Step 5 of install fails
Basil Chupin
blchupin at iinet.net.au
Fri Sep 17 01:28:17 UTC 2010
On 17/09/2010 09:39, NoOp wrote:
> On 09/15/2010 10:22 PM, Doug wrote:
>
>> When I get to step 5 of the install (Ubuntu 10.04 or 10.04.1 for
>> Desktop-i386) there is supposed to be a way to select a partition, but
>> it doesn't work. The only option is to wipe the disk. I want to
>> install to an extended partition,
>> /dev/sda9, which starts at 10761 and ends at 14075, and is formatted
>> type 83, Linux. It is otherwise empty. On this machine there are XP,
>> PcLinuxOs, and Debian Squeeze, all accessed by Grub, and they all work.
>> How can I add Ubuntu to the stew?
>> Thanx--doug
>>
>>
> Can you post a screenshot somewhere - perhaps imageshack? Also, are you
> using the liveCD, Alternate CD, or liveDVD?
>
Output from "[sudo] fdisk /dev/sda -l" would be helpful also.
BC
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I didn't know it was impossible when I did it.
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