Karmic (Beta) Test Installs

[Tom H]

>>> - I can manually select & partition sda (hd0,0 karmic beta from #1),
>>> select ext4 (I did for this test case), ext3, etc., etc. I elected to
>>> use Guided partitioning & use the entire drive.

>> I think that you mean sdb above.

> No. sda (hd0,0) is the the 10G drive and is the drive that the
> jaunty-karmic network update was installed on.

Then, the beginning is wrong:
"hd0,0 (sdb1) = jaunty (fully updated) - 10G"

Not that it really matters. All three installs are clear.


>> Your (2) experience is strange. I have installed Karmic twice from the
>> live CD without a hitch on 10gb partitions. Did you select the "free
>> space" option?

> No. I also took a pic of each screen using a digital camera during each
> process, so I'm very sure that I did not select "free space" option.
> Try this, if you don't mind; reinstall using the karmic beta liveCD over
> one of your already installed karmic partitions to see if you get the
> same results. If not then I can try via a partition vs overall hard
> drive install & see if there is a difference.

Strange! I will try the re-install but it might have to wait until Thursday.

One more question. Did you choose to format the partition?