[Bug 1196430] Re: Ubuntu 13.04 Installation Crashed / GParted can't access SDA partition / Ba dsectors on SDA1

[Georges Portailler]

HI,
After further investigations I am not convinced thta it is comin from GPARTed but rather a doomed disk. Evry time I could acees it with the live CD and disk utility SMART Datathe number of bad sectors was grater than the previous check, disk utility was even mentionning disk will soon fail or something alike.
Since then I dismounted the disk and sometime I might buy a new one and install it.
I was trying to revive a firend's PC which was dead under Windows7 (disk problems).
Regards

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Title:
  Ubuntu 13.04 Installation Crashed / GParted can't access SDA partition
  / Ba dsectors on SDA1

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  GParted: Sacnning device: Input/output error during read on /dev/sda
  Hitting ignore will eventually give ma ccess to the partition table and allow me to delete partion, format, design it as bootable.

  Disk Utilities: Disk is OK, 772 bad sectors (33° C / 91° F)
  I tried several times to delete the partition, recreate and reformat needs few try to complete ite but at installation time it systematically crashes ,during files copy if partition defned before installation, when creating partitions if they have been deleted before installation.

  Installing Puppy Linux is working but I would prefer to install Ubuntu

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.14.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.331
  Date: Mon Jul  1 08:03:20 2013
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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