Ubuntu failed to install on SSD (samsung)

Bug #1491712 reported by Sathyanarayanan Sundaram
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Bug Description

Ubuntu 15.04 installer was able to partition, format and copy files in SSD. But it was unable to create a boot leading to an installer crash.

The drive was a 256 GB SSD (Samsung 840 Evo), quite new and has been checked for no drive errors, not frozen and not locked. On a previous attempt it reported installation successful, but was unable to boot. So I secure-erased (using hdparm) the drive to try again.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.25 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.360
Date: Thu Sep 3 15:12:26 2015
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_HK.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_HK.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Sathyanarayanan Sundaram (s-sathyan) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

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 installation media (CD/DVD). You can verify the integrity of the Ubuntu ISO files you downloaded by following the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM. You might also retry your installation with new media. In the event that is is not in fact an error with your installation media please set the bug's status back to New. Thanks and good luck!

[This is an automated message. I apologize if it reached you inappropriately; please just reply to this message indicating so.]

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
tags: added: ident-mismatch
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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