[Bug 1243865] Re: Installation to portable hard drive, may have bad sector.

[Quinn Balazs]

Before pursuing this on a software basis, could you format and check the
drive for any inconsistencies that would explain the repeated return to
zero seeks?

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Title:
  Installation to portable hard drive, may have bad sector.

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  installation directly from optical disk  to USB hard drive. drive was
  "ticking", indicating repeated "return-to-zero"seeks.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.15.26 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  Date: Wed Oct 23 14:05:06 2013
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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