Thread: invalid arguement error during installation.... plz help

i trying install ubuntu inside windows xp. "invalid arguement" error occured.
log file is


07-03 01:13 info root: === wubi 9.04 rev128 ===
07-03 01:13 debug root: logfile c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\wubi-9.04-rev128.log
07-03 01:13 debug root: sys.argv = ['main.pyo', '--exefile="f:\\wubi.exe"', '--cdmenu']
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: data_dir=c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp \data
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: 7z=c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp\bin\7 z.exe
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: fetching basic info...
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: original_exe=f:\wubi.exe
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: platform=win32
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: osname=nt
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: language=en_us
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: encoding=cp1252
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: arch=amd64
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: parsing isolist=c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp\ data\isolist.ini
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: adding distro xubuntu-i386
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: adding distro xubuntu-amd64
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: adding distro kubuntu-amd64
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: adding distro mythbuntu-i386
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: adding distro ubuntu-amd64
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: adding distro ubuntu-i386
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: adding distro mythbuntu-amd64
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: adding distro kubuntu-i386
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: fetching host info...
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: registry_key=software\microsoft\windows\currentver sion\uninstall\wubi
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: windows version=xp
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: windows_version2=microsoft windows xp
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: windows_sp=service pack 2
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: windows_build=2600
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: gmt=-8
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: country=us
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: timezone=america/los_angeles
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: windows_username=pooja
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: user_full_name=pooja
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: user_directory=pooja
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: windows_language_code=1033
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: windows_language=english
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: processor_name= intel(r) pentium(r) 4 cpu 3.00ghz
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: bootloader=xp
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: system_drive=drive(c: hd 13604.4921875 mb free )
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: drive=drive(c: hd 13604.4921875 mb free )
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: drive=drive(d: hd 12316.453125 mb free ntfs)
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: drive=drive(e: hd 25737.3984375 mb free ntfs)
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: drive=drive(f: cd 0.0 mb free cdfs)
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: uninstaller_path=none
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: previous_target_dir=none
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: previous_distro_name=none
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: keyboard_id=67699721
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: keyboard_layout=us
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: keyboard_variant=
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: locale=en_us.utf-8
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: total_memory_mb=445.9375
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: searching isos on usb devices
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: searching local cds
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp valid ubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp\casper\f ilesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp valid ubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp\casper\f ilesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp valid kubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp\casper\f ilesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp valid kubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp\casper\f ilesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp valid xubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp\casper\f ilesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp valid xubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp\casper\f ilesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp valid mythbuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp\casper\f ilesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp valid mythbuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp\casper\f ilesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether d:\ valid ubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain d:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether d:\ valid ubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain d:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether d:\ valid kubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain d:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether d:\ valid kubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain d:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether d:\ valid xubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain d:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether d:\ valid xubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain d:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether d:\ valid mythbuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain d:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether d:\ valid mythbuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain d:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether e:\ valid ubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain e:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether e:\ valid ubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain e:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether e:\ valid kubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain e:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether e:\ valid kubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain e:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether e:\ valid xubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain e:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether e:\ valid xubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain e:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether e:\ valid mythbuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain e:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether e:\ valid mythbuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: not contain e:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
