Hello LinuxMCE people
I've just tried to install LinuxMCE for the first time, and got stuck right at the beginning.
This is what's on the screen:
Hard drives in the system:
1. /dev/sda (WDC WD100BB .... 10.0GB) [ this is a pata drive ]
2. /dev/sdb (ST3250620NS ... 250.0GB) [ this one is sata ]
Choose which drive to install the system on: 1
Chosen hdd: /dev/sda
Error: The location -12GB is outside of the device /dev/sda.
Error: Partition doesn't exist
Error: The location -12GB is outside of the device /dev/sda.
Error: Expecting a partition type.
Error: Expecting a partition type.
mke2fs 1.40.2 (12-Jul-2007)
Could not stat /dev/sda1 - No such file or directory
The device apparently does not exist: did you specify it correctly?
If I switch to a console via Alt-F2 at this point, I can do 'sudo parted /dev/sda' and create partitions with no problems.
But the install script will go no further.
This is from a LinuxMCE/Kubuntu 7.10 that I downloaded from linuxmce.org a few days ago.
I tried deleting the previous partitions from /dev/sda first, but that didn't make any difference.
Any suggestions?
regards
Chris
Hmmm... it could it be an indication that your /dev/sda1 partition is too small.
Hmmm... it could it be an indication that your /dev/sda1 partition is too small.
There is no /dev/sda1 partition yet -- the installer is supposed to be creating one, isn't it?
This is on an 'empty' PC -- I understood that the LinuxMCE installation DVD would install a copy of Kubuntu specially adapted for and including all the LinuxMCE bits.
I also understand that the combined Kubuntu/LinuxMCE DVD is still in beta: would it be better to install Kubuntu first and then add LinuxMCE?
Additional note: I'm using LinuxMCE-DVD-0710Beta3-i386.iso. Would Beta4 fix this problem?
regards
Chris
Try a bigger drive, 10G is to small!