I have used these sticks to install Linux before, so something in the Ubuntu installer is likely to have triggered something unusual.
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Phillip Susi <ps...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > This appears to be some sort of hardware error. If it isn't the usb > sticks, then it could be your hub or controller. According to your > logs, the drive simply hung up for a few minutes, and the system tried > to reset it, but it still failed to respond, and so was declared dead. > > > ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Invalid > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1462060 > > Title: > The installer crashed twice while installing to two different USB > sticks.. > > Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > I install Linux onto USB mem-sticks, but this is the first time Ubuntu > has failed like this. These are 16Gb ADATA sticks and have never > failed me before. One is unusable now and I haven't been able to check > the second one yet. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 > Package: ubiquity 2.21.25 [modified: > lib/partman/automatically_partition/question] > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3 > Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperVersion: 1.360 > CurrentDesktop: KDE > Date: Thu Jun 4 14:51:08 2015 > InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed boot=casper > maybe-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity > LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) > SourcePackage: ubiquity > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1462060/+subscriptions > -- Cheers, Donald -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1462060 Title: The installer crashed twice while installing to two different USB sticks.. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1462060/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs