Ubuntu 10.10 installation failure, apt configuration problem

[xaivern]

I am getting the same error... Ive tried doing what is mentioned here but its not working. The UAC is disabled, i cant wipe my hard drive and start new because I cant backup most of it so im trying to install on a new partition and it always stops with the cd thing...

[slythfox]

Windows UAC is most probably entirely irrelevant.

I had installed Ubuntu 11.10 to my usb drive using UNetbootin on Windows. It installed fine on one machine, but the other machine I gave said error. After a few tries on this one machine, I switched to Universal USB Installer. Once I had booted up the Ubuntu live image, I ran the following command to remove the offending script (as suggested here):

sudo rm /usr/lib/ubiquity/apt-setup/generators/40cdrom

I am not sure which one of these fixed the problem since I tried them both at the same time.

[Bucky Ball]

This thread very old and very dead but your tips might help someone ...

[MisterTwisty]

Same issues here using Unebootin to copy the Ubuntu 11.10 iso to my USB stick. The solution for me was to reformat the usb stick within windows as a "FAT" file system prior to running Unebootin. Installation worked a dream after that.

[Innocent Devil]

Windows UAC is most probably entirely irrelevant.

I had installed Ubuntu 11.10 to my usb drive using UNetbootin on Windows. It installed fine on one machine, but the other machine I gave said error. After a few tries on this one machine, I switched to Universal USB Installer. Once I had booted up the Ubuntu live image, I ran the following command to remove the offending script (as suggested here):

sudo rm /usr/lib/ubiquity/apt-setup/generators/40cdrom

I am not sure which one of these fixed the problem since I tried them both at the same time.

Thanks,
This really solved my problem, when i was installing from USB