Hi Justin, I hope you don't mind I CC the troubleshooting of your PC to LUV Main list - we have got many smart and experienced people there who might know how to fix it.
Just to clarify: You said you have 2 SSD disks, both 128GB. However, in you askubuntu posting you also mentioned: I have a SSD running Windows 7, two 1tb drives for storage and a new ssd i intend to run ubuntu (eventually kxstudio) on. So would like to get a clearer picture on the actual number of disks you have in your PC. - Do you actually have 4 disks in total - 2x SSD 128GB each, and 2x 1TB disks (IDE, Sata or SSD)? - Your error says 'sdd' - that would usually indicate disk no. 4 (sda, sdb, sdc & sdd). You said you had tried using GParted on your disks, can you try describe to us the layout a bit? This would help giving us a better picture. Say: Your Win7 currently on the first disk - sda (format: ntfs); And if the 2x 1TB disks sdb and sdc respectively, are they still Windows partitions (i.e. ntfs or fat32)? - You said you could not get any further than the error message "the ext4 file system creation in partition #1 (0,0,0)(sdd) failed" during the installation. I take it you mean you had started the Ubuntu installation, but then it failed with the above error when come to the "Disk Partitioning" part? - In your askubuntu post you also mentioned several steps that you had tried. Perhaps some in our luv-main list can suggest anything wrong there? May be a SSD needs to be handled differently in disk partitioning? I am sure with enough "eye-balls" we can help you to get pass the disk partitioning part of your Ubuntu installation (which is usually the most critical part). Get pass this point, the rest of the installation is usually pretty straight forward. - While UEFI can often be contributing to difficulty in installing a Linux Distro side-by-side with a Windows installation (usually Win8), I doubt it is in your case - because you could boot up your LiveCD ok, and you are installing Ubuntu on a separate disk. While you may be a linux noob, you seem to know a fair bit about computer - so I think with a few more "Q&A's", I am confident we can get your PC successfully installed with Ubuntu before our next LUV Beginners Workshop. Cheers, Wen On Jun 1, 2015 3:48 PM, "Justin Fisher" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Wen, > > Thank you immensely for contacting me and being willing to look at this > problem. > > To answer your questions I have a Win7 64bit desktop. I indeed have 2 > ssd's both 128gb, Win7 (which is working fine after the attempted ubuntu > install, though i did need to do a system restore at one point), and the > empty one which I attempted to wipe and format several times. I have two > 1tb drives for storage. > > I have not tried a LiveUSB yet, only DVDs and was able to boot from the > LiveCDs. > > Not sure if this is a problem but i have a PCI soundcard connected also. > > I am beginning to think this may be an issue with UEFI, as i have seen > some things written about that, but if so it would be well beyond my > limited understanding of Linux at this point. > > Thanks again, > > Justin > > On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Wen Lin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Justin, >> >> I'm happy to help if your problem is not too beyond me. >> >> First, if you could share a bit more about the problem you are facing: >> >> - Your PC is a desktop or laptop? >> >> - If it's a laptop, which brand & model? >> >> - From your post in the Ubuntu site, can I confirm that you actually have >> 2x 1TB SSD disks in your PC - One is your Win7, another is completely empty >> (and/or been wiped a couple of times in your previous attempts) ? >> >> - Had your several failed attempts affected your Win7 disk? Or had it >> been wiped too? >> >> - Is your PC a 64-bit or 32-bit machine? >> (You probably already knew that, depending on what type of CPU you >> have, you need to use the 64-bit or 32-bit version of Ubuntu LiveCD for >> installation (you did mention you were able to boot it up from the LiveCD, >> right?) >> >> - You did mention you had tried the Ubuntu & KXStudio LiveCD, but you had >> not tried with a LiveUSB right? >> >> You are living in Melbourne? Which suburb? I thought If it's convenient >> I can have a hands-on look at your computer in order to better troubleshoot >> - before 20 June. >> >> >> Wen >> >> >> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 6:36 PM, Justin Fisher < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Total linux noob here trying and failing to install ubuntu 14.04. I >>> would love to know if there is an installfest planned sometime soon so i >>> can finally get the OS installed. if not i would be super grateful for any >>> help. >>> >>> i posted my issue on askubuntu.com but not got any helpful responses >>> yet, here is the link: >>> https://askubuntu.com/questions/626934/cannot-install-ubuntu-14-04-on-new-ssd-the-ext4-file-system-creation-in-partit >>> >>> basically i keep getting the "the ext4 file system creation in partition >>> #1 (0,0,0)(sdd) failed" message when trying to install onto a brand new >>> SSD. when i try to format and partition manually i get the "Error >>> synchronizing after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object >>> (udisks-error-quark, 0)" message. >>> >>> If anyone can give me some pointers, i would really really appreciate >>> it. >>> >>> thanks! >>> >>> Justin >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> luv-beginners mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-beginners >>> >>> >> >
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