@ Tech,
Thank you for your answer.
As it turns out, the vps offered later in the day, 120601-1, installed without error.
Did get a new error box today, see attached below. What is that, and why does it happen? Error occurred only on user account, not on superuser. After the lock file was deleted, vps went in.
I am going to not put in the command for automatic configuration atm, but will later.