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I am trying to install ubuntu 20.04.6-desktop-amd64 in an old pc (Lenovo ThinkCentre m73 tiny 10AX0053JP). I bought here in an auction site. I used rufus and had the partition scheme set to "GPT". I got through Grub menu (Install Ubuntu) -> Loading screen (checking disk loads perfectly but installing process halts because of "Errno 5 Input/output error". I tried every minimal options during installation process like proceeding without internet connection, choosing minimal installation and erase ubuntu and install (because I've been repeting this installation process for 10 times). I already checked for checksum if it matches the one on ubuntu website using rufus and found no problem.

Error that I have got:

SCreen image

PC specs:

  • CPU: 2.4GHz 2cores
  • RAM: 8gb DDR3/DDR3L PC3-12800
  • Intel HD Graphics
  • HDD: 7200 rpm
  • HDDinterface: SATA
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Much of the ISO you install is stored as a squashfs or squashed/compressed file-system... ie. the squashfs errors are inability to read your installation media thus it cannot read the data in order to install it to your destination.

Causes are

  • your ISO download was invalid.. anything done after that is lost,

  • invalid write of ISO to media (most common in my experience writing >100 ISOs per year to thumb-drive) or

  • you have a faulty thumb-drive (they're cheap media made to cost; I throw out 5+ per year).

Most likely option is 2 (invalid write) in my experience.

Some brand/models have firmware that has issues that are unique... (Sorry I don't know your hardware) but squashfs errors scream media errors as already explained.

FYI: I use hardware as old as 2005 for Quality Assurance (QA) testing of Ubuntu and flavors of Ubuntu.

As for checking if the write of ISO is valid etc.. refer to the link I posted before, ie. an answer I wrote on Is verifying ISOs downloaded from the official website worthwhile? or the original answer I wrote on Do I need to check the integrity of a Ubuntu install?. If I have issues with media I cannot explain, I boot the thumb-drive on two other boxes (one almost identical, one very different) and check the media on those boxes.

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