you coukld use a drive formatting tool to do this before you try installing,
are your BIOS settings all right???
James
JonI have downloaded the alternative - unfortunately, the CD cannot find my
hard disk and the installation fails each time. I've tried a few times. Any
ideas?Al
> Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:24:40 +0000> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 6.10 install> > >
> HiI've been trying to install Ubuntu 6,10 on my laptop (a Sony Vaio A397XP).
> The >installation hangs when it gets to creating the file system ("Creating
> ext3 file >system for / in partition #1 of SCSI 1 0.0..)I've tried to run the
> install a few times >and get to the same point. How do I progress past this
> point?ThanksAlastair> > Hey,> > I had a similar problem installing on my Acer
> laptop so I tried the> alternative install CD and that worked perfectly.> >
> Hope it helps,> > Jon> > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com>
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