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  1. 06-17-2009 #1
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    Installation stops at keyboard layout choice.

    After the bit of the installation where you select what keyboard layout to use(Step 3), it starts to check the existing partitions then instead of moving on to step 4 stays on the same screen as before except the Forward and Back buttons are disabled only quit works.

    I am currently running XP with 3 NTFS partitions and am not sure what the problem is.

    Help would be really appreciated
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    Are you going to install Ubuntu to these present NTFS partitions? Are you telling it to format those partitions with a Linux file system such as Ext3 or ReiserFS? Also, what are the specs on this box. Older slower boxes have problems with the Ubuntu "GUI" install and may require the alternate Ubuntu text install CD which is available on the Ubuntu site.
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    Hi and Welcome !

    Boot up from Ubuntu LiveCD, open Terminal and execute this
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    sudo fdisk -l
    Post output here.

    * Its small L in fdisk -l.
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  4. 06-21-2009 #4
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    My intention is to use the option that lets ubuntu format the whole HDD and then install it however it likes, I don't want to get complicated if possible. Its Kubuntu 9.4 I'm trying to install.

    Results of the sudo fdisk -l

    Code:
    Disk /dev/sda:160.0 GB 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Unites = cylinders of16065 * 5128225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x16061605
      Device Boot        Start           End              Blocks          Id        System
/dev/sda1  *                   1        2550      20482843+          7          HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2                 2551      19457    135805477+          f           w95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5                 2551     10199       61440561            7          HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6               10200     19457      74364853+           7          HPFS/NTFS

    As for box stats I can post a dxdiag if you want? I know its a dual core Athalon X2 processore 2.4ghz i think with 1gb of DDR2 Ram.

    Also I have tried adding irqpoll to the boot part of the command line on nstall and it also doesn't ork with ACPI off.
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