Fresh install Ubuntu 16.04 codec decode error

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I am trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 on a Precision T3600 with a new WD black 1TB hard drive. I have also tried 17.10 with no luck. I get to the point where you enter in user information and the install crashes. I have tried many times with everything google has thrown at me. Additional note I get the same error when just usbing the live usb version. Could it be something with the USB drive?

Installing using a live usb.

Here is the end of the crash report. Any ideas?


PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py']
Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 754, in <module>
install = Install()
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 79, in __init__
self.generate_blacklist()
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 227, in generate_blacklist
for line in manifest_file:
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/codecs.py", line 321, in decode
(result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xed in position 13: invalid continuation byte
UserGroups:
_LogindSession: c1

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I figured it out through trial and error. It was a bad USB drive. Not sure why this what not caught and reported sooner.