Install Problem

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Hi,

If you have no need for anything on the existing disk.?
I would be tempted to use Gparted from a live boot and remove all existing partitions,
use the device menu and create a new parttion table, and start from scratch.?

Agree with Wirezfree.  Boot live LL, go to Menu -> System -> Partition Drives and that will open GParted.  You can delete all existing partitions from there.  (If any are mounted, you need to unmount them first.  Right-click the partition and choose "Unmount".  Right-click any Swap partition and choose "Swapoff".  Then you can delete them.)  After that, along top of GParted, go to Device -> Create Partition Table -> "msdos" -> OK to create a new partition table.

At that point, if you just want to do a standard installation close GParted and run the installer program.  If you want a special partition arrangement, you can stay in GParted and make the partitions ahead of time, or you can do it directly from the installer itself -- your choice.

If you're unsure of anything and want us to look at your current drive partitions before you proceed, open a terminal and enter this command:

Code:

sudo parted -l

(Last character is a lowercase letter "L", not a number 1.)

Enter this command to give us a good look at full specs of the system:

Code:

inxi -Fxz

If your running live LL 2.2 that last command will work.  If running LL 2.0, you need to install it to live environment first.  (Must be connected to Internet for this.)  You can do that by running these two commands first, then go back and run command inxi command above:

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install inxi

Copy full output of both commands and paste it back here to the forum.


P.s.  Since it sounds like you are installing LL 2.0 right now with intention to move to LL 2.2 soon, you might want to consider a non-standard install that makes use of either a separate "/home" partition or a separate "data" partition.  That will make things easier when you change from one version to the next.  If this is of interest to you, post back with output asked for above and we can tell you how to proceed from there.