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From: Chris Game 
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Problems after installing Ubuntu (fairly long)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:50:10 -0000
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On 2007-02-26, Cushie  wrote:

>> Choosing the 'manual' partition option takes you to the
>> next screen which shows your current drive partitions.
>> (including the Windows one).
>> Set one as 'swap', the other as '/', tick the re-format box
>> for both the Linux partitions and that was it. 
>
> Yes fine when you have those options, I did not have any tabs that wee 
> not 'greyed out' and GpartEd kept telling me there was no '/' partition 
> when I had one selected. Just no go!  Anyway deleting the partitions 
> (P/magic) got it going

There seem to be known issues with gparted as used in the Ubuntu 
install script; it's usually best to use it alone *before* clicking 
on the install script icon, then at the relevant point in the 
process just accept the partition scheme you set up before the 
install script started.

Worked for me!


-- 
Chris Game

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