Re: [orca-list] Installing Ubuntu help please

[Clinton Waterbury <cl9ton gmail com>]

I think the problem is that you're trying to use the main partition on
/dev/sda, and it's not liking that at all, from what I'm gathering
from your post.
Try installing it on /dev/sda1.
If that doesn't exist, create a new partition, and it should
automaticly make /dev/sda1 exist.
Other than that, you might have an issue with the drive itself, and
you might have to either 1, kill off all the partitions on the drive,
or 2, replace that drive in question.

On 3/1/14, Glenn <glennervin cableone net> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to install Ubuntu 13.10 onto my laptop.
> XP is on /dev/sdb, and I am trying to install it on /dev/sda.
> The install keeps telling me that there is no partition table defined.
> I press space bar on /dev/sda, and tab to "partition now".
> I go into that, and it tells me that I am about to partition a device and
> all previous partitions will be gone, and I read that it is using /dev/sda,
>
> so I tab to continue, and then it goes back to the window with "install
> now".
> When I try to "install now", it keeps telling me that no partition table is
>
> defined, please select partition tables.
> This should not be so difficult, I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 on /dev/sda
> on this laptop.
> /dev/sda has been cleared out, I used the 13.10 live session to wipe its
> partitions.
> The sighted folks I may find to help don't seem to understand what I am
> doing, and aren't much help.
> Any ideas?
> Glenn
>
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