Re: Resizing SATA from Kubuntu Live CD

On 7/7/06, Brian Pack <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I thought I'd be installing Kubuntu tonight. I can't get past the
> partitioning stage. I've got my IDE drive all ready to go, but I need to
> repartition and resize my SATA drive partitions before I can go on. The
> installer wants an all or nothing configuration. I'm trying google and
> the Ubuntu forums, but no luck so far. I tried the latest Gparted, but
> it wants no part of the SATA drive. At least not when booting with
> default options.

We cannot help unless you tell us exactly what you're trying at the
partitioning step and what error message (etc.) it gives you.

Just a wild guess, but if you're trying to partition and install from
a LiveCD, is it possible that your SATA disk is mounted while you're
trying to partition it?

Perhaps following these steps would help:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot


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David A. Riggs <[email protected]>