more testing shows that it affects essentially i386 VMs running on an amd64 host (~50% of a runs fails in this configuration while it failed only once with an amd64 guest)
I tried virtio and hda and it doesn't make a difference. ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Precise) Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical Kernel Team (canonical-kernel-team) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/894768 Title: Installation randomly fails with: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 621, in copy_file targetfh.write(buf) IOError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/894768/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs