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I get 'You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies:' and when i run 'apt-get -f install' as they suggest, i get a bunch of waiting and then 'connection timed out' message.

john-jones
– john-jones

2012-08-08 15:30:46 +00:00
Commented Aug 8, 2012 at 15:30
It seems like you are not connected to the internet on that machine. And your apt-get is possibly broken. I am no Debian expert to be able to help you there.

darnir
– darnir

2012-08-08 15:37:23 +00:00
Commented Aug 8, 2012 at 15:37
Have your previously added any PPA's and then removed them? That seems to be the most common cause for the above error. Also, run 'sudo apt-get -f install'. It seems many people tend to forget adding the sudo.

darnir
– darnir

2012-08-08 15:47:34 +00:00
Commented Aug 8, 2012 at 15:47
I ran it with a sudo, the solution in the end was to go to a friends house and format it there with the ubuntu gui. But this answer is a useful future reference.

john-jones
– john-jones

2012-08-08 19:15:12 +00:00
Commented Aug 8, 2012 at 19:15
RiserFS is not suppported any more on some major distributions. JFS and XFS can be too new for some distributions, ext2 is too old. My best bet is good old ext3.

Nils
– Nils

2012-08-08 20:08:04 +00:00
Commented Aug 8, 2012 at 20:08

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