Step 5 of install fails

[Doug]

On 9/16/2010 9:42 PM, Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 1:22 AM, Doug<dmcgarrett at optonline.net>  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?
>
> Is the partition already "carved out"?
>
> Are you choosing "specify partitions manually" at the "disk space" step?
>
Yes and Yes.  But after I select choose partitions manually, I can't.
See replies to other posts for more info.

--doug

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