It looks like this was some missing support in ntfsresize. Given that this was over 5 years ago, and ntfs support has come a long way in that time, I'm pretty sure this has been fixed.
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295320 Title: 8.10 ubiquity fails during partitioning To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/295320/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs