[GRLUG] ubuntu/kubuntu boot issues

[Topher]

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
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Cornerstone University Radio

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