ubuntu 9.04 installation failure

[Karl F. Larsen]

Peter Crane wrote:
> 10 September 2009
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> 
> Dear Sirs,
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> I had a miserable failure trying to install ubuntu.
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> Please help.
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> 
> I am running a PC desktop (unbadged but put together by a reputable Computer
> shop) with Windows XP SP2 Home Edition.
> 
> It has an AMD Sempron processor LE 1100 with 1.91 GHz and 960 MB RAM.
> 
> The single hard drive is partitioned as follows:-
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> C:    Windows software & stuff that finds its way there without being asked.
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> D:    Software that I have installed.
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> E:     49 Gigabytes.  This is where I am trying to put ubuntu.
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> F;     User documents (mainly)
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> I produced a CD from the install file (ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386 from
> virgin-media) and ran the installer from the CD, selecting the second option
> (to install ubuntu as a dual-boot system *inside the windows* environment.
> 
> .
> 
> The installation seemed to go without any problems and I rebooted into the
> new ubuntu.
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> 
> I got some OK system messages until I got to:-
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> A panel called Checking the installation, Installing system,
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> Formatting swap space in partition #1 of /host/ubuntu/disk…
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> Then it seemed to freeze.
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> No blinking lights
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> No change for 25 minutes!
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> The installation did NOT ask for any input from me.
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> I retried it a couple of times.
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> Please help.
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> 
> Regards,
> Peter Crane
> 
> 
	Sounds like you have mixed up the Ubuntu loader. The system wants you 
to load Ubuntu on the C: drive. Did you do that?

	A much better way to have both windows and Ubuntu is to load Ubuntu 
into it's own partition and make a swap partition. You need to get the 
LiveCD for an i386.


karl


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