From then on 'do-release-upgrade' worked very
well. IIRC the 'expert text installer' was the default. FWIW when
installing from the server image you definitely get an install without
X, a WM and DE. Since my domain is audio, I unchecked all server
related packages and apart from this, I needed to disabled all unwanted
services, since user-friendliness is for starting all services
available by an installed package, even if you just need software from
this package, but not a daemon doing something counter-productive
regarding your needs.

On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 12:19:32 +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote:
>if you use virt-manager you will have to set up proper bridge
>networking on your host machine, did you do that ? 

Wimps are using VirtualBox binaries from the http://www.oracle.com
instead of other virtualisation or even VirtualBox from what
ever distro's repository. Call me a wimp, but I don't waste time with
any kind of issue, such as shared folders or networking or after the
last upgrade it stopped working properly.