"bad mirror archive" : What should I put as the "mirror of ubuntu archive" on installation of ubuntu?

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Published on 2011-02-27T18:41:46Z Indexed on 2014/06/05 21:43 UTC
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I'm trying to set up ubuntu from my old macintosh laptop, but when it asks me to put in the "mirror of ubuntu archive" I run into problems.

For the mirror, I put in mirror.anl.gov for the ubuntu archive mirror directory, i put in pub/ubuntu/ Then I leave the http proxy blank and hit "continue"

It then tries to "download release files", which starts at 0%, and eventually jumps straight to 100% and then it presents me with an error of "bad mirror archive".

Any advice? I never set up ubuntu before, and I'm really struggling with this step.

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