I've reproduced this myself on a 4G usb key, setting the reserved space to max (3.1G), as I've outlined in the description.
Comment #7 on bug #562312 does indeed describe what is happening. I think there's a whole class of issues that can occur, which produce a range of different (and confusing) error messages, crashes, and so on. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/685017 Title: Jockey should warn on insufficient disk space in LiveCD environment, else get error "package nvidia-current 260.19.21-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1" -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs