I tried the Xubuntu alternate installer because I wanted to install the boot loader on the Xubuntu partition, not on the boot sector. I also downloaded the Kubuntu alternate installer but, in view of my experience, am disinclined to try it.
When I get to the partitioning part of the installation, the installer does not see the existing partition. It only sees the hard disk and the only option I have to proceed is to re-partition the disk, which, of course I do not want to do.
This seems to me to be another Ubuntu error but, just in case it isn't, I've set out the fdisk print below. Can anyone see a way to install Xubuntu on one of the empty partitions?
So far, I have Mandriva 2006 and 2007 on sda1 and sda3 respectively and Sabayon on sda4. Data files and backups sit on sda6. Sda5 is a Linux swap partition. The others are empty.
Quote:
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1300 10442218+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1301 14593 106776022+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda3 * 5398 6697 10442250 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 6698 7997 10442250 83 Linux
/dev/sda5 1301 1432 1060258+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 1433 5397 31848831 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 7998 9282 10321731 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 9283 10569 10337796 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 10570 11850 10289601 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 11851 13127 10257471 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 13128 14593 11775613+ 83 Linux
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