Karmic (Beta) Test Installs

[NoOp]

On 10/05/2009 06:48 PM, Tom H wrote:
>>>> - 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"

You are correct - thanks for the catch. Brain gets a little confused
after so many hours of this stuff :-)

Should be:
"hd0,0 (sda1) = 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.

Yes it is. On the first attempt it halted and told me that I on had xxxK
left on the drive. On the second it had 0B, so it looks like it was just
writing on the drive without removing/reformating.

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

There was no option listed to do so. When I redo today, I'll fix the
camera so that the screen pic's are clear. The one's from yesterday are
too blurry to post anywhere. In the interim I'll see if I can find if
someone else has documented the screens somewhere.