Installing Ubuntu

[Steve Flynn]

On Jan 1, 2008 11:31 PM, Andrew P. Burgess <apb at live.ca> wrote:
> was labeled "unusable." So I chose manual partitioning and selected another
> partition to install Ubuntu on. But when I tried to continue the
> installation after choosing the partition, I received message telling me to
> choose something for the root (I should have written it down ). I hope this
> all makes sense; if not, I'll try again!

I believe you've not told the installer that you want to use this
partiotin as the root partition (normally signified as /)

> Should I format the partition I'm trying to install Ubuntu on while in
> Windows before trying to install it? If so, is ntfs what I need to format it
> in? Or am I doing something wrong in the Ubuntu side? I'd really appreciate
> any help! I'm using a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop.

Nope - you should allow the installer to format the partition you
selected. You have a choice of different formats which Linux can use -
ext3 seemed to be the flavour of 2007 and will perfectly well.

-- 
Steve
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