Comment 3 for bug 366867

I think I'm just talking to myself, but I really need help. This is more than a bug, it's turned my computer into a brick.

There are more errors going on then I can properly record, but here are some that I've seen.

During bootup:

[ 251.026822] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 836705927
...lots of those for different sectors...

Also something about VMWare, no module (I used vmware briefly until I switch to VirtualBox for simplicity).

During the brief opportunity after logging into Gnome where apps start without crashing instantly or giving the "Failed to execute" message, I started Synaptic, popup window (over the Synaptic Package Manager background) shows error:

An error occurred
The following details are provided:
E: Unable to write mmap - msync (5 Input/output error)
E: Failed to truncate file - ftruncate (30 Read-only file system)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

Painful experience so far. Any ideas?