Install crashed with error message about not being able to right to the disk

[rwallick]

Disk is a 2 Terabyte (marketing 2 terabyte) Hitachi SATA 6GB attached to an ASUS PCI card that has 2 SATA 6GB ports and 2 USB 3.0 ports. The install media is a USB 3.0 flash drive attached via a USB 2.0 port.

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 x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Tue Jan 24 17:51:53 2012
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Phil (phil11)]

To rwallick,

Thank you for your bug report, could you please include more details on the following:

- The actions taken to produce the problem
- Whether or not it is possible for the reporter to reproduce the bug
- The expected result of these actions
- The actual result of these actions

Thank you,
Phil W

[rwallick (rwallick)]

Hi,
   Thanks for all the work you're doing!!

The actions taken to produce the problem:
    I was doing an install on the hard drive. I manually configure the
hard drive to a 200GB partition for the O/S, a 4GB partition for swap,
and the rest for /home. I also configured for the boot loader to be on
these same drive

Whether or not it is possible to for the reporter to reproduce the bug:
   I tried to repeat the install leaving everything at it's defaults
(left hard drive to the installer to configure) except for installing
the loader to the same drive, I had received a different error. This
error was something to effect of "can not write to drive. drive may be
full or source disk corrupt" I then used gparted to reconfigure the
drive and came up with the same error message about "not being able to
write to drive." I can get the exact error message if you would like.
I won't touch the system till I hear back.

  The expected result of these actions:
An install of xubuntu.

The actual result of these actions:
  A hard drive which needs a low level format

Hi,
   Thanks for all the work you're doing!!

The actions taken to produce the problem:
    I was doing an install on the hard drive. I manually configure the
hard drive to a 200GB partition for the O/S, a 4GB partition for swap,
and the rest for /home. I also configured for the boot loader to be on
these same drive

Whether or not it is possible to for the reporter to reproduce the bug:
   I tried to repeat the install leaving everything at it's defaults
(left hard drive to the installer to configure) except for installing
the loader to the same drive, I had received a different error. This
error was something to effect of "can not write to drive. drive may be
full or source disk corrupt" I then used gparted to reconfigure the
drive and came up with the same error message about "not being able to
write to drive." I can get the exact error message if you would like.
I won't touch the system till I hear back. Also, if it would be
helpful, I can reconfigure the drive and see if I can repeat the problem.

  The expected result of these actions:
An install of xubuntu.

The actual result of these actions:
  A hard drive which needs a low level format

Notes:
   The hard drive is a 2TB Hitachi with a SATA 6GB interface daughter
board (ASUS U3S6) The bios does not recognize the USB 3 ports though it
does see the SATA 6GB ports.

The install media in not corrupt.

Please let me know how you would like me to proceed. I can provide full
system details and make it available for test.

Thank
Rich W

On 01/24/2012 06:10 PM, Phil Wong wrote:
> To rwallick,
>
> Thank you for your bug report, could you please include more details on
> the following:
>
> - The actions taken to produce the problem
> - Whether or not it is possible for the reporter to reproduce the bug
> - The expected result of these actions
> - The actual result of these actions
>
> Thank you,
> Phil W
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

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