Cannot install on 120gig free space drive

[lsatenstein]

I would like to describe my system and then indicate the problem.

Intel dual core system with 3.5gig memory.


disk1 SATA 320 gig, partitioned to 150gig Fedora 8
disk1 Second Partition partition 2 FREE SPACE where I want to install

disk2 SATA 250 gig Fedora 9 Preview

disk3 IDE 150 gig Front partitions XP
disk3 IDE 100 gig Back Partition PCLINUXOS

BIOS SETTING BOOT DRIVE Disk1

I run through the install program, and if I take the defaults, it wants to install in disk3 partition 2, replacing pclinuxos

If I change the settings to indicate to use the free space, it wants to overwrite one of the other working linux systems.

If I tell it to go manually, then it does not let me repartition the free space, but wants me to make it one of the mounted points (example / )

In the past, when I tried it with 7.10, Ubuntu destroyed grub so that nothing booted. ( I even tried unplugging the two hard drives that I did not want it to touch, and that did not work).

I would like to use ubuntu, for the look and feel, and because of the significant user group.


Any suggestions please? I accept emails.

Thanks in advance.

Mr. Leslie
(grandfather of 3)

[Pumalite]

Go Manual and choose the second partition of the first disk.(free space)