Not able to install ubuntu

[david]

On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 13:36 -0500, Tim and Emily Wilson wrote:
> I have been trying for several days to install ubuntu, but everytime I
> get to the partintioning of the disk I get an error.  I have Windows
> XP on hda1 and want to install ubuntu on hda2 and swap on hda3.  I
> tried to install FC3 and it worked fine, so I don't think there is a
> problem with my disk.  The error I get is that partition #2 could not
> be formatted.  Does anyone have any ideas how I can get around this?
> -- 
> Tim Wilson
> 

One way would be to go to Manually Edit Partition Table in the setup
routine, then delete the existing linux partitions, then point the
partitioner at the free space and "Automatically Partition The Free
Space" should be one of the options. This will then setup a new swap and
root partition for you.

hope this helps

David