Ubuntu Has Been Crashing on my machine, HP EliteBook 840 G3

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(Also, looking at your Ubiquity syslog, it looks like your hardware may be failing - I see possible network errors, segfaults, and possible disk and filesystem problems in the log. I would highly recommend running a RAM check using MemTest86, which can be downloaded from https://www.memtest86.com/. The free version should work fine. I would download this on a computer other than the one you're trying to install Ubuntu on.)

I noted in your bug report

Sep 10 18:48:17 ubuntu ubiquity: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-43-generic
Sep 10 18:48:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 1323.162774] attempt to access beyond end of device
Sep 10 18:48:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 1323.162774] sdb1: rw=2049, want=48001988200, limit=97654784
Sep 10 18:48:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 1323.169253] Aborting journal on device sdb1-8.
Sep 10 18:48:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 1323.169930] EXT4-fs error (device sdb1): ext4_journal_check_start:83: comm cp: Detected aborted journal

I'd suggest checking the health of your drive (sdb) using it's inbuilt SMART.

(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Smartmontools)

Thank you very much. I'll do that.

On Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 14:46 Chris Guiver <
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> Your question #703123 on ubiquity in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+question/703123
>
> Chris Guiver posted a new comment:
> I noted in your bug report
>
> Sep 10 18:48:17 ubuntu ubiquity: update-initramfs: Generating
> /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-43-generic
> Sep 10 18:48:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 1323.162774] attempt to access beyond end
> of device
> Sep 10 18:48:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 1323.162774] sdb1: rw=2049,
> want=48001988200, limit=97654784
> Sep 10 18:48:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 1323.169253] Aborting journal on device
> sdb1-8.
> Sep 10 18:48:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 1323.169930] EXT4-fs error (device sdb1):
> ext4_journal_check_start:83: comm cp: Detected aborted journal
>
> I'd suggest checking the health of your drive (sdb) using it's inbuilt
> SMART.
>
> (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Smartmontools)
>
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Also make sure you have the latest BIOS.
https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-elitebook-840-g3-notebook-pc/7815294

There is version 01.57 Rev.A released on August 15th this year. May help