see the thread in: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/76976
today i solved this using the "GNOME partition editor" and using all the free space, first i re-partitioned the NTFS partition (win xp) and with the new free space i made one for boot, one for swap and the rest for / (root) at this time i'm installing FRV -- installer crashed https://launchpad.net/bugs/81382 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs