problem installing 10.04 LTS partitioning for RAID

[william drescher]

On 5/24/2011 11:45 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 6:26 PM, william drescher
> <william at techservsys.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> In the partition settings, in manual mode, try creating a new partition
>>> table.
>>>
>>> An alternative is to boot into live-cd, run fdisk, press o to create a
>>> new dos partition table, press w  to write the partition table and
>>> quit, and restart the system.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Nocolas and Ioannis
>>
>> I burned a cd from the .iso image (32 bit) and when I boot it I am asked for
>> language and then given choices, none of which allow me a command line.
>>
>> I can not repartition in manual mode as the partition manager does not start
>> (freezes at 39 % loaded).
>>
>> Alt + F2 does nothing at the menu screen.
>
>
> If you are using the Live-CD, immediately when you see the Ubuntu
> graphics at the beginning, press any key, and at the menu that
> appears, select "Try Ubuntu".
>
> It may take a couple of minutes to load Ubuntu from the CD.
>
>
>
The desktop cd does give me the option of "try ubuntu without 
installing", so that is what I am doing now.

bill