[Bug 1886190] Re: Installing from LiveUSB to external disk. This disk already having 32-bit ubuntu 18.04.04 on one partition

[Chris Guiver]

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make
Ubuntu better.

This installation looks like it was caused by a corrupted file system,
or device problems (sda1). I notice in the logs

Jul  3 11:38:17 ubuntu kernel: [  798.770983] EXT4-fs warning (device sdb8): ext4_end_bio:323: I/O error 10 writing to inode 412691 (offset 0 size 233472 starting block 30865657)
Jul  3 11:38:17 ubuntu kernel: [  798.770986] Buffer I/O error on device sdb8, logical block 427968
Jul  3 11:38:17 ubuntu kernel: [  798.770992] Buffer I/O error on device sdb8, logical block 427969
Jul  3 11:38:17 ubuntu kernel: [  798.770994] Buffer I/O error on device sdb8, logical block 427970
Jul  3 11:38:17 ubuntu kernel: [  798.770996] Buffer I/O error on device sdb8, logical block 427971
Jul  3 11:38:17 ubuntu kernel: [  798.770997] Buffer I/O error on device sdb8, logical block 427972
Jul  3 11:38:17 ubuntu kernel: [  798.770999] Buffer I/O error on device sdb8, logical block 427973
Jul  3 11:38:17 ubuntu kernel: [  798.771001] Buffer I/O error on device sdb8, logical block 427974
Jul  3 11:38:17 ubuntu kernel: [  798.771003] Buffer I/O error on device sdb8, logical block 427975
Jul  3 11:38:17 ubuntu kernel: [  798.771005] Buffer I/O error on device sdb8, logical block 427976
Jul  3 11:38:17 ubuntu kernel: [  798.771006] Buffer I/O error on device sdb8, logical block 427977
Jul  3 11:38:17 ubuntu kernel: [  798.771526] EXT4-fs warning (device sdb8): ext4_end_bio:323: I/O error 10 writing to inode 412692 (offset 0 size 4198400 starting block 30866176)
Jul  3 11:38:17 ubuntu kernel: [  798.772242] EXT4-fs warning (device sdb8): ext4_end_bio:323: I/O error 10 writing to inode 412692 (offset 0 size 6295552 starting block 30866688)
Jul  3 11:38:17 ubuntu kernel: [  798.773577] EXT4-fs warning (device sdb8): ext4_end_bio:323: I/O error 10 writing to inode 412692 (offset 0 size 8388608 starting block 30867200)
..
Jul  3 11:39:16 ubuntu in-target: : Problem unlinking the file /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_bionic_universe_binary-i386_Packages - PrepareFiles (30: Read-only file system)

I've marked this bug as incomplete (due hardware issues), if you believe
I'm in error please leave a comment as to why, and you can return the
status to "New".

I suggest you validate the health of your hardware (esp. disk by
checking it's SMART status using `smartctl`, `gnome-disks` or whichever
tool you prefer), and possibly the integrity of your partition table
(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Smartmontools). If you're unfamiliar
with these, I suggest seeking looking up  refer to
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/finding-help/709

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Installing from LiveUSB to external disk. This disk already having
  32-bit ubuntu 18.04.04 on one partition

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Trying to install Ubuntu 18.04.01 64-bit on same disk having Ubuntu
  18.04.04 32-bit on same external disk.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.394
  Date: Fri Jul  3 17:09:36 2020
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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