henry cow
May 9th, 2012, 06:31 PM
I have tried several unsuccessful installations of 12.04 on various computers that were running 10.x without problems.
When I attempt to install 12.04, either Ubuntu or Xubuntu, the installation seems to be steering me towards erasing existing partitions and using the entire disk.
One one of the computers, I allowed it to do this, assuming that it might help. It didn't.
As I move down this trail, I want some opinions. In the past, I have created about 3 partitions: 1 for the OS, 1 for data, and a swap file (a couple of the boxes do not have as much RAM as I might like).
Is there any compelling reason to have partitions, or should I just let it have its way?
Thanks, Harry
When I attempt to install 12.04, either Ubuntu or Xubuntu, the installation seems to be steering me towards erasing existing partitions and using the entire disk.
One one of the computers, I allowed it to do this, assuming that it might help. It didn't.
As I move down this trail, I want some opinions. In the past, I have created about 3 partitions: 1 for the OS, 1 for data, and a swap file (a couple of the boxes do not have as much RAM as I might like).
Is there any compelling reason to have partitions, or should I just let it have its way?
Thanks, Harry