Installer crash using CD

[Nick Twigg]

Using standard CD - checksum matched. Burned CD at low speed and verified (in Windows).

Error as per (automatically) attached logs.

Installation Type: Overwrite of old (10.4) installation.

Will retry with fresh install to see if it replicates bug.

N

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Thu Dec 8 21:18:52 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Dec 8 21:10:28 ubuntu plugininstall.py: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Dec 8 21:10:28 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Reviewing your log files attached to this bug report it seems that there is a problem with your hardware. Please retry test your systems memory - this can be done with an Ubuntu bootable CD by choosing 'Test memory' in the boot menu. In the event that is not in fact an error with your hardware please set the bug's status back to New. Thanks and good luck!

[Nick Twigg (nick-nick-web)]

@Brian Murray,

It would appear you are correct. Further tests proved the hard drive is faulty. All in order now that a new hard drive has been installed.

For the record, memory is fine and system self-diagnostics reported no fault apart from the hard drive (S.M.A.R.T Hard drive failure immenent)

Sorry for the wasted bug report!

Nick