Ubuntu install fails with input / output error

Bug #1816482 reported by Gustavo Kazuhiko Rodrigues Mitamura
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I downloaded this install image via torrent, and the install failed with an input / output error.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-15.16~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394
Date: Mon Feb 18 17:12:25 2019
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Gustavo Kazuhiko Rodrigues Mitamura (gustavokrm) wrote :
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Paul White (paulw2u) wrote :

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner. The following messages can be found in UbiquitySyslog.txt which was automatically attached to this bug report:

Feb 18 20:12:17 ubuntu kernel: [ 231.141984] SQUASHFS error: zlib decompression failed, data probably corrupt
Feb 18 20:12:17 ubuntu kernel: [ 231.141990] SQUASHFS error: squashfs_read_data failed to read block 0x81cb1

You probably had a bad write to your media and no doubt the issue was resolved some time ago. Should you have such a problem in the future please try the option to check the integrity of the image from the installer boot menu, and if this confirms that the media is corrupt, try re-writing it.

Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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