Attemping to install xubuntu 14.10 beta 1 by eraising 13.10 and new install

[David Pearson]

initially tried to install along side xubuntu 13.10 but the gparted auto resize failed.. went onto try the erase and install which crashed

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: ubiquity 2.19.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-10.15-generic 3.16.1
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-10-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.6-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.343
Date: Sun Aug 31 14:12:27 2014
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha i386 (20140827)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

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http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1363662

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

It looks like you tried to shrink the volume smaller than the minimum possible size, so it aborted. Partman shouldn't allow you to try to do that. I'm guessing there is something wrong with it's logic in determining the minimum allowed size.