Kubuntu installer crashes (Herd 5)

[jz]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Installer crashes at step 7 of 7 during copying of files (55%), results in following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 201, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 196, in main
    install(args[0])
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 56, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 341, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 848, in process_step
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 629, in progress_loop
    (ret, realtb))
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1468, in <module>
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 307, in run
    self.copy_all()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 490, in copy_all
    shutil.copyfile(sourcepath, targetpath)
  File "shutil.py", line 48, in copyfile
    copyfileobj(fsrc, fdst)
  File "shutil.py", line 24, in copyfileobj
    fdst.write(buf)
IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device

[jz (jz+)]

/var/syslog

[jz (jz+)]

/var/partman

[Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik)]

Looks like it was attempted installed on a 1gb virtualbox disk, which is about 2gb too small. The issue that you should have been warned about this is bug 48355.