help to install ubuntu

[maxim wexler]

I had a similar problem. For me the solution was
letting Ubuntu do the work. All I did was tell it what
drive to put the OS on. The install program did the
partitioning and formatting. It seemed to make the
right choices.

Hope it helps.

-Maxim

--- appalaraju kalidindi <karaju1234 at yahoo.co.in>
wrote:

> Hello Mr Robert,
>   Thank you for trying to help me.  First let me
> explain that Partition E is sub divided into 3
> Partitions, ie E (logical 4gb), LinuxExt3 (5.2GB)
> and Linux Swap (258 MB) with "partition magic". 
> Then I have started installation of UBUNTU.  I am
> able to proceed upto step 5/6 smoothly.  Then
> nothing happens literally except blinking CD light
> and CD does rotate.  No dialogue boxes, no warnings,
> no progress bars, no disc activity, moniter doesnt
> go blank......for hours (I waited patiently...).  I
> got 5 CD's shipped to me by Ubuntu and tried them
> all without success.
>   I just do not know how to overcome this problem. 
> Your help will be highly appreciated.  thanks
> 
> "Robert E. Butts" <himco2 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>   On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 13:00 +0100, appalaraju
> kalidindi wrote:
> > Hello
> > I got Ubuntu CD shipped by them and tried to
> install. But I am able to
> > proceed up to step no. 5/6 where I chose manual
> editing of partitions.
> > Box shows to allocate disc space. After that
> nothing happens. I see
> > that the cd light is blinking and still nothing
> happens for a long
> > time. Frustrated, I reboot the system to windows.
> > I have 256mb ram, 2400AMD and 40gb hard disc with
> CDEF drives. C has
> > WinXP and D has Win98. I wanted to install Ubuntu
> on E by partitioning
> > with "Partition Magic" and provided sufficent
> space as recommended.
> > I fail to understand why I am unable to proceed
> with the installation.
> > Can somebody help me please. 
> > Thank you in advance
> > 
> >
>
______________________________________________________________________
> It takes awhile sometimes for partitioning to
> finish. If there was disk
> activity, the installer might still have been
> working. Your problem
> might also be a hardware issue, specifically,
> GParted can't read your
> drive. I've had this problem with other versions of
> Linux using
> Qtparted.
> 
> One suggestion you might try is to delete the E
> drive you just created -
> I am assuming it is blank because that's where
> Ubuntu was going to be
> installed. At the partitioning step, choose
> Automatic, and let Ubuntu
> install into the unallocated space. 
> 
> If you are going to manually partition, it would
> help to know a bit more
> about your hard drive, and to have a bit more
> information than "nothing
> happens" .. Does the monitor go black? If not, is
> there a progress bar
> on screen? Are there any errors or warning messages
> that appear? Can
> you see the GParted window? Is your disk activity
> light (not the CD
> light) blinking? When you created the drive with
> Partition Magic, did
> you create a swap file as well? What kind of
> filesystem: ext2, ext3,
> or Reiser?
> 
> 
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