help finding appropriate list for newbie support

[Holiday]

Daniel Robitaille wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-17-09 at 09:10 -0700, holiday wrote:
> 
>>Sorry if this is not the right place for this question. I am in Canada so...
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> 
> no, it's a right place. The one thing to remember is that this mailing
> list is smaller in size than other more general ubuntu list.  Which may
> or may not be a good thing for some technical questions.

Thanks for your reply.

I found the how-to with installation parameters in 
an archive - here:

http://archive.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/dists/warty/main/installer-i386/current/doc/manual/en/ch05s02.html

I can't find this document from the home page. 
Looks like they're working on an update so have 
taken it down. But it's probably current enough. 
It's good.




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> 
>>Please tell me where I should post this question, or what I should read 
>>before posting. I have made a number of RedHat and Fedora installations 
>>so I'm not a complete linux newbie, but I am new to non-RedHat distros.
>>
>>I tried the Ubuntu 5.10 preview release live cd and loved it. 
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> 
> welcome aboard!
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> 
>>2. I'm having difficulty managing the partitioning. Is the NTFS problem 
>>still a problem? Do I need still need a separate partitioning utility.
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> 
> it seems NTFS repartitioning from the installer works for most, but not
> for everyone (it worked for me).  In the past I have had good success
> for my repartitioning needs with qtparted included with the Knoppix Live
> CD.  That could be an option to explore if you are having problems. 
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>> 
>>Even if I do, I found the UI quite frightening. I was never really sure 
>>what was going to happen. Is there a detailed discussion of how to do 
>>this - exactly what keys to press, I mean. I know there is good 
>>information about partitioning in general, but I need very detailed 
>>documentation on the Ubuntu installer process. On one pass through I had 
>>to hit the power button to abort what appeared to be a certain disaster.
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> 
> Totally agree about the confusing menus/screen.  I finally used the
> installer for the first few times semi-recently, and I have to say that
> the smiley faces, sad faces, lighting bolts and other little icons
> (without any on screen explanations) were a bit confusing; same thing
> with some of the options available to select.
> 
> But on the good side of things, once you install Ubuntu once on a
> computer, you may well never have to use the installer ever again since
> apt-get does a great job upgrading Ubuntu (and Debian) between versions.
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