Install attempt was over last successful version 3.5 install that was cleared by (most recently) version 10.1a2 installer using auto partitioning option; original partitioning on drive by gparted.. Previously have tried minimal manual partitioning (root+swap) with same results (version 4.x installer...

I had no problems with the installer in my multi-boot environments (using grub and bootit NG) through version 3.5; no joy since then through 10.1 alpha2. This applies to the i386 versions; haven't tried the 64 bit. Apparently something changed with the installer at version 4.x that introduced the er...