Please help testing Wubi 10.04

[kansasnoob]

I've encountered the following bug trying a 10.04 Wubi install both using the Wubi downloader and using a known good 10.04 Live CD:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/575568

[Wubi 10.04] The installer encountered an unrecoverable error and will now reboot

I doubt it will ever be fixed since it's marked invalid

The behavior is exactly as explained by shankho in that bug, the installation appears to complete successfully but then just displays that error upon reboot.

And both a live session and true hard drive installation does work on the same hardware.

[bcbc]

I've encountered the following bug trying a 10.04 Wubi install both using the Wubi downloader and using a known good 10.04 Live CD:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/575568



I doubt it will ever be fixed since it's marked invalid

The behavior is exactly as explained by shankho in that bug, the installation appears to complete successfully but then just displays that error upon reboot.

And both a live session and true hard drive installation does work on the same hardware.

I'm scratching my head on this one. I can only suggest this from the wubi guide

Note that you can install in "Verbose Mode" so that the logs will give much more detailed information. You will have to uninstall, reinstall, press "ESC" at boot after selecting "Ubuntu", and choose "Verbose Mode". There are different Wubi logs:

Windows side installation logs are in your user temp folder (%temp%)

For grub errors, immediately after reboot, press the insert key rapidly after selecting Wubi and/or press ESC at the countdown after selecting "Ubuntu" and use "c" or "e" to enter the appropriate boot options manually

For installation boot logs or if you end up in a Busybox console, see /casper.log. You can use the commands "cat" and "more" to read the file.

For installation logs see /var/log/syslog and /var/log/installer within Linux and C:\ubuntu\installation-logs.zip within Windows. If you do not have C:\ubuntu\installation-logs.zip, uninstall, reinstall, select "Verbose Mode" at boot (see above). When the installer stops press CTRL+ALT+F2 and run: "sudo sh /custom-installation/hooks/failure-command.sh". You can now reboot into Windows, the logs should be in C:\ubuntu\installation-logs.zip

Post installation logs are in /tmp and /var/log/syslog

Also, I couldn't view the results.txt you posted on launchpad, but I don't think it's going to show up too much. You could see if you can loop mount the root.disk from live CD - depending on how far the install got to look for logs.

Somewhere I read that it helps to defrag the windows partition before installing wubi - but I'm grasping at straws now. I'd go for the logs first and see if that helps.

[orbach]

OK, I first downloaded wubi,exe from the main site. The installation seemed to work but when I rebooted it complained no disk could be found and no iso file could be found, then dropped to a shell.

I followed the instructions here and downloaded the latest wubi.exe via the given link, wubi-r190.exe, and ran that. I first uninstalled the previous installation using the uninstaller in the ubuntu folder. Well, this latest version proceeds to install but then complains it cannot find the iso via the metalink and the installation fails altogether.

Now these problems exist since March of this year and it is now July, almost August? Does this mean Ubuntu is dead now?

Here is the log file for whatever it's worth:

