Installation fails when fdisk doesn't have enough spare slots

[lunix]

Multiple times now Ubuntu installation fails without any information when the fdisk table is full. I.E. no spare slots to create an
extended partition. This has happened on multiple HP machines with WIndows 7 pre-loaded where a restore partition is present along with the normal NTFS for Windows 7 and another partition from the factory. The issue I am concerned about is that
all versions of Ubuntu through 13.04 just hang and the user is left wondering what happened. I would like to see a proper
check made for no fdisk partition available and a coherent message put up on the screen telling the user what has happened.
Perhaps they need to install a second hard drive. In my case I used gpart to remove the restore partion since I had backup
drives and then the installation went well. Again, it is the hang with no feedback to the user that I am concerned about.

[lunix (bob-l-lewis)]

Here is the actual gparted snapshot from the last time I had an installation fail. Keep mind that this has happened on many machines and I think a user friendly message is mandatory rather than no message on failure.

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