Re: loading ubuntu 8.04

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From: Sandgroper
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:47

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"davo" <davru@hereto.net.au> wrote in message 
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> Started a clean install but when I get to the Petitions menu it keeps 
> asking for the root file system,which is allready set for ntfs.New to this 
> system,hopefully its something simple.
>

NTFS is a windows file system that is not compatible with Linux and is a 
totally different type of file system that us used by Linux.
You need to use either ext2 or ext3 on the / file system.
Do a reinstall and during the installation/partitioning section select ext3 
when formatting the / file system.


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