[GRLUG] ubuntu/kubuntu boot issues

[Topher]

> Ummm...  Yeah.  If you had selected the option to 'erase and
> automatically partition the disk' it would have worked fine.

Except I don't *want* to erase the disk.  I want to be able to preserve an 
existing partition.

> Alternatively, choosing 'manually edit the partition table' dumps you
> into a partitioning interface which is markedly similar to Windows XP
> setup's.

My only options in the manual section were to manually create RAID, or 
LVM, or go back to guided, which would erase entire disk and install RAID 
or LVM.

> Create a bootable partition mounted on / formatted as ext2, ext3, 
> reiserfs, jfs, or xfs and your machine should work fine.  LVM, RAID, 
> swap partitions, etc. are all strictly optional.  If you'd like a 
> step-by-step walkthrough through partitioning I can do that later 
> today...

Go for it.

> Seriously though...  Ubuntu's (and hence Debian's) partitioner is not an 
> ounce more complicated than redhat's, mandriva's, suse's or 
> microsoft's...

Maybe it's a version issue?  It was actually the latest Kubuntu, could 
they have old stuff?

>
> --tim
>
> On 2/17/06, Topher <topher at wcsg.org> wrote:
>> Ok, I'm going to try to remember everything I did last night, we'll see if
>> it works.
>>
>> I (tried) install Ubuntu in VMWare last night.  This was actually my fist
>> experience running Linux in a VM, in the past it's always been XP.
>>
>> It went fine until I got to the partitioning stuff, which was NOT
>> intuitive.  My options were software raid, or LVM, niether of which I
>> really wanted, but there were no other options.  I also didn't have an
>> option to see an existing partition table.  This could be because there
>> wasn't one, but I was hoping to see an option, since on my student laptops
>> I need to preserve the windows partition.  So my only option was to wipe
>> the (virtual) drive.
>>
>> I ended up picking LVM.  It dove right in installing stuff like ubuntu
>> does, and then came to a point where it said the kernel could not be
>> installed on the existing partition, and if I continue, the whole thing
>> will fail.
>>
>> My students confirmed that this happens every time.
>>
>> So at this point I'd have to say Ubuntu isn't as easy to install as redhat
>> 4.2 was.  :(
>>
>> I fully expect cries of shock and outrage, but there just weren't that
>> many options.
>>
>> Topher
>> Manager of Internet Services
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Topher
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