[QCLUG] Newbie having installation errors

[Tim Shearouse]

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To keep Vista around, you should definitely not tell it to take the whole
disk (unless you have multiple hard drives, with Vista installed on one
drive and Ubuntu on another).

I would recommend you resize your Vista partition from within Vista. Check
here for a walkthrough:
http://www.vistarewired.com/2007/02/16/how-to-resize-a-partition-in-windows-vista

Then boot from the Ubuntu installer and tell it to use the free space. See
if that makes a difference.
Vista comes with a newer version of the NTFS file system that's harder to
resize than older versions, that might be the issue.

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Luis Gonzalez <ljgonzalezjr@gmail.com>wrote:

> All,
>
>     I would like to know if anyone could help me with this installation
> error.  I am currently running Vista and have tried to install Ubuntu 8.10
> in order to dual boot.  I keep getting the following error. At 5% it says
> that ext3 failed, and returns me to the partintionar. I have tried it so
> that the partitioner allocates the appropriate space.  I have tried using
> the whole disc, and I have even tried shrinking my current drive in vista to
> free up space for Ubuntu.  I keep getting the same error.  Can anyone help.
> I just would like to have Ubuntu and Vista on the same PC.  I need to keep
> Vista for my wife, but if not I am willing to just have Ubuntu and get rid
> of Windows all together.  Any help would be welcomed.  I live in Davenport,
> and I am willing to meet at a Starbucks or Panera if anyone is interested.
> Thank you in advance.
>
> --
> Luis J Gonzalez Jr.
>

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