Sorry all. Sent this by mistake to Gary off-list. Forwarding here now for completeness for the archives.
Lisi ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: Installing - partitioning failing Date: Saturday 28 July 2012 From: Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com> To: Gary <listgj-...@yahoo.co.uk> On Saturday 28 July 2012 16:41:57 Gary wrote: > I have a system with a Windows 7 installation (NTFS) which I'd like to > keep and use "alongside" Debian. During the installation process I > reduced the size of the main partition which left a "hole" that the > installer labelled "unusable". I wasn't sure what to do with that, but > tried to use LVM to get it to use that as the place where it should > create a "group" (whatever that is).When I selected it and pressed I had this error message and struggled with it. The problem turned out to be that there were 4 primary partitions, so there were no available partitions. I deleted one of the partitions, recreated it as extended, and then used the remaining space as another extended partition. > Return, the system complained. With a bunch of question marks. There > was no recognisable text at all. After that, the installer can't do > anything with the partitions - it fails to recognise them, I think, > and just springs back to the main menu when I try to select that > option again. Sorry, can't help with this. > What have I done wrong? How do I fix it? Why is the installer giving > me sh1t? :-( HTH Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201207282154.45219.lisi.re...@gmail.com
