Examining the paritions, it looks like the installer did apply changes to the partition table. Partitions after the "Installer crashed" message:
root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name
8 0 78125000 sda 8 1 56196 sda1 8 2 40957717 sda2 8 5 1052226 sda5 8 6 18024898 sda6 8 16 3999743 sdb 8 17 40131 sdb1 8 18 3951990 sdb2 7 0 631656 loop0 253 0 56196 dm-0 253 1 74806672 dm-1 253 2 3253162 dm-2 253 3 40131 dm-3 253 4 3951990 dm-4
Examining the paritions, it looks like the installer did apply changes to the partition table. Partitions after the "Installer crashed" message:
root@ubuntu: /home/ubuntu# cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
8 0 78125000 sda
8 1 56196 sda1
8 2 40957717 sda2
8 5 1052226 sda5
8 6 18024898 sda6
8 16 3999743 sdb
8 17 40131 sdb1
8 18 3951990 sdb2
7 0 631656 loop0
253 0 56196 dm-0
253 1 74806672 dm-1
253 2 3253162 dm-2
253 3 40131 dm-3
253 4 3951990 dm-4