Hi Justin, I'm happy to help if your problem is not too beyond me. First, if you could share a bit more about the problem you are facing: - Your PC is a desktop or laptop? - If it's a laptop, which brand & model? - From your post in the Ubuntu site, can I confirm that you actually have 2x 1TB SSD disks in your PC - One is your Win7, another is completely empty (and/or been wiped a couple of times in your previous attempts) ? - Had your several failed attempts affected your Win7 disk? Or had it been wiped too? - Is your PC a 64-bit or 32-bit machine? (You probably already knew that, depending on what type of CPU you have, you need to use the 64-bit or 32-bit version of Ubuntu LiveCD for installation (you did mention you were able to boot it up from the LiveCD, right?) - You did mention you had tried the Ubuntu & KXStudio LiveCD, but you had not tried with a LiveUSB right? You are living in Melbourne? Which suburb? I thought If it's convenient I can have a hands-on look at your computer in order to better troubleshoot - before 20 June. Wen On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 6:36 PM, Justin Fisher <justinlewisfisher@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
Total linux noob here trying and failing to install ubuntu 14.04. I would love to know if there is an installfest planned sometime soon so i can finally get the OS installed. if not i would be super grateful for any help.
i posted my issue on askubuntu.com but not got any helpful responses yet, here is the link: https://askubuntu.com/questions/626934/cannot-install-ubuntu-14-04-on-new-ss...
basically i keep getting the "the ext4 file system creation in partition #1 (0,0,0)(sdd) failed" message when trying to install onto a brand new SSD. when i try to format and partition manually i get the "Error synchronizing after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object (udisks-error-quark, 0)" message.
If anyone can give me some pointers, i would really really appreciate it.
thanks!
Justin
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