Comment 60 for bug 568050

I'm very new to Ubuntu, and I tried installing in a separate partition on a fakeraid (RAID 1) setup with Windows XP already installed. I first had to resize the full disk XP partition so an "unallocated" partition would be available for Ubuntu. When attempting to install into this partition using the Live CD, I am also having this issue during the last step during installation, telling me it failed to create the filesystem.

First, when I boot from the Live CD, I get the error "The installer encountered an unrecoverable error". No problem here really, because it still loads the desktop and I can run the installer from the icon on the desktop.

The installer correctly recognizes the existing windows partition. It lets me create two partitions in the unallocated space: one for the root directory (31gb), and one for swap space (6gb). I first tried using ext4 for the filesystem, and this failed. I then tried using ext3, and this failed also. Each time I receive the same error message that it failed to create the filesystem.

I guess my question at this point is whether it is just stupid for me to try to install on top of my existing setup (fakeraid with windows already installed) or if this is a legitimate bug?

This is further complicated by my mouse randomly freezing up when I try to use firefox from the Live CD to search forums for workarounds. It only seems to happen when firefox is open for a few minutes, and then my only option is to reboot. I know this is a separate discussion, but it is starting to seem like installing ubuntu will be an insurmountable task for me...

In any case, I'd like to assist in getting this resolved rather than giving up on ubuntu.