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debian-installer package

net install shouldn't just freeze if there's a mirror error

Bug #103825 reported by Alex Mayorga
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Nominated for Feisty by Alex Mayorga

Bug Description

I've modified Instlux over at http://instlux.sourceforge.net to install Feisty Fawn in a no CD laptop.

I used http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/dists/feisty/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/386/ as the PXE

After the reboot the installer kicked in just fine and I choose the US mirror but once it got to the "Select and install software" screen after I've chosen Ubuntu as the desktop everything was very slow, even tough I'm on a 1 Mbps DSL.

I went for a beer and some wings with my wife and mother in law when it was at 1% and when we came back it was only at 6%. I left it running overnight and in the morning it was still struggling at 18% looking pretty stuck at "Preparing foomatic-filters..."

So my question is if this is normal?

I've used Instlux in the past and got an usable system in 3-5 hours later. This time about 12 hours have gone and it's still installing. The activity LED in the network card is off all the time and the HD LED only kicks in rarely.

I've now declared it death, after 36 hours the installer was still stuck at 18% "Preparing foomatic-filters..."

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Alex Mayorga (alex-mayorga) wrote :

For confirmation purposes a picture of the text installer.

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VF (vfiend) wrote :

Probably was just a problem with the mirrors at the time, are you still having this problem?

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Alex Mayorga (alex-mayorga) wrote :

VF,

Since then I've successfully completed other net installs.
I think that the bug should remain, given the net installer won't die/fail by itself in a mirror error condition.
In the related question there's at least other user that has seen this behavior, therefore I believe this should be confirmed.

Thanks and regards,
Alex

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VF (vfiend) wrote :

Alright, not sure what package to assign it to though

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Maarten Fonville (maarten-fonville) wrote :

I can indeed confirm this bug

see question https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/4693

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trollord (trollenlord) wrote :

Afaik it is basically d-i that has been tweaked to download stuff. And yes, it should be far more reliable (for instance automatically try other mirrors in error situations etc).

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Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

Changed in debian-installer:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Cody A.W. Somerville (cody-somerville)
Changed in debian-installer (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in debian-installer (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Invalid
importance: Low → Undecided
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