[QCLUG] Newbie having installation errors

[Luis Gonzalez]

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Thank you for the response, I will try this method.

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Tim Shearouse <t.shearouse@gmail.com>wrote:

> 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 Vista comes with a newer version of the NTFS file system that's harder to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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Luis J Gonzalez Jr.

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