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Tom Potts wrote: > I've got a 5 year old box with an 80G hard drive and W2k installed - I sort of > need it for Visual Studio and the missus. I stuck in the latest Kubuntu CD > and it ran beauuuutifully from the CD. > I asked it to install and it resized on of the two partitions on the HD and > made a new swap and ext3 and set up a few options for itself in the boot > sector. > I can still boot into w2k ok but none of the kubuntu options seem to work - > they all grind to a halt without any useful error messages. > An attempt at reinstalling doesnt look good as it tries to resize the ext3 > partition or take over the whole drive. > Any clues how to get round this- without installing debian etc thanks! > Tom te tom te tom > > Um... could you boot Kubuntu again from the live CD and manually remove the Linux partitions and try again? Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html