This is my first experience with linux but not with unicies - I go back to the beginnings with FreeBSD, and before that SysV and SCO, Ultrix, etc.
I'm trying to install Xubuntu 13.10 64bit from the live cd (dvd really since it's oversize).
I first tried the regular-flavor ubuntu v12.04.3. Since it scared me by not bothering to ask which disk I wanted it to install to, I disabled all the disks but the target one for the Xubuntu install. It's a data disc with 2 partitions, one unformatted and intended for the installation and the other dedicated to NTFS.
I chose "install" rather than "try" when Xubuntu booted, but it doesn't seem to know how to install itself, and it's very sparing with instructions on how I should fix whatever it thinks is wrong.
Can someone point me to a detailed walk-through, or offer advice? Thanks.
I'm trying to install Xubuntu 13.10 64bit from the live cd (dvd really since it's oversize).
I first tried the regular-flavor ubuntu v12.04.3. Since it scared me by not bothering to ask which disk I wanted it to install to, I disabled all the disks but the target one for the Xubuntu install. It's a data disc with 2 partitions, one unformatted and intended for the installation and the other dedicated to NTFS.
I chose "install" rather than "try" when Xubuntu booted, but it doesn't seem to know how to install itself, and it's very sparing with instructions on how I should fix whatever it thinks is wrong.
Can someone point me to a detailed walk-through, or offer advice? Thanks.