This actually looks like a kernel bug to me:
Jan 31 19:02:23 edubuntu kernel: [ 1902.457830] JFS: nTxBlock = 3965, nTxLock =
31724
Jan 31 19:02:24 edubuntu kernel: [ 1903.125464] SGI XFS with ACLs, security
attributes, realtime, large block/inode numbers, no debug enabled
Jan 31 19:02:24
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Title:
Failed to create swap space during partitioning
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Addition: Just tried the AMD64 Edubuntu DVD and it did NOT fail while
creating Swap.
The 32bit ISO failed 3/3 tries. AMD64, on a 10.7GB disk worked the
first time (32bit VM has a 12.9GB disk.)
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