Mounting at install

[steve23_316]

Hi,

i'm new to Kubuntu/Ubuntu, but not totally new to linux. I've been playing around for about 9 months, so i'm not a total n00b, but i can't get the installer for Kubuntu to let me only mount a "/" partition and a swap. it says that's all you need to mount and that's all i WANT to mount....never mind that i have two hdd's, one with two partitions and the other with 6. i have multi distros on the computer and don't want them all mounted! any end-arounds for this? first time i've had a distro try to make my mount ALL of the partitions

I'm using the live DVD and the specific mesaage i get is "No Mount Point Selected for Partition X DISC /ETC/ETC/ETC (Primary/Secondary) [sdbxx]"

of course i subbed in genreic values, but if i mount the partition it complains about, it complains about the next one until they are all checked. i gues i could just mount them all and then change the fstab manually later, but that's a pain in the ass. Any suggestions

[aysiu]

Re: Mounting at install

The Desktop CD assumes you have no Linux experience and thus asks you to mount all your partitions (unfortunately, it doesn't mount Windows partitons in such a way that you can actually read them without being root, but that's another story).

If you want more control, use the Alternate CD.

Otherwise, yes, you will have to manually delete them from /etc/fstab later.

[askrieger]

Re: Mounting at install

Aysiu has answered your question, but I'd like to add that your the FIRST person I've seen on this site that griped about something being mounted rather than something NOT mounted. I wish I could offer you some kind of prize.