[Bug 245794] Re: [Errno 5] Input/Output Error during Live CD Installation

[Marble]

Can confirm at least that I've had to remove 2 of the 3 sticks of RAM
(so am left with 512Mb) on an Athlon 64 3500, Asus motherboard in order
for the installer to no longer have the 'copied file doens't match
original' type error.  Happened with both 10.10 and 11.04 installers.
MemTest had passed all the sticks.  Haven't tried removing the CDROM
drive yet - might give that a go tho and see what happens!

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Title:
  [Errno 5] Input/Output Error during Live CD Installation

Status in “base-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I didn't find the exact description here for the bug I noticed, though
  it was discussed on

  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=600126

  very intense. I'v tried to install ubuntu with the Live CD for 8.04 and 8.04.1 (both i386) on my SATA2 drive and I always get the Message:
  -------
  The installer encountered an error copying files to the hard disk:

  [Errno 5] Input/output error

  This particular error is often due to a faulty CD/DVD disk or drive,
  or a faulty hard disk. It may help to clean the CD/DVD, to burn the
  CD/DVD at a lower speed, to clean the CD/DVD drive lens (cleaning kits
  are often available from electronics suppliers), to check whether the
  hard disk is old and in need of replacement, or to move the system to
  a cooler environment.

  I redownloaded the ISO several times, checked the MD5 right after the download and MD5'ed the burned CD (burned at 4x). Everything seemed to be allright, but this message always occured - around 69%-73%.
  -------

  It seems to have no effect wether I choose EXT3, ReiserFS, create swap
  partition yes/no, formating the root partition on console or whatever.

  I managed to install Ubuntu 7.04 (feisty fawn) from an old Live CD -
  no Problem. So my HD must be allright too. As I dig around in forums,
  people seemed to solve this by chance (trying different CDR's etc.). I
  couldn't find a real solution for this.

  My system: Intel Core 2 Duo, MSI P31 Neo-F, 2GB RAM, XpertVision
  Radeon HD 2600XT, Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS.

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