That sound like something being able to create an ext3 partition on an NTFS+ partition, but not swap. You might need to size and format the partitions manually. s/ <blockquote type="cite">On 10 Sep 2010 11:53, "Jon Farmer" <<a href="mailto:jon@bctech.co.uk">jon@bctech.co.uk</a>> wrote: Hi I tried to install from CD on a machine running Windows 7 Enterprise. I booted from the CD and told the installer to use the entire disk. However when it came to creating the partitions and formatting them I got a message that it could not mount the swap space. I tried this a couple of times with the same result. Then I tried installing by manually creating a / partition with no swap. The install worked. So any ideas why I can't get a swap partition? Regards Jon -- Jon Farmer Tel 07795 118140 -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote>