Im glad we found the problem to be a hard drive and not a weird firmware or=
bios bug. Feel free to post any questions you might have.<br><br><div clas=
s="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Luis Gonzalez <span dir=
="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ljgonzalezjr@gmail.com">ljgonzalezjr@gmail.c=
om</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Thanks guys=
for all your help. I went and bought a new hard drive and successful=
ly installed UBUNTU 8.10 on it. I am sure that I will have more quest=
ions as I start to learn Linux and configure my lap top. Thanks again=
and look forward to the next meeting, although I feel we will be in touch =
before that.<br>
<br>Luis<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><div class="gmail_q=
uote">On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Noah Norris <span dir="ltr"><<=
a href="mailto:preludelinux@gmail.com" target="_blank">preludelinux@gma=
il.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
OK from what we all could gather from seeing the hardware is that its=
most likely a bad hard drive.<br><br>IO errors where from the hard drive -=
during installs (with the ubuntu and the Debian based partitioning disk) e=
ventually we heard sounds of the platter crashing !!!<br>
<br>One way to test this is to use dells disk utility or find out the manuf=
acture of the hard drive and run its special dos based tools. these tools c=
an attemp to remap sectors and prolongs a failing drives life. i did instal=
l smartmon tools its didnt seem to support online testing modes and the log=
not being readable. ( you can try the ultimate boot cd it has a couple dis=
k based tools. <a href="http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/" target="_blank"=
>http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/</a> )<br>
<br>It seems vista never triggered this sound and there is no disk based er=
rors in the device manager (of course another test is to have vista use the=
whole disk and start filling it and see if you get the same sound and disk=
errors under system in the event log. if this is a hard drive failin=
g it should fail at some point in windows another notice of a failing drive=
in windows during your filling the hard drive is windows can just become u=
n-responsive and just plan lock up or super slow as it resets the drive and=
trys to read the sector) <br>
<br>i do have a dell laptop with sata hard drives and as a test i can see i=
f my drive would boot on your laptop. (the disk controlers pretty sure are =
the same)<br>check out <a href="http://www.newegg.com" target="_blank">=
www.newegg.com</a> i just replaced a failing drive for a persons laptop and=
for like 70$ got like a 320GB drive.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Mike Ro=
binson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fatpuppystew@gmail.com" targ=
et="_blank">fatpuppystew@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote c=
lass="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); ma=
rgin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
thought I'd weigh in on this though I'm a noob myself compared to a=
ll<br>
the other advice your getting.<br>
<br>
That said, I ran into the same problem your facing on a Acer notebook.<br>
Did all the usual googling and found others with the same problem,<br>
though no solutions - best guess in the threads was a bios compatibility<br=
>
problem. Still no joy after updating the bios and chipset drivers.<br=
>
<br>
Solution: If your not locked into Ubuntu, try a different flavor of<b=
r>
Linux. Fedora and Ubuntu failed for me, but Suse worked (I still don&=
#39;t<br>
know how).<br>
<br>
If your interested go to the site below, download and create a live CD.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://software.opensuse.org/" target="_blank">http://software=
.opensuse.org/</a><br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Mike Robinson<br>
</font><div><br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Luis Gonzalez <<a href="mailto:ljgonzalezjr@gmail.com" target==
"_blank">ljgonzalezjr@gmail.com</a>><br>
Reply-To: <a href="mailto:qclug@qclug.org" target="_blank">qclug@qclug.=
org</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:qclug@qclug.org" target="_blank">qclug@qclug.org</a=
><br>
Subject: Re: [QCLUG] Newbie having installation errors<br>
</div><div><div></div><div>Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:01:16 -0600<br>
<br>
Just tried the gparted live CD. I set 52GB for Ext3 and 1.94GB for<br=
>
Linux-Swap. When it started to partition ext3 it failed as well. &nbs=
p;I<br>
don't know what it can be. It seems that it just doesn't want=
linux on<br>
it. Yesterday when I tried the whole disc, I had the same thing<br>
happen, and lost VISTA and Everything. But when I went to reinstall<b=
r>
VISTA so that I can have an OS to work with, the installation went<br>
smooth. I don't know if there is some kind of proprietary code no=
t<br>
letting me install any other OS. I will not give up on Linux, if I<br=
>
can't get it to work on this machine, then I will buy another that I ca=
n<br>
install it on. Does anyone know if Best Buys Geek Squad might be able=
<br>
to help? Thanks for all the help though.<br>
<br>
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Aaron Johnson <<a href="mailto:acjohn=
son@pcdomain.com" target="_blank">acjohnson@pcdomain.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
Just a thought, you could try to first partitio=
n the disk using<br>
the gparted live CD: <a href="http://gparted.=
