#6571 BLOC Never A: Bad hash on Activated Upgrade

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#6571: Bad hash on Activated Upgrade
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 Reporter:  WiseWoman  |       Owner:  jg            
     Type:  defect     |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  blocker    |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  distro     |     Version:  Build 650     
 Keywords:  bad hash   |    Verified:  0             
 Blocking:             |   Blockedby:                
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 I wanted to upgrade from G1G1 (650) to 656. I spent 5 hours (!)
 downloading the large file as directed on
 http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activated_Upgrade. I have it on a USB disk
 (there are other files I need on the disk) right at the top. Got the keys
 to work fine, the grid showed up, a few red ones (what does that mean?)
 and some nice green ones - then it says:

  Erasing 73 Bad hash for eblock # 74

  Use power button to power off

 And nothing happens. I let it sit for a while, nothing happened. Tried it
 again, this time it stops at 48/49. Again: 20/21, one more time, 25/26.
 Not good. Scrounged for a stick. Found one (but not pristine, stuff on
 there I need). Same thing, now 37/38. Tried to delete stuff from stick,
 some files are locked (the stick comes with applications).

 Is it the stick? My machine? I tried to restore by pressing only the 0 key
 on power up - I get a boot failed. Sure, everything was erased. So what do
 I try now? Machine is now unusable :(

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6571>
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