Binary package hint: partitionmanager
During live CD install of Jaunty Alpha 4 on a dual-boot system (8.10 and WinXP formatted as ext3 and NTFS respectively) I chose the default automatic resize and the dialogue box "Please wait: Resizing partitions" has a progress bar that doesn't move. After ~10 minutes of disk activity but no movement of the progress bar, it brought up the manual partitioner dialogue. Relevant dmesg output:
[ 313.208740] JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536
[ 313.551919] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, large block numbers, no debug enabled
[ 313.554806] SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem
[ 333.551056] NTFS driver 2.1.29 [Flags: R/O MODULE].
[ 333.767044] QNX4 filesystem 0.2.3 registered.
[ 333.889776] VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sda1.
[ 333.908495] VFS: Can't find ext4 filesystem on dev sda1.
[ 333.915311] VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev sda1.
[ 333.922563] cramfs: wrong magic
[ 334.317157] VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sda2.
[ 334.323741] VFS: Can't find ext4 filesystem on dev sda2.
[ 334.330176] VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev sda2.
[ 334.340173] cramfs: wrong magic
[ 334.756767] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 334.756775] sda3: rw=0, want=4, limit=2
[ 334.756782] EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
[ 334.762786] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 334.762794] sda3: rw=0, want=4, limit=2
[ 334.762800] EXT4-fs: unable to read superblock
[ 334.768628] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 334.768635] sda3: rw=0, want=4, limit=2
[ 334.768641] EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
[ 334.777177] cramfs: wrong magic
[ 334.819141] FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
[ 334.819151] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda3.
[ 334.824940] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 334.824947] sda3: rw=0, want=66, limit=2
[ 334.824954] isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=sda3, iso_blknum=16, block=32
[ 334.831077] SQUASHFS error: Can't find a SQUASHFS superblock on sda3
[ 334.837065] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 334.837072] sda3: rw=0, want=72, limit=2
[ 334.837083] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 334.837088] sda3: rw=0, want=128, limit=2
[ 334.847731] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 334.847739] sda3: rw=0, want=18, limit=2
[ 334.847749] ReiserFS: sda3: warning: sh-2006: read_super_block: bread failed (dev sda3, block 8, size 1024)
[ 334.847760] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 334.847765] sda3: rw=0, want=130, limit=2
[ 334.847774] ReiserFS: sda3: warning: sh-2006: read_super_block: bread failed (dev sda3, block 64, size 1024)
[ 334.847781] ReiserFS: sda3: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find reiserfs on sda3
[ 334.853816] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 334.853824] sda3: rw=0, want=8, limit=2
[ 334.853831] XFS: SB read failed
[ 334.867689] FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
[ 334.867700] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda3.
[ 334.886884] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 334.886892] sda3: rw=0, want=4, limit=2
[ 334.886897] MINIX-fs: unable to read superblock
[ 334.960820] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 334.960830] sda3: rw=0, want=3, limit=2
[ 334.960836] hfs: unable to find HFS+ superblock
[ 334.978765] qnx4: wrong fsid in superblock.
[ 334.986690] You didn't specify the type of your ufs filesystem
[ 334.986694]
[ 334.986696] mount -t ufs -o ufstype=sun|sunx86|44bsd|ufs2|5xbsd|old|hp|nextstep|nextstep-cd|openstep ...
[ 334.986699]
[ 334.986701] >>>WARNING<<< Wrong ufstype may corrupt your filesystem, default is ufstype=old
[ 334.986728] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 334.986734] sda3: rw=0, want=18, limit=2
[ 334.992667] attempt to access beyond end of device
[ 334.992674] sda3: rw=0, want=3, limit=2
[ 334.992681] hfs: can't find a HFS filesystem on dev sda3.
[ 335.063219] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[ 335.063248] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[ 386.367266] Adding 1775140k swap on /dev/sda6. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1775140k
...
possibly bad install cd or bad HD:
The installer encountered an error copying files to the hard disk:
[Errno 5] Input/output error
This is often due to a faulty CD/DVD disk or drive, or a faulty hard disk. It may help to clean the CD/DVD, to burn the CD/DVD at a lower speed, to clean the CD/DVD drive lens (cleaning kits are often available from electronics suppliers), to check whether the hard disk is old and in need of replacement, or to move the system to a cooler environment.