Step 5 of install fails

[Doug]

On 9/16/2010 11:57 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> 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
>
>
Disk /dev/sda:	320.1 GB,	320072933376 bytes
255 heads,	63 sectors/track,	38913 cylinders
Jnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
sector size	(logical/physical):	512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size	(minimum/optimal):	512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x41ab2316
		
Device		Boot	Start	End	Blocks	   Id	System	
/dev/sdal	*	1	3961	31816701    7   HPFS/NTFS	
/dev/sda2		3962	16001	96711174    f   W95Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5		3962	5529	12594928+   83	Linux	
/dev/sda6		5530	5715	1494013+    82	Linux swap/Sola
/dev/sda7		5716	7113	11229403+   83	Linux	
/dev/sda8		7114	10760	29294496    83	Linux	
/dev/sda9		10761	16001	42098301    83	Linux	

Man, I could've typed it in by hand.  I printed it, scanned it, OCR'd
it, reformatted it.

Anyway, there it is.  sda 5, 6, 7 are for PCLINUXOS
		      sda 8 is DEbian
                       sda 9 I made for Ubuntu, but Ubunto doesn't like.

As you can see, sda 5~9 are sub-partitions of sda2.  "Sola" should read
"Solaris: but it wouldn't fit on the line.

I'm going to try the Partlogic 0.69 on it again, and see if the offer
to correct whatever it thinks should start with number 1 still stands, 
and see what happens then.

I thank all those interested,
  --doug
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