i was never able to reproduce this problem, in any case now in feisty it's possible to ssh into the installer to check status and so on.
If you ever happen to get another Try/Buy machine, please let us know. For now i will close the bug. Fabio ** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Fix Released -- Disk partitioning is impossible using sparce + serial console https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/50056 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs