Unable to intsall ubuntu thru wubi, installation stops whilce creating virtual disks

[sai]

Hi,

 a few days ago I decided to try out ubuntu, so I downloaded the image. So I used Wubi to install it on my HDD. The install worked smoothly until it got stuck at "Creating virtual disks", where it remained for over 2 hours after which I aborted the install. But to my great surprise, Ubuntu was installed and I could start it when booting my pc.

1) By using the normal installing mode, when booting.

It gets stuck at this screens :

First:
Quote:
Would you like to return to the partitioning program?
One or more of the partitions which you have made are too small. Make the following partitions at least this size (in bytes):

/2061720064

If you do not go back to the partitioning program and resize the partitions, the installation can fail.

Back / Continue
Clicking back takes me back to the same screen. Note: I made the partition 300gb big...
Clicking continue:
Quote:
The installation is being checked
The system is being installed
(progress bar: 0%)
Cache in partition #1 at /host/ubuntu/disks/swap...

Please advise what I shoud do ?

Regards & Thanks
Sai

[Joel Goguen (jgoguen)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug was not associated with the correct package, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in wubi.

[Agostino Russo (ago)]

Do you use FAT? If so select a small filesystem size of max 4GB or better use http://people.ubuntu.com/~evand/wubi/jaunty/wubi-r134.exe

Do not stop the installer.

[sai (sai-strategic-medical-management)]

Yes , I use FAT.

I ran Wubi by selecting filesystem size of max 4 GB and the wubi installation went fine. It asked to reboot and I pressed for reboot.

While rebooting it stopped while " Installing system" 0% Formatting swap space in Partition #1 of /host/ubuntu/disks/

Please advise

[Agostino Russo (ago)]

This happens if the swap file (and probably your hard disk) is severely fragmented
You can use jkdefrag to defragment c:\ubuntu\disks\swap.disk or the full hard disk

[Agostino Russo (ago)]

I would also be interested to knwo whether wubi r134 works well for you out of the box also when selecting a larger allocation.

[sai (sai-strategic-medical-management)]

 Yes Wubi r134 works great.

Let me try jkdefrag to defragment the hard disk and then revert with the status

Thanks very much

[sai (sai-strategic-medical-management)]

Defragmented using jkdefrag on all drives, but still installation stops at "Installing system" 0% Formatting swap space in Partition #1 of /host/ubuntu/disks/

Please advise

Thank you

[toshi (toshi-ubuntu)]

Wubi 9.04 would happen like this , how about Wubi 8.10 , it seems to work on fs FAT32 , though , it also have problem in their update. I think M$ windows treate FAT32 as a out-dated fs , the best way is to create a new NTFS partition on your HDD in order to solve this problem.

[sai (sai-strategic-medical-management)]

Finally I installed Ubuntu 8.10.

Installation went through fine.

I am really happy to be using Ubuntu 8.1 at last.

Thanks very much toshi and Agostino Russo.

[toshi (toshi-ubuntu)]

Good news ! If you have time , please try the desktop effect , it's wonderful.