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Re: Installer crash at the end of installation

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On 05/11/2016 07:41 PM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 07:20:16PM +0000, Albin Otterhäll wrote:
>> I'm trying to install Debian on a Lenovo Thinkpad T430. This is not the
>> first time I install Debian on this machine, no problems earlier. The
>> problem is that the installer crash at the end of the "[s]elect and install
>> packages" step. All the packages have been downloaded and most of them are
>> installed; the installer crash about 85 percent into the installation. I've
>> tried to redo the step and the whole installation, nothing helps. I've
>> verified the ISO with GPG and SHA512sums and done an integrity check of the
>> USB disk.
>>
>> This is the last part of the error log (/var/log/syslog):
>
> Your problem is the disk, the cable, or the USB port.
>
>>> kernel: [...] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
>>> kernel: [...] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
>>> kernel: [...] Write(10): 2a 00 00 17 c0 00 00 00 08 00
>>> kernel: [...] EXT4-fs error (device dm-1): ext4_journal_check_start:56:
>> Detected aborted journal
>
> This. Which led to the kernel remounting it read-only:
>
>> '/usr/bin/scrollkeeper-rebuilddb.distrib': Read-only file system
>
> and this will bite you later:
>
>>> lilo-installer: LILO not usable on EFI PCs without BIOS compatibility;
>> use grub-efi
>
>
>> The answers I got on IRC suggests that it was something wrong with my SSD.
>> So I tested it with all the tools I know.
>>
>> First I run an extended self-test with S.M.A.R.T. tools. Everything comes
>> up OK. No fails. I when run badblocks:
>>
>> # badblocks -vsw /dev/sda
>>> Checking for bad blocks in read-write mode
>>>  From block 0 to 234431063
>>> [---]
>>> Pass completed, 0 bad blocks found. (0/0/0 errors)
>>
>> It's suggested to me to test by write random data to a file in a similar
>> environment to "emulate" the debian-installer. This is what I did:
>>
>> 1. Create new GPT partition table
>> 2. Create new partition labeled for LVM with recommended start and end
>> (+1MiB to last block)
>> 3. Encrypt the partition with LUKS.
>> 4. Create physical volume, volume group and a logical volume spanning the
>> whole partition.
>> 4. Create EXT4 file system on logical volume.
>> 6. Create file 'foo' and write to it with:
>>
>> # dd bs=4M if=/dev/urandom of=foo status=progress
>>> 236059623424 bytes (236 GB, 220 GiB) copied, 13192.2 s, 17.9 MB/s
>>> dd: error writing 'foo': No space left on device
>>> 56284+0 records in
>>> 56283+0 records out
>>> 236072116224 bytes (236 GB, 220 GiB) copied, 13192.8 s, 17.9 MB/s
>>
>> Have you any suggestions on what I can do?
>
> Return the disk, get a new one. This one is defective.
>
> -dsr-
>
>

Yeah, it certenly seems so. Thanks for your time!

Regards,
Albin

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Installer crash at the end of installation Albin Otterhäll <albinlotterhaell@gmail.com> - 2016-05-11 21:40 +0200
  Re: Installer crash at the end of installation Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2016-05-11 21:50 +0200
    Re: Installer crash at the end of installation Albin Otterhäll <gmane@otterhall.com> - 2016-05-12 00:30 +0200
      Re: Installer crash at the end of installation Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-05-12 11:00 +0200

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