I don't know if this is where to get tech support.

[Carl Friis-Hansen]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
>> Stephen wrote:
>>   
>>> I tried to in stall ubuntu on my computer. It told me that there was one 
>>> minute left a about 79% of the install.
>>>
>>> 45 minutes later I found that my computer had locked up at 88% of the 
>>> install. I tried to re-install and It wanted to use another section of 
>>> the windows partition.
>>>
>>> I didn't get the option to:
>>> 1)   use the existing linux partition.
>>> 2)   repair the current ubuntu installation.
>>>
>>> The only option I had was to use a part of the existing windows 
>>> partition, and reinstall the whole thing. Now I can't get rid of to 120 
>>> gigs partition that ubuntu set up. My windows partitioner won't delete 
>>> the partition because it says it is in an unknown format.
>>>
>>> When I try to remove the linux partition with ubuntu booted live it 
>>> tells me I have to unmount the partitions that are higher than ext5 
>>>     
>     This is correct. One of the first 4 partitions are used to make 
> partitions higher than the primary 4 partitions. So you need to remove 
> the higher ones first.
> 
>     Using the LiveCD select the good partition software at 
> System-Administration-forget-the-name, this will let you delete any and 
> all of the partitions as desired. You can now make 2 new partitions for 
> another try at loading Ubuntu. Make a swap partition about 3 Gb and a 
> big one about 5Gb for loading Ubuntu.
> 
> Karl
> 
> 
> 
>>> before I can delete the partition and I can't find any way to do that.
>>>
>>>
>>> Stephen.
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>> Perhaps you could try a partition manager like GParted, that boots from 
>> the CD, to delete all the unwanted partitions and maybe create the new 
>> ones (you don't need 120 gig, just 10gig for root /  2gig for /swap and 
>> 10gig for /home ) and give Ubuntu another chance with the Alternate CD.
>>
>> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=115843&package_id=271779 
>> <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=115843&package_id=271779>
>>
>> And yes, this is were you might get some personal support.

You can safely unmount both the windows NT partition and the Linux 
partitions when working from the live CD. Everything runs in memory when 
booting from the Live CD. So as Karl says, just start gparted partition 
manager, it is a nice graphic appication. I would dele and recreate the 
Linux/swap partitions and leave the Windows one alone if you want to 
still be able to boot to Windows.

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