I am trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 on a clean hard drive but it gives an error:
input/output error during write on /dev/sdb
What should I do to fix it? Thanks in advance I haven't tried anything as I am a newbie.
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If you are installing from USB, then there is a problem with the USB. Ubuntu wasn't correctly copied on USB drive. – Cornelius May 04 '14 at 16:29
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make sure that your USB drive is properly connected. – Avinash Raj May 04 '14 at 16:32
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possible duplicate of "errno 5 - input/output error" when trying to install – Eric Carvalho Aug 19 '15 at 12:27
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"I am trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 on a clean hard drive": "input/output error during write on /dev/sdb" indicates that the system is unable to write to /dev/sdb.
please begin by opening a terminal and providing the output of:
sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb
If this fails, it's likely either the drive or the cable connecting it is bad.
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Try disk destroyer("dd") command, google for disk destroyer command , be extra careful on which partition it is being used. If this does not work then you device is broken, there is no way to fix it.
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this is disk destroyer command if you want: "sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M" – Vasantha Ganesh May 04 '14 at 16:45
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ddstands for "Data Description" not disk destroyer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_%28Unix%29 – Alexander Kim Nov 14 '14 at 06:12