Yes - that let me partition my empty drive - but nowhere could I find a way of selecting this drive for the install. -bryce.
> -----Original Message----- > From: steve [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, 19 June 2009 2:32 p.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Ubuntu 9.04 install - direct it to empty hard drive? > > Have you tried the manual partition method??? > > Steve > > On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 14:28 +1200, Bryce Stenberg wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As part of keeping our options open I have been permitted > to play with > > linux on Friday afternoons at work to become familiar with the OS. > > So for starters I chose to install Ubuntu 9.04 on my work pc, which > > has three disks and is running Windows XP. > > Disk1 has 2 ntfs partitons - one a 2 GB active partition > for booting, > > the 2nd 198GB with windows install I don't want touched. > > Disk2 has 80GB - I want linux on this disk (currently formatted Ext4 > > and empty). > > Disk3 is 1TB - but is over half full with various virtual machines. > > > > When I run the ubuntu install from cd, no matter what I've tried, it > > seems to want to install itself to my second partition on disk1 - > > adding extra partitions and resizing. > > I don't want this partition touched. > > > > Can anyone please tell me how to get it installed to Disk2? > > > > Thanks, > > Bryce Stenberg. > > > > > > DISCLAIMER: If you have received this email in error, > please notify us > > immediately by reply email, facsimile or collect telephone > call to +64 > > 3 9641200 and destroy the original. Please refer to full DISCLAIMER > > at http://www.hrnz.co.nz/eDisclaimer.htm > > > > > > > > > -- > Steve Holdoway <[email protected]> > http://www.greengecko.co.nz > MSN: [email protected] > >