07-26 12:11 INFO   root: === wubi 10.04.1 rev190 ===
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  root: Logfile is c:\docume~1\jose\locals~1\temp\wubi-10.04.1-rev190.log
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  root: sys.argv = ['main.pyo', '--exefile="C:\\Documents and Settings\\Jose\\Desktop\\wubi-r190.exe"']
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: data_dir=C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\data
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: 7z=C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\bin\7z.exe
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Fetching basic info...
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: original_exe=C:\Documents and Settings\Jose\Desktop\wubi-r190.exe
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: platform=win32
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: osname=nt
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: language=en_US
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: encoding=cp1252
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: arch=amd64
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Parsing isolist=C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\data\isolist.ini
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend:   Adding distro Xubuntu-i386
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend:   Adding distro Xubuntu-amd64
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend:   Adding distro Kubuntu-amd64
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend:   Adding distro Mythbuntu-i386
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend:   Adding distro Ubuntu-amd64
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend:   Adding distro Ubuntu-i386
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend:   Adding distro Mythbuntu-amd64
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend:   Adding distro Kubuntu-i386
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend:   Adding distro KubuntuNetbook-i386
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend:   Adding distro UbuntuNetbook-i386
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: Fetching host info...
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: registry_key=Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: windows version=xp
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: windows_version2=Microsoft Windows XP
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: windows_sp=Service Pack 3
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: windows_build=2600
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: gmt=-5
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: country=US
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: timezone=America/New_York
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: windows_username=Jose
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: user_full_name=Jose
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: user_directory=C:\Documents and Settings\Jose
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: windows_language_code=1033
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: windows_language=English
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: processor_name=Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E7200  @ 2.53GHz
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: bootloader=xp
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: system_drive=Drive(C: hd 13338.5703125 mb free ntfs)
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: drive=Drive(C: hd 13338.5703125 mb free ntfs)
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: drive=Drive(D: hd 35224.2070313 mb free ntfs)
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: drive=Drive(E: hd 336732.984375 mb free ntfs)
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: drive=Drive(F: hd 57887.8164063 mb free ntfs)
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: drive=Drive(G: cd 0.0 mb free )
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: drive=Drive(W: cd 0.0 mb free )
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: drive=Drive(X: cd 0.0 mb free )
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: uninstaller_path=D:\ubuntu\uninstall-wubi.exe
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: previous_target_dir=D:\ubuntu
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: previous_distro_name=Ubuntu
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: keyboard_id=67699721
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: keyboard_layout=us
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: keyboard_variant=
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: python locale=('en_US', 'cp1252')
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: locale=en_US.UTF-8
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: total_memory_mb=2046.484375
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Searching ISOs on USB devices
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Searching for local CDs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp is a valid Ubuntu Netbook CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp is a valid Kubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp is a valid Kubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp is a valid Kubuntu Netbook CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp is a valid Xubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp is a valid Xubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp is a valid Mythbuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp is a valid Mythbuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether D:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether D:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether D:\ is a valid Ubuntu Netbook CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether D:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether D:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether D:\ is a valid Kubuntu Netbook CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether D:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether D:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether D:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether D:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether E:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain E:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether E:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain E:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether E:\ is a valid Ubuntu Netbook CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain E:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether E:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain E:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether E:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain E:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether E:\ is a valid Kubuntu Netbook CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain E:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether E:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain E:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether E:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain E:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether E:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain E:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether E:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain E:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether F:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain F:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether F:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain F:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether F:\ is a valid Ubuntu Netbook CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain F:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether F:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain F:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether F:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain F:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether F:\ is a valid Kubuntu Netbook CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain F:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether F:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain F:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether F:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain F:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether F:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain F:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether F:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain F:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether G:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain G:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether G:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain G:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether G:\ is a valid Ubuntu Netbook CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain G:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether G:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain G:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether G:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain G:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether G:\ is a valid Kubuntu Netbook CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain G:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether G:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain G:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether G:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain G:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether G:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain G:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether G:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain G:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether W:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain W:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether W:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain W:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether W:\ is a valid Ubuntu Netbook CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain W:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether W:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain W:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether W:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain W:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether W:\ is a valid Kubuntu Netbook CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain W:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether W:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain W:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether W:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain W:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether W:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain W:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether W:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain W:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether X:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain X:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether X:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain X:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether X:\ is a valid Ubuntu Netbook CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain X:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether X:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain X:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether X:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain X:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether X:\ is a valid Kubuntu Netbook CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain X:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether X:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain X:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether X:\ is a valid Xubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain X:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether X:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain X:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether X:\ is a valid Mythbuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain X:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 INFO   root: Running the installer...
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsFrontend: __init__...
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsFrontend: on_init...
07-26 12:11 INFO   WinuiPage: appname=wubi, localedir=C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\translations, languages=['en_US', 'en']
07-26 12:11 INFO   WinuiPage: appname=wubi, localedir=C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\translations, languages=['en_US', 'en']
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WinuiInstallationPage: target_drive=D:, installation_size=8000MB, distro_name=Ubuntu, language=en_US, locale=en_US.UTF-8, username=jose
07-26 12:11 INFO   root: Received settings
07-26 12:11 INFO   WinuiPage: appname=wubi, localedir=C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\translations, languages=['en_US', 'en']
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: # Running tasklist...
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: ## Running select_target_dir...
07-26 12:11 INFO   WindowsBackend: Installing into D:\ubuntu
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: ## Finished select_target_dir
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: ## Running create_dir_structure...
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Creating dir D:\ubuntu
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Creating dir D:\ubuntu\disks
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Creating dir D:\ubuntu\install
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Creating dir D:\ubuntu\install\boot
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Creating dir D:\ubuntu\disks\boot
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Creating dir D:\ubuntu\disks\boot\grub
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Creating dir D:\ubuntu\install\boot\grub
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: ## Finished create_dir_structure
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: ## Running uncompress_target_dir...
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: ## Finished uncompress_target_dir
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: ## Running create_uninstaller...
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: Copying uninstaller C:\Documents and Settings\Jose\Desktop\wubi-r190.exe -> D:\ubuntu\uninstall-wubi.exe
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi UninstallString D:\ubuntu\uninstall-wubi.exe
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi InstallationDir D:\ubuntu
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi DisplayName Ubuntu
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi DisplayIcon D:\ubuntu\Ubuntu.ico
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi DisplayVersion 10.04.1-rev190
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi Publisher Ubuntu
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi URLInfoAbout http://www.ubuntu.com
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  registry: Setting registry key -2147483646 Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wubi HelpLink http://www.ubuntu.com/support
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: ## Finished create_uninstaller
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: ## Running copy_installation_files...
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: Copying C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\data\custom-installation -> D:\ubuntu\install\custom-installation
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: Copying C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\winboot -> D:\ubuntu\winboot
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  WindowsBackend: Copying C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\data\images\Ubuntu.ico -> D:\ubuntu\Ubuntu.ico
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: ## Finished copy_installation_files
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: ## Running get_iso...
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Searching for local CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain C:\DOCUME~1\Jose\LOCALS~1\Temp\pyl18.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether D:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether E:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain E:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether F:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain F:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether G:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain G:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether W:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain W:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether X:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain X:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Searching for local ISO
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Could not find any ISO or CD, downloading one now
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: New task get_metalink
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: ### Running get_metalink...
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  downloader: downloading http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04.1/u...amd64.metalink > D:\ubuntu\install
07-26 12:11 ERROR  CommonBackend: Cannot download metalink file http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04.1/u...amd64.metalink err=[Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  downloader: downloading http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live...amd64.metalink > D:\ubuntu\install
07-26 12:11 ERROR  CommonBackend: Cannot download metalink file2 http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live...amd64.metalink err=[Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: ### Finished get_metalink
07-26 12:11 ERROR  TaskList: Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 197, in __call__
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 493, in get_iso
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 331, in download_iso
Exception: Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: # Cancelling tasklist
07-26 12:11 DEBUG  TaskList: # Finished tasklist
07-26 12:11 ERROR  root: Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 56, in run
  File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 130, in select_task
  File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 156, in run_installer
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 197, in __call__
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 493, in get_iso
  File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 331, in download_iso
Exception: Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO

[bcbc]

OK, I first downloaded wubi,exe from the main site. The installation seemed to work but when I rebooted it complained no disk could be found and no iso file could be found, then dropped to a shell.

I followed the instructions here and downloaded the latest wubi.exe via the given link, wubi-r190.exe, and ran that. <snip>

OK... honestly I am not sure why this thread is still stickied. The original poster (ago) put it in here to get people to help testing the 'soon to be released 10.04'.

You need to get the wubi.exe from the correct site http://wubi-installer.org/

The one you have looks like it will be for 10.04.1 but if it hasn't been updated to the above website it's probably because it's not yet ready.

[philinux]

Unstuck and closed.

Please raise new individual specific support threads.