Reported here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10244#issuecomment-378035305

Travis log here: https://travis-ci.org/bitcoin/bitcoin/jobs/361243719#L2810

Note the JSON exception:

```
test_framework.authproxy.JSONRPCException: The mempool was not loaded yet (-1) 
```

That exception was introduced here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/cb1e319fe9e198c9c5cf5236fe9af5a3d748b9e8#diff-a0c8f511d90e83aa9b5857e819ced344R1617

cc @jtimon 
{
    
    CAutoFile fileout(OpenBlockFile(pos), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
    if (fileout.IsNull())
        return error("WriteBlockToDisk: OpenBlockFile failed");
    
    unsigned int nSize = GetSerializeSize(block, fileout.GetVersion());
    fileout << messageStart << nSize;
    
    long fileOutPos = ftell(fileout.Get());
    if (fileOutPos < 0)
        return error("WriteBlockToDisk: ftell failed");
    pos.nPos = (unsigned int)fileOutPos;
    fileout << block;
    return true;
}
bool ReadBlockFromDisk(CBlock& block, const FlatFilePos& pos, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams)