NPM ERRPR write EIO

[chaohaiding]

Does anyone have the same issue. I just suddenly get the error report as following:

npm ERR! Error: write EIO
npm ERR!     at errnoException (net.js:901:11)
npm ERR!     at Object.afterWrite (net.js:718:19)
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!     <npm-@googlegroups.com>

npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nod
ejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "-g" "express"
npm ERR! cwd D:\crawlerAccessibility
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.17
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.8
npm ERR! syscall write
npm ERR! code EIO
npm ERR! errno EIO
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     D:\crawlerAccessibility\npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

[luk-]

It's an issue writing to your disk. What's in npm-debug.log?

[chaohaiding]

@luk- Hi Luk, the npm-debug.log is too large, I just parse a few last log:

441 silly lockFile e23c45de-arty-node-modules-stream-counter tar://C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express\node_modules\connect\node_modules\multiparty\node_modules\stream-counter
2442 silly lockFile e23c45de-arty-node-modules-stream-counter tar://C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express\node_modules\connect\node_modules\multiparty\node_modules\stream-counter
2443 silly lockFile 323667b5-stream-counter-0-1-0-package-tgz tar://C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\stream-counter\0.1.0\package.tgz
2444 silly lockFile 323667b5-stream-counter-0-1-0-package-tgz tar://C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\stream-counter\0.1.0\package.tgz
2445 info preinstall stream-counter@0.1.0
2446 verbose readDependencies using package.json deps
2447 verbose readDependencies using package.json deps
2448 silly resolved []
2449 verbose about to build C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express\node_modules\connect\node_modules\multiparty\node_modules\stream-counter
2450 info build C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express\node_modules\connect\node_modules\multiparty\node_modules\stream-counter
2451 verbose linkStuff [ true,
2451 verbose linkStuff   'C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules',
2451 verbose linkStuff   false,
2451 verbose linkStuff   'C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\express\\node_modules\\connect\\node_modules\\multiparty\\node_modules' ]
2452 info linkStuff stream-counter@0.1.0
2453 verbose linkBins stream-counter@0.1.0
2454 verbose linkMans stream-counter@0.1.0
2455 verbose rebuildBundles stream-counter@0.1.0
2456 info install stream-counter@0.1.0
2457 info postinstall stream-counter@0.1.0
2458 silly lockFile 1eefcdd1-rty-node-modules-readable-stream tar://C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express\node_modules\connect\node_modules\multiparty\node_modules\readable-stream
2459 silly lockFile 1eefcdd1-rty-node-modules-readable-stream tar://C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express\node_modules\connect\node_modules\multiparty\node_modules\readable-stream
2460 silly lockFile e97f6868-adable-stream-1-0-17-package-tgz tar://C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\readable-stream\1.0.17\package.tgz
2461 silly lockFile e97f6868-adable-stream-1-0-17-package-tgz tar://C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\readable-stream\1.0.17\package.tgz
2462 info preinstall readable-stream@1.0.17
2463 verbose readDependencies using package.json deps
2464 verbose readDependencies using package.json deps
2465 silly resolved []
2466 verbose about to build C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express\node_modules\connect\node_modules\multiparty\node_modules\readable-stream
2467 info build C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express\node_modules\connect\node_modules\multiparty\node_modules\readable-stream
2468 verbose linkStuff [ true,
2468 verbose linkStuff   'C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules',
2468 verbose linkStuff   false,
2468 verbose linkStuff   'C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\express\\node_modules\\connect\\node_modules\\multiparty\\node_modules' ]
2469 info linkStuff readable-stream@1.0.17
2470 verbose linkBins readable-stream@1.0.17
2471 verbose linkMans readable-stream@1.0.17
2472 verbose rebuildBundles readable-stream@1.0.17
2473 info install readable-stream@1.0.17
2474 info postinstall readable-stream@1.0.17
