Comment 63 for bug 245794

Okay, I know the developers don't care a bit about this bug (devs: if you're offended, good. Take that anger and apply it towards fixing the bug and proving me wrong), but here is what I went through with it and my "resolution".

I was installing 11.04 on a Dell Inspiron 1720 with a bad internal DVD drive. Since I knew the drive was bad, I performed an install via LiveUSB. It seemed to set up the partitions correctly and install at least some of the files, but then it would pop up with the Errno5 dialog. It would then go straight to the live mode.

I tried the steps listed here, including messing with the installed RAM, but no dice. I installed Fedora for awhile, but decided I couldn't stand it and started trying again with Ubuntu.

I realized that the answers had something in common: the submitter being told to burn the disc at a lower speed. I knew the dvd drive was bad, so I tried something radical: I removed the dvd drive from the laptop. Lo and behold, it worked.

So, why in the world would a USB install be dependent on a DVD drive at all?