Comment 10 for bug 108189

rambo3 writes ("[Bug 108189] Re: files list file for package `*' is missing final newline"):
> I know xml . end tag would be </xml> in that case.
> I think i have a bigger problem then this. It might be the bad blocks on HD.
> I dont know its 5 th time i had to reinstalll ubuntu feisty, first missing new line from apt , then i run fsck on unmounted partition and then reinstall becouse nothing works . Extracting backup will take as much time as reinstalling .
> I had debian woody that worked before ubuntu with no problems.
> Can one run some kind of badblock utility before installing. I am out of ideas

Yes, I think your hardware is broken. It may well be a bad
motherboard, CPU or memory, rather than a bad hard disk.

Ian.