[Bug 1837773] [NEW] installer crash with "[Errno 5] Input/output error"

[simchuck]

Public bug reported:

Trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 from live USB over previous distro
(OpenSUSE Tumbleweed), but ubiquity installer crashes with above error
at start of partitioning (but after re-writing partition table?).

I am unable to close the error dialog, and have access to the mouse, but
cannot close applications or shutdown from GUI.  Switching to terminal
(Ctrl-Alt-F2) and running `top` to find the PID for `ubiquity`, then
killing this process gives me access to my GUI with Ubiquity closed.

I initially tried to preserve my existing `/home` partition, and was no
longer able to boot from the hard disk, but booting from the USB I could
still mount the original partition.  Tried again, but this time asking
to erase the entire disk and install with LVM support, but I got the
same error, but no longer have access to my `/home` partition.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-15.16~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394
Date: Wed Jul 24 11:30:23 2019
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic ubiquity-18.04.14.12 ubuntu

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Title:
  installer crash with "[Errno 5] Input/output error"

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 from live USB over previous distro
  (OpenSUSE Tumbleweed), but ubiquity installer crashes with above error
  at start of partitioning (but after re-writing partition table?).

  I am unable to close the error dialog, and have access to the mouse,
  but cannot close applications or shutdown from GUI.  Switching to
  terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F2) and running `top` to find the PID for
  `ubiquity`, then killing this process gives me access to my GUI with
  Ubiquity closed.

  I initially tried to preserve my existing `/home` partition, and was
  no longer able to boot from the hard disk, but booting from the USB I
  could still mount the original partition.  Tried again, but this time
  asking to erase the entire disk and install with LVM support, but I
  got the same error, but no longer have access to my `/home` partition.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-15.16~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20
  Uname: Linux 4.18.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.394
  Date: Wed Jul 24 11:30:23 2019
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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