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borahshadow

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Registered: 2015-02-20

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File System I/O errors when trying to install

Hi everyone. I'm new to Arch but not new to Linux. I've been trying to install Arch for the first time and I can't get it to work.

I started to install it and I got about to the point where I run pacstrap and I started getting Ext4-fs I/O errors.

"Buffer I/O error on dev dm-0, logical block 3146272, lost async page write."
That's an example of the main error

At first I thought my new SSD was defective. So I was about to send it in for warranty when I booted into a live CD session and ran a SMART self test on the SSD and it completed without error. So I tried the SSD in another system and it seemed to work there.
I booted up the Arch install CD again. This time I didn't even mount my SSD but just ran pacman -Syyu to update the system before I mounted / on /mnt. I got the same error without the SSD connected. So I just tried it again with the SSD disconnected from the system and got the same thing. So it's clearly having I/O errors on the live file system but I don't know what the problem is. Is it a bug in the install ISO I have or is it something to do with my ram. I ran Memtest for a while last night and it didn't have any problems but I didn't run it for hours. I could try running memtest for longer but I'm pretty sure my ram is ok. there is currently 2GB in the system BTW.

Also don't have an optical drive installed in the computer so I'm booting the install from an external USB optical drive. I don't think that should make a difference but I've been wrong before.

hmaster

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Registered: 2015-03-08

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Re: File System I/O errors when trying to install

It happens to me too when I try to install arch.
The only exception is that I'm trying to install it in a VM.
I have tried installing it in VMWare, VirtualBox. Same thing always.

falconindy

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Re: File System I/O errors when trying to install

Hi everyone. I'm new to Arch but not new to Linux. I've been trying to install Arch for the first time and I can't get it to work.

I started to install it and I got about to the point where I run pacstrap and I started getting Ext4-fs I/O errors.

How did you do the installation? I ask because...

"Buffer I/O error on dev dm-0, logical block 3146272, lost async page write."

This isn't your SSD, but your live environment running out of disk space. You wouldn't get these errors if your SSD was mounted and you were installing to it (rather than the mapped device).

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doblerone

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Registered: 2011-12-08

Posts: 215

Re: File System I/O errors when trying to install

Same problem here.
I followed the beginners' guide carefully and when I get to the point of installing base using the pacstrap script, I got the same error.

How can we proceed?

Edit: I downloaded the last iso, check the PGP and now I can go on with the installation!

Last edited by doblerone (2015-05-01 10:41:15)