07-03 01:13 debug distro: checking whether f:\ valid ubuntu cd
07-03 01:13 debug distro: info=ubuntu 9.04 "jaunty jackalope" - release i386 (20090420.1)
07-03 01:13 debug distro: parsed info={'name': 'ubuntu', 'subversion': 'release', 'version': '9.04', 'build': '20090420.1', 'codename': 'jaunty jackalope', 'arch': 'i386'}
07-03 01:13 info distro: found valid cd ubuntu: f:\
07-03 01:13 info root: running cd menu...
07-03 01:13 debug windowsfrontend: __init__...
07-03 01:13 debug windowsfrontend: on_init...
07-03 01:13 info root: cd menu finished
07-03 01:13 info root: running installer...
07-03 01:13 debug winuiinstallationpage: target_drive=e:, installation_size=8000mb, distro_name=ubuntu, language=english, username=pooja
07-03 01:13 info root: received settings
07-03 01:13 debug tasklist: # running tasklist...
07-03 01:13 debug tasklist: ## running select_target_dir...
07-03 01:13 info windowsbackend: installing e:\ubuntu
07-03 01:13 debug tasklist: ## finished select_target_dir
07-03 01:13 debug tasklist: ## running create_dir_structure...
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: creating dir e:\ubuntu
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: creating dir e:\ubuntu\disks
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: creating dir e:\ubuntu\install
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: creating dir e:\ubuntu\install\boot
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: creating dir e:\ubuntu\disks\boot
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: creating dir e:\ubuntu\disks\boot\grub
07-03 01:13 debug commonbackend: creating dir e:\ubuntu\install\boot\grub
07-03 01:13 debug tasklist: ## finished create_dir_structure
07-03 01:13 debug tasklist: ## running uncompress_target_dir...
07-03 01:13 debug tasklist: ## finished uncompress_target_dir
07-03 01:13 debug tasklist: ## running create_uninstaller...
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: copying uninstaller f:\wubi.exe -> e:\ubuntu\uninstall-wubi.exe
07-03 01:13 debug registry: setting registry key -2147483646 software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstal l\wubi uninstallstring e:\ubuntu\uninstall-wubi.exe
07-03 01:13 debug registry: setting registry key -2147483646 software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstal l\wubi installationdir e:\ubuntu
07-03 01:13 debug registry: setting registry key -2147483646 software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstal l\wubi displayname ubuntu
07-03 01:13 debug registry: setting registry key -2147483646 software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstal l\wubi displayicon e:\ubuntu\ubuntu.ico
07-03 01:13 debug registry: setting registry key -2147483646 software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstal l\wubi displayversion 9.04-rev128
07-03 01:13 debug registry: setting registry key -2147483646 software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstal l\wubi publisher ubuntu
07-03 01:13 debug registry: setting registry key -2147483646 software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstal l\wubi urlinfoabout http://www.ubuntu.com
07-03 01:13 debug registry: setting registry key -2147483646 software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstal l\wubi helplink http://www.ubuntu.com/support
07-03 01:13 debug tasklist: ## finished create_uninstaller
07-03 01:13 debug tasklist: ## running copy_installation_files...
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: copying c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp\data\cus tom-installation -> e:\ubuntu\install\custom-installation
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: copying c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp\winboot -> e:\ubuntu\winboot
07-03 01:13 debug windowsbackend: copying c:\docume~1\pooja\locals~1\temp\pyl1f.tmp\data\ima ges\ubuntu.ico -> e:\ubuntu\ubuntu.ico
07-03 01:13 debug tasklist: ## finished copy_installation_files
07-03 01:13 debug tasklist: ## running get_iso...
07-03 01:13 debug tasklist: new task copy_file
07-03 01:13 debug tasklist: ### running copy_file...
07-03 01:17 error tasklist: [errno 22] invalid argument
traceback (most recent call last):
file "z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\ wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 196, in __call__
file "z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\ wubi\backends\common\utils.py", line 206, in copy_file
ioerror: [errno 22] invalid argument
07-03 01:17 debug tasklist: # cancelling tasklist
07-03 01:17 error root: [errno 22] invalid argument
traceback (most recent call last):
file "z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\ wubi\application.py", line 55, in run
file "z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\ wubi\application.py", line 125, in select_task
file "z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\ wubi\application.py", line 193, in run_cd_menu
file "z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\ wubi\application.py", line 117, in select_task
file "z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\ wubi\application.py", line 155, in run_installer
file "z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\ wubi\frontends\win32\frontend.py", line 137, in run_tasks
ioerror: [errno 22] invalid argument
07-03 01:17 debug tasklist: new task check_iso
07-03 01:17 debug commonbackend: searching local iso
07-03 01:17 debug commonbackend: not find iso or cd, downloading 1 now
07-03 01:17 debug tasklist: new task get_metalink
07-03 01:17 error tasklist: cannot download metalink , therefore iso
traceback (most recent call last):
file "z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\ wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 196, in __call__
file "z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\ wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 482, in get_iso
file "z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\ wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 326, in download_iso
exception: cannot download metalink , therefore iso
07-03 01:17 debug tasklist: # cancelling tasklist
07-03 01:17 debug tasklist: # finished tasklist

hi, welcome fora.

ubuntu 9.04 obsolete.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of...rsion_timeline

best use supported iso link in signature.

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