package language-pack-en-base 1:11.04 20110421 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: unable to stat `./usr/share/locale-langpack/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/apt.mo' (which I was about to install): Input/output error

[Graw]

I have xubuntu installed onto a 4gb transcend usb drive mounted at root and a 2gb drive mounted at /usr. The boot loader is installed onto a 100mb partition on a third sony 2gb usb stick the rest of which is formatted as swap space. I've had some problems getting xubuntu installed. I originally tried using LVM however the booter would not recognize the logical volume. I finally tried repartitioning the drives and finally got it installed but now every time I update that is the error that I receive.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: language-pack-en-base 1:11.04+20110421
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 25 23:05:50 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: unable to stat `./usr/share/locale-langpack/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/apt.mo' (which I was about to install): Input/output error
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: language-pack-en-base
Title: package language-pack-en-base 1:11.04+20110421 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: unable to stat `./usr/share/locale-langpack/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/apt.mo' (which I was about to install): Input/output error
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-07-26 (0 days ago)

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

looks like a hardware issue

closing since it was never confirmed by anybody else. thank you for reporting.