Comment 6 for bug 62906

It appears that the kernel encountered too many errors when trying to write to your hard disk and gave up in order to avoid causing further damage. This is often due to a faulty hard disk, and at any rate isn't an installer bug as such. It may help to check whether the hard disk is old and in need of replacement, or to move the system to a cooler environment.

The relevant syslog excerpts that demonstrate this follow:

Sep 28 21:19:40 ubuntu kernel: [17180295.032000] hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Sep 28 21:21:32 ubuntu kernel: [17180295.032000] hda: dma_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=8388684, sector=8388679
Sep 28 21:21:32 ubuntu kernel: [17180295.032000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Sep 28 21:21:32 ubuntu kernel: [17180303.860000] hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Sep 28 21:21:32 ubuntu kernel: [17180303.860000] hda: dma_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=8388684, sector=8388679
Sep 28 21:21:32 ubuntu kernel: [17180303.860000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Sep 28 21:21:32 ubuntu kernel: [17180312.920000] hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Sep 28 21:21:32 ubuntu kernel: [17180312.920000] hda: dma_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=8388684, sector=8388679
Sep 28 21:21:32 ubuntu kernel: [17180312.920000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Sep 28 21:21:32 ubuntu kernel: [17180321.692000] hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Sep 28 21:21:32 ubuntu kernel: [17180321.692000] hda: dma_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=8388684, sector=8388679
Sep 28 21:21:32 ubuntu kernel: [17180321.692000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Sep 28 21:21:32 ubuntu kernel: [17180321.692000] hda: DMA disabled
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180322.364000] ide0: reset: success
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180331.852000] hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180331.852000] hda: task_in_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=8388684, sector=8388684
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180331.852000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180340.608000] hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180340.608000] hda: task_in_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=8388684, sector=8388684
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180340.608000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180349.652000] hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180349.652000] hda: task_in_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=8388684, sector=8388684
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180349.652000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180358.440000] hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180358.440000] hda: task_in_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=8388684, sector=8388684
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180358.440000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180359.112000] ide0: reset: success
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180368.584000] hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180368.584000] hda: task_in_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=8388684, sector=8388684
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180368.584000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180377.340000] hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180377.340000] hda: task_in_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=8388684, sector=8388684
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180377.340000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180386.384000] hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180386.384000] hda: task_in_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=8388684, sector=8388684
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180386.384000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180395.144000] hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180395.144000] hda: task_in_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=8388684, sector=8388684
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180395.144000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180395.816000] ide0: reset: success
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180405.272000] hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180405.272000] hda: task_in_intr: error=0x01 { AddrMarkNotFound }, LBAsect=8388684, sector=8388684
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180405.272000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180405.272000] end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 8388684
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180405.276000] EXT3-fs error (device hda1): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 32, inode_bitmap = 1048577
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180405.276000] Aborting journal on device hda1.
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180409.208000] __journal_remove_journal_head: freeing b_committed_data
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180409.912000] ext3_abort called.
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180409.912000] EXT3-fs error (device hda1): ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal
Sep 28 21:21:35 ubuntu kernel: [17180409.912000] Remounting filesystem read-only
Sep 28 21:21:36 ubuntu kernel: [17180410.664000] EXT3-fs error (device hda1) in ext3_new_inode: IO failure
Sep 28 21:21:36 ubuntu kernel: [17180410.672000] EXT3-fs error (device hda1) in ext3_create: IO failure
Sep 28 21:21:36 ubuntu kernel: [17180410.736000] __journal_remove_journal_head: freeing b_frozen_data