[Bug 1491712] [NEW] Ubuntu failed to install on SSD (samsung)

[Sathyanarayanan Sundaram]

Public bug reported:

Ubuntu 15.04 installer was able to partition, format and copy files in
SSD. But it was unable to create a boot leading to an installer crash.

The drive was a 256 GB SSD (Samsung 840 Evo), quite new and has been
checked for no drive errors, not frozen and not locked. On a previous
attempt it reported installation successful, but was unable to boot. So
I secure-erased (using hdparm) the drive to try again.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.25 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.360
Date: Thu Sep  3 15:12:26 2015
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_HK.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_HK.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ubiquity-2.21.25 ubuntu vivid

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Title:
  Ubuntu failed to install on SSD (samsung)

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 15.04 installer was able to partition, format and copy files in
  SSD. But it was unable to create a boot leading to an installer crash.

  The drive was a 256 GB SSD (Samsung 840 Evo), quite new and has been
  checked for no drive errors, not frozen and not locked. On a previous
  attempt it reported installation successful, but was unable to boot.
  So I secure-erased (using hdparm) the drive to try again.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.25 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.360
  Date: Thu Sep  3 15:12:26 2015
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_HK.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_HK.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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