[GRLUG] trouble formatting Lenovo computer for Ubuntu install

[Eric Beversluis]

MAY BE WORKING THIS TIME. STAY TUNED.

On Sat, 2011-08-27 at 17:42 -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-08-27 at 17:18 -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> > On Sat, 2011-08-27 at 17:10 -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> > > I've got a new Lenovo ThinkPad x120e.
> > > 
> > > I tried to install Ubuntu. I chose the "reformat the whole disk" and set
> > > up the partitions I wanted (/, /home, and swap). But then when it tried
> > > to proceed Ubuntu three times said, 
> > > 
> > > "The ext4 file system creation in partition #1 of SCSI (0,0,0)(sda)
> > > failed."
> > > 
> > > Does anyone know why this might be?
> > > 
> > > Thanks.
> > > 
> > PS--the Win OS is gone--it reports no OS when I start it. 
> > I wonder what gparted will show?
> > 
> PPS:
> gparted wouldn't work either. What I was able to pick out of the lines
> flashing by:
> 
> at one point: 
>    unable to open /dev/sr0
>    unable to access /block/sr0
> 
> later a bunch of "SQUASHFS errors"
>    :squashfs-read-data failed to read block 0x403e15e
>    :Unable to read fragment cache entry [403e15e]
>    :Unable to read page, block 403e15e, size 71b1c
> 
> another attempt gave same error messages with different block number
> 
> later I got 'user at debian: ~$' prompt
> 
> later still something about an i/o error
> 
> then later it seems to keep cycling around identifying the USB DVD
> drive.
> 
> 
> 



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