[QCLUG] Newbie having installation errors

[Luis Gonzalez]

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I am booting from the CD/DVD drive.

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Tim Shearouse <t.shearouse@gmail.com>wrote:

> Just a thought: Are you booting the computer from the CD, or are you
> loading the installer after Windows is running? I'm wondering if WUBI is
> having trouble running with your account permissions.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Luis Gonzalez <ljgonzalezjr@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Erro Message:
>> Failed to create a file system
>> The ext3 file system creation in partition #5 of SCSI1 (0.0.0) (sda)
>> failed.
>>
>>   On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Luis Gonzalez <ljgonzalezjr@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> This is the specs for the laptop below
>>>
>>> Dell Inspiron 1525
>>> 160GB TOSHIBA MK1637GSX ATA DEVICE
>>>  INTEL(R) PENTIUM(R) DUAL CPU T2330 @1.60GHZ
>>> RAM: 2038MB
>>> 32 bit Operating System
>>> Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Tim Shearouse <t.shearouse@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is it a Seagate hard drive, somewhere in the 750GB - 1.5TB range? There
>>>> are some firmware issues with some recent drives...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Luis Gonzalez <ljgonzalezjr@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I checked the integrity of the disk and came back with no errors.  I
>>>>> went and repartitioned within VISTA, tried it guided using free space and
>>>>> got same error.  I know that once I quit out it gives a black screen with
>>>>> two lines of code,  it goes so fast that I can't remember what it says but I
>>>>> know it says 'FIRMWARE' in the lines.  I don't know what to do.  I can't
>>>>> even have it take over my complete hard drive.  I tried two different DVDs,
>>>>> one with 8.10 that I got off a magazine I bought and one with 8.04 that came
>>>>> with the book I bought.  I think I will have to go shop for a new laptop
>>>>> just so that I can learn and enjoy Linux, freeing myself for MS.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Mark Riedesel <mriedesel@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bad disc is possible, when the disk first starts up there should be an
>>>>>> option to check the disc integrity.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1/26/09, Aaron Johnson <acjohnson@pcdomain.com> wrote:
>>>>>> > Check your Ubuntu CD. It sounds like you may have a bad disk. You
>>>>>> may need
>>>>>> > to re-download the ISO. How did you download it, did you use the
>>>>>> Ubuntu
>>>>>> > mirrors or did you use the torrent. I would highly recommend
>>>>>> downloading it
>>>>>> > via the torrent because it does much better CRC and error checking
>>>>>> than http
>>>>>> > does. Try using uTorrent (www.utorrent.com <
>>>>>> http://www.utorrent.com/> ) or
>>>>>> > something similar.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >   _____
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > From: qclug-bounces@qclug.org [mailto:qclug-bounces@qclug.org] On
>>>>>> Behalf Of
>>>>>> > Luis Gonzalez
>>>>>> > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 6:51 PM
>>>>>> > To: qclug@qclug.org
>>>>>> > Subject: [QCLUG] Newbie having installation errors
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > 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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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> Luis J Gonzalez Jr.
>>>>>
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>>> --
>>> Luis J Gonzalez Jr.
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>> Luis J Gonzalez Jr.
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