I/O errors are reported when I try to install Ubuntu, but the SMART data is good. Is my hard disk dying?
- by James
When I try to install linux, it tells me there is an input output error on dev sda.
I have tried both Ubuntu and Mint on two different computers. So that narrows it down to the hdd.
After hours of googling and trying different things I tried making the hardrive ext4 with gparted but that comes up with an error. This makes me think that the hdd…