The dmesg output after the abort ends with this: [17180250.564000] hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } [17180250.564000] hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=11470451, sector=11470237 [17180250.564000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown [17180250.564000] end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 11470237 [17180257.184000] hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } [17180257.184000] hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=11470451, sector=11470245 [17180257.184000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown [17180257.184000] end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 11470245 [17180263.748000] hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } [17180263.748000] hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=11470451, sector=11470253 [17180263.752000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown [17180263.752000] end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 11470253 [17180270.356000] hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } [17180270.356000] hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=11470451, sector=11470261 etc...
Anyway, my research has led me to believe that it's just a bad drive. Is this a reasonable conclusion? -- update-manager aborts on hplip updating to Feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/116319 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs