[Cialug] Install Troubles

[murraymckee at wellsfargo.com]

OK, I've finally taken some time off and I'm trying to get Linux running on my old PC.  

The install on what was the "D" drive got as far as trying to start the X server and failed to go any further.

I seem to have trashed something because to proceed any further I had to remove the old "D" drive from the boot sequence or it just hung at a black screen coming up.  Something happened to my "C" drive as well as Windows no longer boots either.

I tried the Ubuntu disk that I got at Raccoon River a few months ago, and it's 64 bit and my computer isn't.

So I tried the Kubuntu disk which I got at the same time and it came up.  It's really slow and I can't save anything, but it was up.

I tried to look at the file system and it says that 0 bytes are available so I assume I'm looking at the CD and not at either of my hard drives that are installed in the computer.

So I tried to install Kubuntu over what was installed on the former "D" drive.  I chose the option to use the whole drive and reformat the partition table and 'loose everything on the drive'.

I'm getting:
7211766 ACPI Unable to load system description tables
Which I suppose is due to me booting from a CD rather than an install, but it goes on so I'm not too worried about this one.  I'm including it in case it really is significant and I don't know it.

I'm getting:
Fatal: Error inserting battery /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/drivers/acpi/battery.ko
But it goes on, so I'm not thinking this is too serious either, but . .  .

The same thing happened when I booted directly to Kubuntu from the CD so that's why this one doesn't worry me.

Then I got:
KNOTIFY - Disable ARTS sound output
Well, OK, I can leave the sound off for now.  It says that I can be turned back on later.  I'll go with that after things are up and running.

Then I got:
Error: Kdesktop process for the file protocol died unexpectedly
I clicked "OK" three times before it went away and stayed away.

And finally I'm getting
Failed to create a file system - the ext3 file system creation in partition #1 of SCSI1 (0,1,0) (sdb)
When I click OK the install process goes back to the 2nd of 6 questions it asks at the beginning of the install process, and everything repeats from that point.

Any suggestions?
Thanks,

Murray McKee 
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