According to the logs, /dev/hdb1 is a bit under 2 GB which explains why the install failed. Since you chose to automatically partition, this shouldn't be happening. I'm temporarily unmarking this as a dupe to make sure it doesn't get lost ( if it turns out to be an original problem)
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 48355 partitioner should warn about too small disk while autopartitioning (some_device) -- Installer crashed - Ubuntu dapper live CD https://launchpad.net/bugs/62213 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs