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Resize operation failure

Asked by norman_chalmers@dccnet.com

I am new to Ubuntu (and I do not program) and am having some simple problems with my new installation disk "Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition."
I have a new HP Pavillion dv9000. I did the install and created the 3 back-up discs as instructed.
I then installed the Ubuntu disc.
I tried to start the e-mail program but could not get to the bottom of the screen. None of the online forums or help seemed to address this in words that I could understand (no geek talk)
I tried to reinstall Ubuntu and came to this problem.
Under "Prepare Disc Space" I get a window "Resize peration failure" "An error occurred while writing the changes to the storage devices" "The resize operation has been aborted."
I have been through the Forums and found that they talk geek speak and suggest trying actions that I do not understand.
I read the comment by Shadow "chkdsk /f on the ntfs volume" and do not understand (geek talk?) what to do.

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norman_chalmers@dccnet.com (norman-chalmers) said : 		#1

I am having difficulty sending this.

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Ben Klein (kleinb1) said : 		#2

For your "Prepare disk space" problem:

I had the same problem myself on another computer that I was trying to set up. However, I found that it does not fail when run using the Alternate Install CD.

Hope this helps.

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norman_chalmers@dccnet.com (norman-chalmers) said : 		#3

Thank you Ben. I only recieved one disc from Ubuntu. What is the Alternate Install CD?

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Ben Klein (kleinb1) said : 		#4

If you downloaded it off the website, before you click the Start Download, check the "alternate desktop CD" box. Otherwise, I don't know how to help you.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#5

The Ubuntu alternate install cd iso image ( ubuntu-8.04.1-alternate-i386.iso ) you can download this cd from here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04.1/

If you are in trouble to download you can try to install and use a torrent client Deluge http://www.deluge-torrent.org/downloads.php to get your desired Ubuntu iso image http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04.1/ please select a .torrent file

- Minimum system requirements to install Ubuntu 8.04.1 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements

- Please check the md5sum of your downloaded Ubuntu .iso image file, here the https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM howto, and compare with http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04.1/MD5SUMS

- be sure to burn your cd at lower speed you can do usually 4x here an howto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

- Please also check the md5sum of your self burned cd. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

- then to be sure your ram is ok, boot from Ubuntu live cd main menu and at first showed menu, select the item "Memory test" to test your pc ram memory

Hope this helps

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norman_chalmers@dccnet.com (norman-chalmers) said : 		#6

I shut down the computer and restarted and the problem disappeared.
Thank you very much.

----- Original Message -----
From: "marcobra" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Question #40967]: Resize operation failure

Your question #40967 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/40967

marcobra proposed the following answer:
The Ubuntu alternate install cd iso image (
ubuntu-8.04.1-alternate-i386.iso ) you can download this cd from here:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04.1/

If you are in trouble to download you can try to install and use a
torrent client Deluge http://www.deluge-torrent.org/downloads.php to get
your desired Ubuntu iso image
http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04.1/ please select a .torrent
file

- Minimum system requirements to install Ubuntu 8.04.1
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements

- Please check the md5sum of your downloaded Ubuntu .iso image file,
here the https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM howto, and
compare with http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04.1/MD5SUMS

- be sure to burn your cd at lower speed you can do usually 4x here an
howto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

- Please also check the md5sum of your self burned cd.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

- then to be sure your ram is ok, boot from Ubuntu live cd main menu and
at first showed menu, select the item "Memory test" to test your pc ram
memory

Hope this helps

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#7

So please don't keep this question into "open" status.

Please close it marking as "solved".

Thank you

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#8

To mark as Solved please don't reply via mail but visit the launchpad question link

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/40967

Thank you

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norman_chalmers@dccnet.com (norman-chalmers) said : 		#9

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.

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norman_chalmers@dccnet.com (norman-chalmers) said : 		#10

Thanks for the patience.