Raygreen
May 4th, 2009, 11:41 PM
I don't know how similar this is to you, but I have been running Ubuntu on 2 PC's from within Windows XP. One is a desktop Compaq computer, the other an older Dell Latitude laptop. Both running Ubuntu 9.04 fine.
I recently have another Dell Desktop that I wiped the harddrive with wipedrive and it was running Windows XP, I want to sell the computer but was going to just install Ubuntu 9.04 on it as the sole operating system. I can get it to run live from the CD but it keeps failing when I try to load it as the operating system on this computer. I went and loaded Windows XP and it loads fine onto the computer. Then tried to add Ubuntu side by side, and that failed too. I even took my Ubuntu 8.1 version and tried that and it failed too. I can only get them to run live from the CD. I know I had success in loading Ubuntu 8.1 as the sole operationg system on the Dell Latitude laptop in the past. I just keep getting errors when I try and do it with this Dell Tower that has a Maxtor 163GB harddrive.
I have run all kinds of fdisk commands to repartition it and then every time I go to load Ubuntu to the harddrive, it locks up or gives me an error message. Not sure if it is a harddrive incompatibility.
When I run sudo lshw -C disk
gives me
description: ATA Disk
product: Maxtor 4G168J8
vendor: Maxtor
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0:0:0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: GAK8
serial: 153GiB (163GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0002d8c3
Prepare disk space
This computer has no operating system on it.
I tell it to use the entire disk
shows /dev/sda1 150.5 GB swap (/dev/sda5) 2.1 GB
Partitions formatting
Creating ext3 file system for / in partition #1 of SCSI1 (0,0,...
then at 5% this time sometimes it gets to 25% it gives me a message
Failed to create a file system
The ext3 file system creation in partition #1 of SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) failed.
Then get
ConsoleSetup crashed
ConsoleSetup failed with exit code2. Further information may be found in /var/log/syslog. Do you want to try running this step again before continuing? If you do not, your installation may fail entirely or may be broken.
Any help would be appreciated!!!:confused::confused:
I recently have another Dell Desktop that I wiped the harddrive with wipedrive and it was running Windows XP, I want to sell the computer but was going to just install Ubuntu 9.04 on it as the sole operating system. I can get it to run live from the CD but it keeps failing when I try to load it as the operating system on this computer. I went and loaded Windows XP and it loads fine onto the computer. Then tried to add Ubuntu side by side, and that failed too. I even took my Ubuntu 8.1 version and tried that and it failed too. I can only get them to run live from the CD. I know I had success in loading Ubuntu 8.1 as the sole operationg system on the Dell Latitude laptop in the past. I just keep getting errors when I try and do it with this Dell Tower that has a Maxtor 163GB harddrive.
I have run all kinds of fdisk commands to repartition it and then every time I go to load Ubuntu to the harddrive, it locks up or gives me an error message. Not sure if it is a harddrive incompatibility.
When I run sudo lshw -C disk
gives me
description: ATA Disk
product: Maxtor 4G168J8
vendor: Maxtor
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0:0:0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: GAK8
serial: 153GiB (163GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0002d8c3
Prepare disk space
This computer has no operating system on it.
I tell it to use the entire disk
shows /dev/sda1 150.5 GB swap (/dev/sda5) 2.1 GB
Partitions formatting
Creating ext3 file system for / in partition #1 of SCSI1 (0,0,...
then at 5% this time sometimes it gets to 25% it gives me a message
Failed to create a file system
The ext3 file system creation in partition #1 of SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) failed.
Then get
ConsoleSetup crashed
ConsoleSetup failed with exit code2. Further information may be found in /var/log/syslog. Do you want to try running this step again before continuing? If you do not, your installation may fail entirely or may be broken.
Any help would be appreciated!!!:confused::confused: