Failure to install Xubuntu on Asus eee

[Robert Wilson]

several attempts to load Xubuntu:
stuck for several days on saving installed applications
problems writing to USB drive
collapse when installing to internal (small) SSD

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.4 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-28.32~16.04.2-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-28-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.376.2
Date: Mon Jan 22 13:58:08 2018
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20170801)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

Your USB card reader appears to be broken. You will need to use another drive.