Started with Linux Mint Rebecca 17.1 Cinnamon desktop and a thumb drive formatted for an Xubuntu 14.04.2 install.
First Xubuntu install attempt along-side of Linux Mint: Final step reboot hung. Ctrl-Alt-F1 to root user. Tried to reboot but observed "IO Error". After executing `sync; sync; sync` and waiting about 5 minutes, I powered off and powered on. After that, all seems to be well. Cannot detect any issues with Linux Mint or the Xubuntu installation.
Attempt #2: Booted into the thumb drive. Used gparted to delete the Xubuntu partition. Performed along-side installation. This time, the final reboot succeeded.
Attempt #3: Same as attempt #2.
I'll accept the marking of bug report 1419372 as incomplete based on "2 out of 3" successes and the fact that most folks doing an along-side type installation are probably prepared for the unexpected.
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