[Bug 946175] Re: install.py: OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/target/var'

[Brian Murray]

This bug in particular may very well be due to a hardware error:

Mar  4 08:45:54 ubuntu kernel: [ 1626.509827] ata1: EH complete
Mar  4 08:45:54 ubuntu kernel: [ 1626.537118] ata1.00: limiting speed to UDMA/100:PIO4
Mar  4 08:45:54 ubuntu kernel: [ 1626.537123] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6
Mar  4 08:45:54 ubuntu kernel: [ 1626.537127] ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x65
Mar  4 08:45:54 ubuntu kernel: [ 1626.537131] ata1.00: failed command: WRITE DMA
Mar  4 08:45:54 ubuntu kernel: [ 1626.537139] ata1.00: cmd ca/00:08:f8:07:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 4096 out
Mar  4 08:45:54 ubuntu kernel: [ 1626.537141]          res 51/84:01:ff:07:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Mar  4 08:45:54 ubuntu kernel: [ 1626.537145] ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Mar  4 08:45:54 ubuntu kernel: [ 1626.537147] ata1.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }
Mar  4 08:45:54 ubuntu kernel: [ 1626.537169] ata1: soft resetting link
Mar  4 08:45:54 ubuntu kernel: [ 1626.716305] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
Mar  4 08:45:54 ubuntu kernel: [ 1626.733750] ata1.01: configured for UDMA/133
Mar  4 08:45:54 ubuntu kernel: [ 1626.733766] ata1: EH complete

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Title:
  install.py: OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/target/var'

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Did not install

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Sun Mar  4 02:46:31 2012
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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