santi_
February 23rd, 2010, 11:18 AM
I have a box with a number of different distros and some spare disk, so I decided to give 9.10 a try. Part of having different distros is a backup system, hoping that not all disks/partitions can crash simultaneously(I do have external backups too)
Also, I mostly use Slack 13, so I want to add Ubuntu to LILO manually. I do ***not** want GRUB to overwrite the mbr, because I am not sure how to add the Slack vmlinuzes to grub(I have no experience with grub)
The problems: First, even when specifying the damn time zone, I get error messages and keep doing so for the next 5 screens. When it comes to checking existing partitions, it reverts back to the time zone screen, I fill all info info, next screen until last, shows a waitbox checking existing partitions, then back again, like an infinite loop. I should note, I did install Ubuntu with no problems from THE SAME CD on a friend's PC running Windows, no problem. It's embarassing to have problems in my case, where there is no Windows installation.
So, the issues are: a) what is wrong with these errors and b) can I tell the installer NOT to install grub?
Also, I mostly use Slack 13, so I want to add Ubuntu to LILO manually. I do ***not** want GRUB to overwrite the mbr, because I am not sure how to add the Slack vmlinuzes to grub(I have no experience with grub)
The problems: First, even when specifying the damn time zone, I get error messages and keep doing so for the next 5 screens. When it comes to checking existing partitions, it reverts back to the time zone screen, I fill all info info, next screen until last, shows a waitbox checking existing partitions, then back again, like an infinite loop. I should note, I did install Ubuntu with no problems from THE SAME CD on a friend's PC running Windows, no problem. It's embarassing to have problems in my case, where there is no Windows installation.
So, the issues are: a) what is wrong with these errors and b) can I tell the installer NOT to install grub?