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Problem with installing Ubuntu

Asked by vijimalu

hi Team,

My System Configurations:
Intel Dual Core
1 GB
945GCL Board
Sony DVD R/W
and installed XP Service Pack 2

I got Ubuntu 7.10 Live CD & tried to install in my PC. I have Sata 160 GB HDD and partioned as C,D,E,F,G,H and i have XP in C Drive and i tried to install ubuntu in H Drive which is empty.
I entered all the things and entered into manual partition on ubuntu installation of Step 4 then after completing all the steps it started to format the disks and copied the files but suddenly it stopped and showed me cd/dvd or HDD Drive error it may be due to dust or overheat installation doesn't continue. My HDD is formatted in EXT3 format and i cannot access my H Drive through XP.

Kindly help me to get back H Drive in Windows and help me to install Ubuntu.

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Kemel Zaidan aka Legendario (kemelzaidan) said : 		#1

Did you check the cd and the iso image hash?

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#2

One thought - you have too many partitions. Ubuntu needs a minimum of two partitions (one for the install and one for swap space) so if you are not manually assigning partitions, the installer is going to have a hard time finding space and know what to shrink (it's designed for people with one big C drive). If you manually assign partitions you will still have to reformat them to be the right file system for Ubuntu (usually ext3) and set one for root and one for swap.

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