[Discuss] Crashed computer on Xubuntu install

[Patrick]

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:14:15 -0800
Murray Strome wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gordon <gordon.craig at shaw.ca>
> Date: Saturday, December 29, 2007 12:54 pm
> Subject: Re: [Discuss] Crashed computer on Xubuntu install
> To: discuss at vlug.org
> 
> > Hi Murray:
> > 
> > It took a while for these old eyes to find exactly how to 
> > download UBCD; it 
> > seems to be a very complex  system of mirrors &c. But, 
> > thanks to the 
> > University of Crete (!) I have it OK, on a DVD (don't have any 
> > CD's handy. 
> > No matter, it's working on poor Bambi now. Next question: I've 
> > got it 
> > analysing the hard disk (somebody suggested that maybe that's 
> > the trouble) 
> > If the HD checks out OK do I do the partition with the ubcd, or 
> > let the 
> > Install program for Xubuntu do it? How to get to a clean install 
> > is the 
> > basic question I guess.
> > 
> > Thanks Gordon.
> 
> Hi Gordon,
> 
> Since you had trouble with the Xubuntu partitioning, I guess I would give it a try with UBCD. Don't forget to make a LINUX swap partition as well as a regular LINUX partition if UBCD will do it OK. I don't really know Xubuntu, but most distributions allow you to use existing partitions if there are any suitable ones.

It's the main one I use, but never ran into this problem with the
partitioner crashing before [and I had tried partitioning it a
few ways, before settling on a layout that suited me].  So I'm
still not sure what went wrong here.

Glad things worked out for you, anyway.  Maybe not quite the way
you'd planned, but still pretty good.  :-)


> 
> Good Luck!
> 
> Murray

That too!

Patrick.

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