The MD5 sum was ok, I always check that. There were some comments on the Ubuntu Forums about slow dowloads of the images yesterday, but I can't find the link.
About work-arounds you mention on the QA list that manually skipping to the next step after the error still gave you a bootable system. Does it run reliably? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1417918 Title: PPC - installation step failed - Select and install software To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1417918/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs