I finally got around to trying to install Xubuntu again.
Man! It was a long and convoluted process. I just have so much data, it became very awkward. I eventually ran out of DVDs, so I partitioned some FAT32 space on my Xubuntu hard drive, to put everything on (using a LiveCD), then reinstall Windows and move the data on those partitions to another FAT32 partition; this time on the Windows drive.
Blast away the old Xubuntu drive, and then reinstall. So far so good. I re-partitioned the Xubuntu hard drive space, using the GParted LiveCD (great stuff), and then chucked in the Xubuntu Alternate CD. Halfway through, all I’m greeted with is a
Debootstrap Warning Warning: Failure when installing base packages … yadiyada
Then I’m left with the only alternative; rebooting.
Second time round I tried the LiveCD Installer (Desktop CD), and was going fine until the same spot. Flicking over to another console I saw the dreaded messages I saw at the beginning of this fiasco.
ata4: translated ATA star/err 0×51/40 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0×3/11/04
Over and over again. What the hell does it mean? Google hasn’t really provided any help. So it’s back to Windows until I work something out, that doesn’t involve buying a new hard drive.
Perhaps another distro or an older release?
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