ubiquity crashed with OSError in makedirs(): [Errno 5] Input/output error: '/var/log/installer'

[Jayashankar]

while i was trying to install ubuntu it installed but when i removed my pendrive the os is not there at all what should i do

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: ubiquity 2.6.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 17 14:51:24 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity gtk_ui
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity', 'gtk_ui']
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Title: ubiquity crashed with OSError in makedirs(): [Errno 5] Input/output error: '/var/log/installer'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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 you were installing using wubi and that there is a problem with the disk to which you are trying to install Ubuntu or with the Ubuntu image on your Windows partition. I'd recommend performing a back up of your existing operating system and then investigating the situation. One thing you may do is uninstall wubi and reinstall it as this will create a new Ubuntu image on the disk from which to install. Other measures you might take include checking cable connections for your disks and using software tools to investigate the health of your hardware. In the event that is is not in fact an error with your hardware please set the bug's status back to New. Thanks and good luck!