[02:19] <DonkeyHotei> pleia2: http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/ubuntu-14.04-desktop-i386.iso is corrupt on the mirror and won't install. pass it on
[02:19] <darthrobot> Content type: [application/x-iso9660-image] Size: [1017118720]
[02:22] <nhaines> Is it?
[02:23] <DonkeyHotei> yep
[02:23] <nhaines> It was fine on 17 April.
[02:23] <nhaines> What do you mean by "on the mirror?"  Ubuntu has hundreds.
[02:24]  * ianorlin thinks there was a mirror with skynet in its name
[02:24] <DonkeyHotei> sha256sum for the iso matches but the md5sum.txt entry for ./casper/filesystem.squashfs doesn't, and while installing, there is a zlib error reading squashfs
[02:25] <DonkeyHotei> and by on the mirror i mean at the above url
[02:25] <DonkeyHotei> nhaines: ^
[02:27] <nhaines> Not sure that counts as a mirror.  Well, I'll test it, and I'll try and see if I can figure out who handles this.  If pleia2 doesn't show up first.
[02:30] <DonkeyHotei> now doing a netinstall instead in the meantime
[02:31] <nhaines> Sounds like a good start.
[02:32] <nhaines> DonkeyHotei: did you md5sum your disc?
[02:33] <DonkeyHotei> i sha256sum'd it
[02:33] <nhaines> The install media you created?
[02:34] <DonkeyHotei> i did not create install media, this was on flash
[02:34] <ianorlin> might be bug in startupdisk creator
[02:34] <nhaines> Any medium prepared to boot from to install Ubuntu is install media.
[02:35] <DonkeyHotei> the ubuntu startup disc creator refused to take the iso because of the md5sum mismatch, so i used unetbootin, and upon trying to install, it found the mismatched file corrupt
[02:35] <ianorlin> try a torrent download?
[02:35] <DonkeyHotei> *disk
[02:35] <nhaines> Then something's wrong, because I did it several times over the weekend.
[02:36] <nhaines> Do a zsync download.  It should be very quick.
[02:36] <DonkeyHotei> ianorlin: the sha256sum for the iso matched
[02:36] <DonkeyHotei> but the sha256sum matched
[02:36] <nhaines> check the md5sum.
[02:36] <DonkeyHotei> of the iso?
[02:36] <nhaines> For a start, yes.
[02:39] <DonkeyHotei> matches
[02:40] <nhaines> I'm about 2/3rds through an install at the moment.
[02:40] <nhaines> I'm almost certain we did a 32-bit install Saturday but I wasn't the one assisting.
[02:40] <ianorlin> yeah there was defintely someone with a 32 bit there
[02:41] <nhaines> ianorlin: two, but I think only one did an install.
[02:42] <ianorlin> yeah the other one had already installed mint with cinnamon and wanted something for vector graphics installed
[02:46] <ianorlin> also why did mint remove the mark all updates in synaptic
[02:48] <nhaines> Dunno.  Mint does some really weird (and in my opinion dubious) things in terms of updates.
[02:49] <nhaines> Well, my i386 install is just cleaning up packages now.
[02:49] <nhaines> DonkeyHotei: congrats!  You discovered you have a bad flash drive.
[02:49] <rww> because they think not all Ubuntu updates are reliable
[02:49] <nhaines> rww: too bad the the result turns out to be "well, guess no one can have updates then!"
[02:49] <rww> it's all very silly
[02:50] <rww> i mean, they're right, but the alternative is worse
[02:50] <DonkeyHotei> nhaines: the iso has a corrupt file
[02:50] <nhaines> I haven't seen updates be *that* unreliable.  But yeah, they take a sub-optimal situation and make it worse.
[02:50]  * rww hums and downloads the x86 iso to mount it and test this
[02:53] <DonkeyHotei> i'm md5sum'ing it now
[02:54] <nhaines> Install finished successfully with no errors.
[02:54] <nhaines> I'm going to start md5summing ./casper/filesystem.squashfs
[02:54] <DonkeyHotei> odd, it matched
[02:55] <DonkeyHotei> are flash problems that consistent? i tried this over and over
[02:55] <nhaines> They can be.  The main symptom is that they're unpredictable.
[02:56] <nhaines> Or as I sometimes would explain to customers on the phone, "You're asking a potentially damaged device whether or not it is damaged."
[02:56] <nhaines> Yup, my copy's md5sum matches too.
[02:57] <nhaines> pleia2: emergency is cancelled.  :)
[02:57] <DonkeyHotei> now try the usb startup disk creator
[02:57] <nhaines> I did on Saturday.  Worked great.
[02:57] <DonkeyHotei> with that iso?
[02:57] <nhaines> Sold the resultant, working USB stick for $20.  \o/
[02:58] <nhaines> Yup, same file, same computer.
[02:58] <DonkeyHotei> well, now i know my most capacious flash drive is faulty
[02:59] <nhaines> DonkeyHotei: all things considered, it's one of the better ways to find out.
[02:59] <DonkeyHotei> good thing i didn't actually buy it, was one of those trade show things
[03:00] <nhaines> Oh, *those* go all the time.
[03:00] <DonkeyHotei> probably from arm tech con in 2012
[03:00] <nhaines> Typically they are made in China for as little money as possible.
[03:01] <DonkeyHotei> i once had a 128MB one die completely, probably a loose connection
[03:02] <nhaines> My awesome and cute orange Ubuntu USB drive I got at SCALE from jcastro three years back died within hours.
[03:14] <pleia2> ah, corrupt usb fun :)
[03:18] <DonkeyHotei> there was a gtk netinstaller for a while, what happened to that?
[03:18] <rww> the framebuffer one? Debian still has it, in the boot menu thing
[03:19] <DonkeyHotei> no, it looked like the normal installer
[03:19] <nhaines> I like the text installer.  It makes me nostalgic.
[03:20] <DonkeyHotei> i know, but progress marches on
[03:20] <rww> nhaines: did you deliberately share that photo of meat with me? i got a notification about it
[03:21] <rww> instead of normal posts which just show up
[03:21] <nhaines> rww: no, Google probably just thinks I'm really important.
[03:21] <rww> ah
[03:21] <rww> i imagined you sitting there giggling. "muhahahaha, this picture involves meat, i will share it with rww because he is vegetarian"
[03:21] <rww> it was amusing, i'm going to pretend it happened
[03:21] <nhaines> I didn't know or care.  :)
[03:22] <nhaines> Although G+ did add the "cooking" hashtag.
[03:22] <rww> also, i already told you to stop pretending to be jono ;(
[03:22] <nhaines> bahaha
[03:22] <nhaines> Well, this isn't really the smoking kind of barbecue he does.
[03:26] <nhaines> pleia2: so the good news is that Canonical is ready to wire me pizza money for the installfest.
[03:27] <nhaines> But the bad news is that my bank doesn't accept international wire transfers.  :P
[03:27] <rww> did that report on use of community funds ever get released
[03:27] <rww> jono was all "this week!" and then quit
[03:27] <nhaines> Nope.  And jono is probably preoccupied.
[03:27] <rww> lol
[03:28] <nhaines> rww: sounds like tomorrow's OMGUbuntu headline.
[03:28] <rww> headcannon: jono quit because he found out sabdfl has been using the community fund to buy bitcoins
[03:28] <nhaines> UBUNTU COMMUNITY MANAGER QUITS OVER FUNDS MISAPPROPRIATION
[03:28] <nhaines> Article: "These things are totally unrelated and probalby a coincidence.  Here's a little about both."
[03:29] <nhaines> rww: I sold a thumbdrive for bitcoin and the price went up.
[03:29] <DonkeyHotei> banks that do accept international wire transfers typically charge around $35 to receive them
[03:30] <nhaines> That's fine.  My bank doesn't charge anything.
[03:30] <rww> lol
[03:30] <rww> nhaines: how much is it?
[03:30] <rww> oh wait actually nvm, my bank fees
[03:31] <rww> i was gonna send it to you as bitcoins :P
[03:31] <nhaines> lol
[03:31] <nhaines> 0.03824 BTC was $20, now $21.41.
[03:31] <nhaines> Which coincidentally wipes out the transaction fee for the one I sold via credit card.
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[20:14] <MarkDude> Spanish requirement- otherwise I would have done so
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