ubuntu 11.10 installer crashed on ssd

[Isaac White]

installer crashes while trying to install grub, after successfully installing grub system still will not boot with grub error "out of disk space". system is Compaq 2710p Tablet with kingspec 32gb SSD.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Fri Oct 14 08:31:24 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Oct 14 08:31:16 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Oct 14 08:31:16 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1641, in <module>
Oct 14 08:31:16 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Oct 14 08:31:16 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
Oct 14 08:31:16 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Oct 14 08:31:16 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 199, in run
Oct 14 08:31:16 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
Oct 14 08:31:16 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 944, in configure_bootloader
Oct 14 08:31:16 ubuntu plugininstall.py: old_bootdev = self.db.get('grub-installer/bootdev')
Oct 14 08:31:16 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/debconf.py", line 60, in <lambda>
Oct 14 08:31:16 ubuntu plugininstall.py: lambda *args, **kw: self.command(command, *args, **kw))
Oct 14 08:31:16 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/debconf.py", line 65, in command
Oct 14 08:31:16 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.write.flush()
Oct 14 08:31:16 ubuntu plugininstall.py: IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
Oct 14 08:31:16 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig)]

How did you partition it? Did you have a separate /boot and if so how big was it?

Dave

[Isaac White (zacwhite01)]

fixed issue, have to install Ubuntu on a separate partition from home folder.

[Michael Demetriou (qwazix)]

I solved this problem with a small ext2 boot partition at the beginning of the drive

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version have expired