<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I had a lot of trouble with 8.10, on the exact same machine that every other release worked on just fine.<br> <br> I suggest skipping 8.10 altogether, and go directly to 9.04. It looks much more stable to me, so far.<br> <br> Eric Dinkel wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:925386.54353.qm@web53507.mail.re2.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <style type="text/css"></style> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> <div>Hello Ubuntu  Colorado<br> <br> I have been trying to figure out how to install Ubuntu 8.10 for over a month now. I get through the first few steps in the set up menu  alright - the problem seems to be in the partition step (the guided option does not seem to work):  I keep getting error messages such as" The ext3 <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1240791360_0">file system creation</span> in partition #1 od scsl1 (o,o,o) (sda) failed." And " No <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1240791360_1">root system</span> is defined."  I have been messing around with it- but as I am new to Ubuntu, I can't figure it out.  I am convinced though that someone who knows about it would be able to figure it out in no time. <br> I was wondering if anyone will help me to get ubuntu up and running? It would be incredibly appreciated. I just moved to Denver from Chicago and have been trying to get Ubuntu up for a few months now. I would even be willing to pay a small fee if someone could help me out.<br> <br> Thanks! Cheers, Eric<br> </div> </div> <br> </blockquote> <br> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Best regards, Walter Lamia <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:walterlamia@buildingcoach.com"><walterlamia@buildingcoach.com></a> Marketing Director Building Coach, Inc. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.buildingcoach.com">http://www.buildingcoach.com</a> ph-970.217.7165 fax-503.217.7165 Fort Collins, Colorado, USA LinkedIn: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/walterlamia">http://www.linkedin.com/in/walterlamia</a> </pre> </body> </html>