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How can I fix "The creation of swap space in partition #6 of SCSI2 (0,0,0) (sda) failed" while installing Ubuntu?

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Edit: Updated my question with screenshots

I have a 500 GB built-in hard disk.

I have 3 primary partition.

C: - 100GB - Primary Partition - Windows 7 installed

D: - 150GB - Primary Partition

E: - 100MB - Primary Partition - System Reserved For Windows

250GB - Unallocated Space

Please note, I already have a ubuntu installation in my windows 7(wubi)
Problem is I have ubuntu 13.04, but I need 12.04 LTS.

So I decided to install ubuntu 12.04 LTS in my 250GB Unallocated space

I downloaded ubuntu-12.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso from official ubuntu site. I burned that in my 8GB transcend flash drive using ubuntu 13.04 built-in start up disk creator.

I booted my pendrive using boot manager. I selected "install ubuntu", then selected "Something else" option.

I created a Logical partition with size 240GB (ext4 - path /). I also created another 10 GB Logical partition for Linux swap.

Everything's fine so far. However, I'm unable to proceed.

It says error something like The creation of swap space in partition #6 of SCSI2 (0,0,0) (sda) failed.

Can someone tell me what is wrong with my steps?

Thank you.

Update:

I have added some screenshots to make my situation clear.

1) Free space 247GB available

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2) New logical partition with 237GB

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3) After 237GB partition 10 GB Free space available

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4) Create Linux swap with 10GB

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5) Both partition look like this

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6) When I click install button, I got this error

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7) When I click ignore button, I got this error again

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8) When I click "ok" button, I got redirected to this page

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9) I restarted my PC, did the same steps again.. This is how it looks like now

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10) When I click install, I got this error

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11) So I edited my partition and selected "Mount point"

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12) Now it looks like this

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13) When I click install button, I got this error again.

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Is it really a bug with linux 12.04.3 or am I missing something?

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answered 1 Year ago untroo · Accepted Answer

Okay! Don't make a Logical Partition. Why? It may install fine, but when you decide to upgrade to a later version of Ubuntu, it "may" (or may not) alter your partition table and you "may" (or may not) end up losing data. (I've experienced it.).

The solution? Use the entire free space for Ubuntu, and create a swapfile later. Check this for the process: Use swapfile instead of partition and hibernate

Please create swap 1.5 times your RAM if <2 GB, 4GB if =3GB and 100-200MB more than RAM if >3GB. Don't "waste" 10GB HDD space.

P.S. Why is your /dev/sda1 'unknown'? If it's a Windows partition, it should've been of the 'type' ntfs. Boot into Windows or the Live DVD and see if the partition is usable. Delete it if not so.