Error installing Ubuntu 11.10 on VirtualBox

Colin Law clanlaw at googlemail.com
Sun Mar 18 13:57:01 UTC 2012


On 18 March 2012 13:44, Suhaila Haji Mohd Hussin
<bell_beauty12 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I got this kinda error
>
> Errno5 input/output error
>
> This particular error is often due to a faulty CD/DVD disk or drive, or a
> faulty hard disk. It may help to clean the CD/DVD, to burn the CD/DVD at a
> lower speed, to clean the CD/DVD drive lens (cleaning kits are often
> available from electronics suppliers), to check whether the hard disk is old
> and in need of replacement, or to move the system to a cooler environment.

If you boot off the CD then I think on the first screen before it
boots into Ubuntu there is an option to check the CD.  Run this to
check that it is burnt correctly and that the drive can read it.  If
that fails then follow the advice given with the error you posted.

Colin




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