2475 verbose about to build C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express\node_modules\connect\node_modules\multiparty
2476 info build C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express\node_modules\connect\node_modules\multiparty
2477 verbose linkStuff [ true,
2477 verbose linkStuff   'C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules',
2477 verbose linkStuff   false,
2477 verbose linkStuff   'C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\express\\node_modules\\connect\\node_modules' ]
2478 info linkStuff multiparty@2.1.8
2479 verbose linkBins multiparty@2.1.8
2480 verbose linkMans multiparty@2.1.8
2481 verbose rebuildBundles multiparty@2.1.8
2482 verbose rebuildBundles [ 'readable-stream', 'stream-counter' ]
2483 info install multiparty@2.1.8
2484 info postinstall multiparty@2.1.8
2485 verbose about to build C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express\node_modules\connect
2486 info build C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express\node_modules\connect
2487 verbose linkStuff [ true,
2487 verbose linkStuff   'C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules',
2487 verbose linkStuff   false,
2487 verbose linkStuff   'C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\express\\node_modules' ]
2488 info linkStuff connect@2.9.0
2489 verbose linkBins connect@2.9.0
2490 verbose linkMans connect@2.9.0
2491 verbose rebuildBundles connect@2.9.0
2492 verbose rebuildBundles [ 'bytes', 'multiparty', 'pause', 'qs', 'uid2' ]
2493 info install connect@2.9.0
2494 info postinstall connect@2.9.0
2495 verbose about to build C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express
2496 info build C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\express
2497 verbose linkStuff [ true,
2497 verbose linkStuff   'C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules',
2497 verbose linkStuff   true,
2497 verbose linkStuff   'C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules' ]
2498 info linkStuff express@3.4.0
2499 verbose linkBins express@3.4.0
2500 verbose link bins [ { express: './bin/express' },
2500 verbose link bins   'C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm',
2500 verbose link bins   true ]
2501 verbose linkMans express@3.4.0
2502 verbose rebuildBundles express@3.4.0
2503 verbose rebuildBundles [ 'buffer-crc32',
2503 verbose rebuildBundles   'commander',
2503 verbose rebuildBundles   'connect',
2503 verbose rebuildBundles   'cookie',
2503 verbose rebuildBundles   'cookie-signature',
2503 verbose rebuildBundles   'debug',
2503 verbose rebuildBundles   'fresh',
2503 verbose rebuildBundles   'methods',
2503 verbose rebuildBundles   'mkdirp',
2503 verbose rebuildBundles   'range-parser',
2503 verbose rebuildBundles   'send' ]
2504 info install express@3.4.0
2505 info postinstall express@3.4.0
2506 verbose exit [ 0, true ]
2507 error Error: write EIO
2507 error     at errnoException (net.js:901:11)
2507 error     at Object.afterWrite (net.js:718:19)
2508 error If you need help, you may report this log at:
2508 error     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
2508 error or email it to:
2508 error     <npm-@googlegroups.com>
2509 error System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
2510 error command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "-g" "express"
2511 error cwd D:\crawlerAccessibility
2512 error node -v v0.10.17
2513 error npm -v 1.3.8
2514 error syscall write
2515 error code EIO
2516 error errno EIO
2517 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

[perlauge]

I have just been playing with Unicode support in Windows command prompt, using the code-page 65001 I can't get npm to install, giving me the above error. Changing the code-page to 850 chcp 850 and running the exact same npm command it then works fine.

[swuphoto]

@perlauge - thanks for pointing out the code page solution, my system locale for non-Unicode is English although I did have simplified chinese IME; but in command prompt the locale somehow set to it.

[othiym23]

Closing as resolved. There are two ways to run into this problem, neither of them bugs in npm itself:

1. Something unspecified is wrong with I/O on the system – the hard drive is going bad, something's wrong with the block device driver, the OS is having a meltdown, or
2. You're running Windows and somehow you've ended up with a system codepage installed that's incompatible with how you're naming things. chcp 850 in cmd.exe should fix this.

[angeliaz]

Thanks.I have solved this problem by typing the command chcp 850