Step 5 of install fails

[Basil Chupin]

On 17/09/2010 13:14, Doug wrote:
> 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
>    
So, what's the output from 'sudo fdisk /dev/sda -l' using the Live CD?

BC


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