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the error says: Unable to find a medium containing a live file system >> recently I have created an unformatted drive of about 29 Gb what next?<br><br>> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:31:10 +0100<br>> Subject: Re: problem converting to ext3 file system<br>> From: arnaud.bourree@gmail.com<br>> To: kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<br>> <br>> Hello,<br>> <br>> You cannot convert NTFS to ext3 partition.<br>> You can delete your NTFS partition and then create ext3 partition<br>> If you want to keep data from NTFS partition, then you need space for<br>> new ext3 partition in order to copy under Linux data from NTFS to ext3<br>> and then delete NTFS partition.<br>> <br>> During Kubuntu installation, what is the error message?<br>> <br>> Arnaud.<br>> <br>> 2010/2/9 Ahmad Abou el-naga <champion_2010@hotmail.com>:<br>> > hello all,<br>> > I want to convert from NTFS to ext3 to be able to install Kubuntu and make<br>> > it work. I have installed it through Wubi on a separate NTFS drive and it<br>> > when I try to install it from the Kubuntu on NTFS( the one installed through<br>> > wubi) it says: "no root file system defined"..I have made about 512 mb's<br>> > unalocated space to be swap and just want to format the NTFS drive as ext3<br>> > to install Kubuntu on this separate drive (its about 28.5 GB's) and when I<br>> > try to install Kubuntu through booting from cd its after choosing the<br>> > language ,>>install Kubunto >> then the first page installing after<br>> > "Kubuntu" sign it makes an error before starting the setup<br>> > what can i do?<br>> ><br>> > ________________________________<br>> > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now.<br>> > --<br>> > kubuntu-users mailing list<br>> > kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<br>> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at:<br>> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users<br>> ><br>> ><br>> <br>> -- <br>> kubuntu-users mailing list<br>> kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<br>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users<br> <br /><hr />Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. <a href='https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969' target='_new'>Get it now.</a></body>
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