[Bug 1918094] Re: Ubuntu is not being installed on my VM. Says media file error or hard disk error

[Chris Guiver]

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make
Ubuntu better.

This package failure looks like it was caused by bad ISO download,
corrupted install media, or device failure. eg. look in the logs and
you'll see messages like these :-

Mar  8 06:42:46 ubuntu kernel: [  235.885763] SQUASHFS error: zlib decompression failed, data probably corrupt
Mar  8 06:42:46 ubuntu kernel: [  235.885767] SQUASHFS error: squashfs_read_data failed to read block 0x22a25f9c

Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be
a useful bug report so I am closing it, as it appears to be a bad ISO or
faulty device (inc. bad write-to-device). If you believe I'm in error,
please leave a comment explaining why and change the status back to
'New'. I suggest you verify your ISO download, and use the 'check disc
for defects' option to validate your media before install to ensure a
good download & write.

Possibly useful : https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-how-to-
verify-ubuntu#0 and
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/CDIntegrityCheck  (where
CD refers to your install media, be it CD, DVD, HDD, SSD, thumb-drive
etc)

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Ubuntu is not being installed on my VM. Says media file error or hard
  disk error

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I downloaded the Ubuntu .iso file and a trying to run on a VM.
  However, it just says media error/hard disk/cd error and the installer
  keeps crashing.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376
  Date: Mon Mar  8 14:43:19 2021
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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