Re: [LUG] Generic plea for installation help (Gentoo & Ubuntu)

["Ben Goodger" <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 25/12/06, Kai Hendry <hendry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2006-12-24T12:19+0000 Ben Goodger wrote:
> space on sda, although the fstab-gui bit shows all my partitions.
> Unfortunately, whatever I try, I am then told "no root filesystem" when
> installing. In Feisty's "alternate" ( i.e. non-patronising installer)
> version, this happens also (I lack alternate discs for Edgy or Dapper.) So
> how do I fix my partition table so that gparted can see it? I presume this
> is the cause of the problem...

Yes, you really need the alternate version of Ubuntu edgy by the sounds
of it. I had a similar install problem sometime ago with the "desktop"
version.

This doesn't work, it displays a blank HDD as before..

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