cannot install ubuntu

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continuation from this thread http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17908744

i cannot install linux at all, with the live CD, i get into it but when i click install i get as far as partitioner with all options blanked out so i cannot do anything and i cannot continue.


there is free space, it was formatted into linux filesystem and ntfs, either way the result is the same, i cannot install linux at all

how am i suppose to install this when there is no option to do so, manually?
 
As in the other thread you mentioned that you're trying out Ubuntu, then you've got 2 options... you can either try to work out what's gone wrong with installing it in the "normal" way to the newly created partition, or you can use the Wubi installer to install Ubuntu (or one of the variants) from within Windows itself.

If you're interested in working out what's gone wrong there are a few things we can work on. If you're just looking to get Ubuntu installed as quickly as possible have a look at www.wubi-installer.org
 
i'll give that a go my last try is to have a partition which is unformatted... if that doesnt work i'll give that a go..

although why it doesnt work makes absolutely sense, obviously it doesnt detect any of the 3 seperate hard drives i have..

and if i put in ubuntu disk in windows it gives an option to install it "like any other program" which is the description that wubi page is saying, whats the difference?
 
i cannot install linux at all, with the live CD, i get into it but when i click install i get as far as partitioner with all options blanked out so i cannot do anything and i cannot continue.

I wonder about the disk detection...



Fire up the live CD ; Applications--->Accessories--->Terminal

Code:
sudo su
fdisk -l




The first command makes you root ( "Administrator" ).
The second command lists all the partitions, on all disks that are detected.

Paste the results here, please.
 
The first command makes you root ( "Administrator" ).
The second command lists all the partitions, on all disks that are detected.

Paste the results here, please.

thanks

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9619/screenshotbn2.png

i clicked take screenshot of current window not entire desktop but it didnt listen!

bah i put -1 instead of -l

this is what comes up

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo su
root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# fdisk -l
root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu#

so its not detected? gave it a google and found nothing of use
 
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so its not detected?

Looks like it is not. Some googling turns up:

Go into your bios and go to Integrated Peripherals->Onchip Sata Device. Look at the OnChip Sata Mode.
It is probably set to IDE by default and windows is happy to work with that mode. However the latest Linux kernels prefer it to be set to the more advanced AHCI mode. The trouble is that if you change it now, you will find Ubuntu boot works better but probably Windows won't boot until you change it back again.

That has been my experience so far (running an IP35 Pro). Has anyone found a way to work around this without having to change the BIOS setting? I'd hate to have to reinstall Vista, but I guess if I had to I could.

The answer to all these problems for the IP35 and for the IP35-E seems to be to set your SATA drive (in the bios) to AHCI mode. Then use the Abit CD to make a floppy disk with the SATA drivers. Install Windows XP using the floppy disk when requested. Then install Ubuntu using the Alternate install CD. That is what worked for me.

The whole thread.
 
Yep, is all down to AHCI mode.

If you have XP installed aswell then don't activate AHCI, otherwise it will mess up XP. There are guidelines around the web about running XP with AHCI, look at those first.

If you don't want to activate AHCI then download Pardus 2008 to try Linux.
 
and if i put in ubuntu disk in windows it gives an option to install it "like any other program" which is the description that wubi page is saying, whats the difference?

There aint any difference.
It installs just like any other windows app. On reboot you get a "grub "style" boot chooser. You get about 10 seconds to choose which o/s to boot into. If you dont choose it will default boot into windows.

If you find out you dont like it then uninstall it the same as any other windows app. Oh.. And that "grub style" boot chooser is removed as well so your'll never know it was installed.
 
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