[ubuntu-za] Can't Install 10.04 on a clean Disk?

[Lee Sharp]

On 05/31/2011 01:05 AM, vincent wrote:
> I re-partitioned and re-formatted an old 80Gb disk using gparted and
> tried to install ubuntu 10.04 on it.
> However, I get an error as follows:
> "(initramfs)Unable to find a medium containing a live file system."
>
> I've tried installing Mandriva, Debian6,PCLinuxOS, 10.10. All with the
> same error.
>
> The only system that will install is 7.04 and when I try to install any
> of the above while 7.04 is on the disk, I get the same error again.

Later versions of Grub got very picky on the drive geometry.  Try some 
different drive settings.  Specifically, do not try to make SATA look 
like IDE.

			Lee