kubuntu installation problems -Heeeeelp!!!

[Nils Kassube]

kubuntu wrote:
> I have built a new computer and have windows7 running fine from an
> ssd. When I try and install kubuntu it fails, I have tried various
> way and each time it fails.
> The first problem is that it appears not to recognise that windows7 is
> installed on this computer.
> I have tried the manual option but it fails near the end by not
> writing the boot loader to sda, I even tried to say to install the
> boot loader to another disc but that failed.
> I then put a new disc in the computer - sde and set up /, /boot, swap
> partitions and changed the boot loader to sde but again it failed.

I don't know much about Windows7 or SSDs, but could it be that your disk
uses GPT instead of MBR? Then [1] might be relevant. Hopefully someone
else can tell us if the installer could handle such a situation.


Nils

[1] <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing#BIOS.2BAC8-GPT_Notes>