Public bug reported:
I was unable to install Hardy Heron Beta Desktop i386 (downloaded on
2008-03-22) on my physical machine. Four attempts were made:
1. Chose "Install" from the LiveCD boot menu (which bypasses the live
session). I chose a "manual" partitioning. Windows 2000 is installed on
the machine, as well as an earlier Ubuntu installation, using two
partitions. I chose to leave the Windows partitions alone, format the
partition previously mounted as /, and not format the partition mounted
as '/home'. The installation progressed but part of the way through an
error message popped up with the title "Failed to copy files; faulty
CD/DVD or hard disk?" saying that the CD or hard drive has a problem.
This is the text of the error:
"The installer encountered an error copying files to the hard disk:
[Errno 5] Input/output error
This particular error is often due to a faulty CD/DVD disk or drive, or
a faulty hard disk. It may help to clean the CD/DVD, to burn the CD/DVD
at a lower speed, to clean the CD/DVD drive lens (cleaning kits are
often available from electronics suppliers), to check whether the hard
disk is old and in need of replacement, or to move the system to a
cooler environment."
(The spelling "Errno" is not my mistake, it is spelled that way in the
error message.) The CD has been checked multiple times for errors and
there is nothing known wrong with the hard drive or DVD drive (after
failing to install Hardy, I was able to install Kubuntu 7.10 on the
machine without errors). The install stops and drops to the live session
desktop.
2. Booted into a Live session and double-clicked on the "Install" icon
on the desktop. Same selections for partitioning as above. Curiously in
the "Migrate Documents and Settings" step the Windows installation was
not detected. The installation progressed past the input screens, but
before finishing the progress bar indicator simply disappeared, dropping
to the Live session desktop. A reboot of the computer shows that at the
very least grub was not properly installed. What was probably the
previous grub installation crashed with Error 15.
3. Tried again using same method as 2. but after going all the way
through Step 7 of 7, clicking Next to start the install caused the
installer to drop back to Step 4 of 7 for partitioning. Every time step
7 was reached and the install was begun, it immediately dropped back to
step 4.
4. Same as in 3. but checked boxes to format both the partitions ('/'
and '/home'). Again the installer dropped back to step 4 after the final
step 7.
I suspect there is a problem with the partitioning I am trying to do but
there should not be.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Unable to install Hardy Beta Desktop i386
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205359
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