Last night, I tried the Linux-only setup on my desktop PC, only to find that the installer hung and wouldn't respond for hours. I let it run that long, just in case it was just too busy to update its progress bar, but no luck. This morning (it's currently 6:40am here), I booted the PC on the Linux install DVD again, and went over to the kettle to turn it on for a nice steaming hot cup of coffee, and the house power went out.
It seems that my kettle has decided not to work properly anymore! So, after turning the safety switch back on (no fuses to replace, fortunately), I'm now running the Linux install again.
Yesterday, I'd got all fancy and created a comprehensive manual partitioning scheme that covered my 3 internal hard disks, and had a different partition for /boot, /, /root, /tmp, /home, plus 2 larger partitions to be mounted as /data and /data2. It looks like the installer choked on it, though.
Today, I just selected the option "Guided - use entire disk and setup LVM", which should allow me to tinker with partition setups later on, when Linux is up and running nicely.
Fortunately, I have 2 PCs, a laptop (which I'm typing on now), and a desktop, so I can browse the internet (minus coffee!
), while the installer runs. Speaking of which: it's just showed me the "Restart now" message, so it's made good progress.