sourceforge.net/livecd.php" target="_blank">http://gparted.sourceforge.ne=
t/livecd.php</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
_______________________________________________=
_________________<br>
From: <a href="mailto:qclug-bounces@qclug.org=
" target="_blank">qclug-bounces@qclug.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:q=
clug-bounces@qclug.org" target="_blank">qclug-bounces@qclug.org</a>]<br>
On Behalf Of Luis Gonzalez<br>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 8:37 PM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:qclug@qclug.org" target=
="_blank">qclug@qclug.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: [QCLUG] Newbie having installation=
errors<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Erro Message:<br>
<br>
<br>
Failed to create a file system<br>
<br>
<br>
The ext3 file system creation in partition #5 o=
f SCSI1 (0.0.0)<br>
(sda) failed.<br>
<br>
<br>
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Luis Gonzalez<=
br>
<<a href="mailto:ljgonzalezjr@gmail.com" t=
arget="_blank">ljgonzalezjr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
This is the specs for the laptop below<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Dell Inspiron 1525<br>
<br>
<br>
160GB TOSHIBA MK1637GSX ATA DEVICE<br>
<br>
<br>
INTEL(R) PENTIUM(R) DUAL CPU T2330 @1.60GHZ<br=
>
<br>
<br>
RAM: 2038MB<br>
<br>
<br>
32 bit Operating System<br>
<br>
<br>
Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Tim Shearouse<=
br>
<<a href="mailto:t.shearouse@gmail.com" ta=
rget="_blank">t.shearouse@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
Is it a Seagate hard drive, somewhere in the 75=
0GB - 1.5TB<br>
range? There are some firmware issues with some=
recent<br>
drives...<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Luis Gonzalez<=
br>
<<a href="mailto:ljgonzalezjr@gmail.com" t=
arget="_blank">ljgonzalezjr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
I checked the integrity of the disk and came ba=
ck with no<br>
errors. I went and repartitioned within V=
ISTA, tried it guided<br>
using free space and got same error. I kn=
ow that once I quit<br>
out it gives a black screen with two lines of c=
ode, it goes so<br>
fast that I can't remember what it says but=
I know it says<br>
'FIRMWARE' in the lines. I don=
9;t know what to do. I can't even<br>
have it take over my complete hard drive.  =
;I tried two different<br>
DVDs, one with 8.10 that I got off a magazine I=
bought and one<br>
with 8.04 that came with the book I bought. &nb=
sp;I think I will have<br>
to go shop for a new laptop just so that I can =
learn and enjoy<br>
Linux, freeing myself for MS.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Mark Riedesel<=
br>
<<a href="mailto:mriedesel@gmail.com" targ=
et="_blank">mriedesel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
Bad disc is possible, when the disk first start=
s up there should<br>
be an<br>
option to check the disc integrity.<br>
<br>
<br>
On 1/26/09, Aaron Johnson <<a href="mailto=
:acjohnson@pcdomain.com" target="_blank">acjohnson@pcdomain.com</a>> w=
rote:<br>
> Check your Ubuntu CD. It sounds like you m=
ay have a bad disk.<br>
You may need<br>
> to re-download the ISO. How did you downlo=
ad it, did you use<br>
the Ubuntu<br>
> mirrors or did you use the torrent. I woul=
d highly recommend<br>
downloading it<br>
> via the torrent because it does much bette=
r CRC and error<br>
checking than http<br>
<br>
<br>
> does. Try using uTorrent (<a href="http:=
//www.utorrent.com" target="_blank">www.utorrent.com</a><br>
<<a href="http://www.utorrent.com/" target=
="_blank">http://www.utorrent.com/</a>> ) or<br>
<br>
> something similar.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> _____<br>
><br>
> From: <a href="mailto:qclug-bounces@qclu=
g.org" target="_blank">qclug-bounces@qclug.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mai=
lto:qclug-bounces@qclug.org" target="_blank">qclug-bounces@qclug.org</a>]=
<br>
On Behalf Of<br>
> Luis Gonzalez<br>
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 6:51 PM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:qclug@qclug.org" tar=
get="_blank">qclug@qclug.org</a><br>
> Subject: [QCLUG] Newbie having installatio=
n errors<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> All,<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> I would like to know if anyo=
ne could help me with this<br>
installation<br>
> error. I am currently running Vista =
and have tried to install<br>
Ubuntu 8.10<br>
> in order to dual boot. I keep gettin=
g the following error. At<br>
5% it says<br>
> that ext3 failed, and returns me to the pa=
rtintionar. I have<br>
tried it so<br>
> that the partitioner allocates the appropr=
iate space. I have<br>
tried using<br>
> the whole disc, and I have even tried shri=
nking my current<br>
drive in vista to<br>
> free up space for Ubuntu. I keep get=
ting the same error. Can<br>
anyone help.<br>
> I just would like to have Ubuntu and Vista=
on the same PC. I<br>
need to keep<br>
> Vista for my wife, but if not I am willing=
to just have Ubuntu<br>
and get rid<br>
> of Windows all together. Any help wo=
uld be welcomed. I live<br>
in Davenport,<br>
> and I am willing to meet at a Starbucks or=
Panera if anyone is<br>
interested.<br>
> Thank you in advance.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Luis J Gonzalez Jr.<br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br></div></div><font color="#88=
8888">-- <br>Luis J Gonzalez Jr.<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>