[QCLUG] Newbie having installation errors

[Aaron Johnson]

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Someone mentioned using WUBI. You know you could try installing it that way.
Correct me if I'm wrong but if you install using WUBI it doesn't need to
partition or anything so that should solve your problem right there. Just
run the CD from Vista and you should be able to install via WUBI and make it
work that way.

 

 

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From: qclug-bounces@qclug.org [mailto:qclug-bounces@qclug.org] On Behalf Of
Luis Gonzalez
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 10:01 PM
To: qclug@qclug.org
Subject: Re: [QCLUG] Newbie having installation errors

 

Just tried the gparted live CD.  I set 52GB for Ext3 and 1.94GB for
Linux-Swap.  When it started to partition ext3 it failed as well.  I don't
know what it can be.  It seems that it just doesn't want linux on it.
Yesterday when I tried the whole disc, I had the same thing happen, and lost
VISTA and Everything.  But when I went to reinstall VISTA so that I can have
an OS to work with, the installation went smooth.  I don't know if there is
some kind of proprietary code not letting me install any other OS.  I will
not give up on Linux, if I can't get it to work on this machine, then I will
buy another that I can install it on.  Does anyone know if Best Buys Geek
Squad might be able to help?  Thanks for all the help though.

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Aaron Johnson <acjohnson@pcdomain.com>
wrote:

Just a thought, you could try to first partition the disk using the gparted
live CD: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

 

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From: qclug-bounces@qclug.org [mailto:qclug-bounces@qclug.org] On Behalf Of
Luis Gonzalez
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 8:37 PM
To: qclug@qclug.org
Subject: Re: [QCLUG] Newbie having installation errors

 

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/>
<http://www.utorrent.com/> ) or

> something similar.
>
>
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> 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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