Also by the way: You have a Oct 17 16:30:25 ubuntu kernel: [ 1449.516591] ata5.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
in your syslog. May be you have a hardware damage at your drive(the plug of the wire to your harddrive has encountered thermal deformation with time -> interrupted connections). When this is correct there is nothing to do from software site. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067807 Title: ubuntu 11.10 installation crashed - /usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/misc.py", line 193, in boot_device To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1067807/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs