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| Thread ID: 103127 | 2009-09-13 04:57:00 | Guided Or Not Ubuntu Partition? | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
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| 809671 | 2009-09-13 04:57:00 | Don't laugh - I'm gonna try this on a totally different puter now. :clap It's a Compaq with 1/2 gig of Ram and a 2.2 MHZ processor if memory serves me. I ran it LIVE and it worked, so I want to know if I need to use the "Guided" partition manager or not. The puter is waiting for a decision but it seems to be fairly patient. :thumbs: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 809672 | 2009-09-13 05:00:00 | Not sure what a guided partition is but if its the only thing going on it then just install click click click wham desktop! | hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 809673 | 2009-09-13 05:00:00 | If this computer just has one disk in it, and you're happy for that disk to be wiped, go with guided. If this is that 9-disk monstrosity you were trying to install Linux on a while back, you'll have to go with manual. If you have anything else, tell us what it is so we can give you some informed advice. Edit: I wish you all the best with getting any sort of performance out of a 2.2MHz CPU :lol: |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 809674 | 2009-09-13 05:01:00 | Not sure what a guided partition is... He's talking about the Ubuntu installer's autopartitioning wizard. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 809675 | 2009-09-13 05:07:00 | OK - I am trying to get it to prepare a section and it keeps on asking me questions and saying that I haven't specified a partition for the root system mount point (whatever that is) and it needs a "/" in front of it and I cannot get a "/" in the drop-down menu and now it says: "No root file system is defined . Please correct this from the partitioning menu . "(wherever that is) . This puter has a very good XP-Home w/SP3 and ever possible update on a 80G hdd, so I know it has plenty of room . I want to get this to dual boot - and although I've had tragedies in the past (lost a RAID JBOD with over 3,000 MP3s and tons of videos), this is NOT the same puter this time . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 809676 | 2009-09-13 05:13:00 | Here we go again... can you cancel the changes, start the partitioning again, and take photos of each stage as you go. Upload each photo, and wait for a response here after each photo, *before* continuing or saving anything! | Erayd (23) | ||
| 809677 | 2009-09-13 05:19:00 | Photos? He wants me to C/P from a live disc and send photos? I undid the changes and am waiting for EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS from anyone here with a sense of chivalry, adventure and daring-do! Remember that I have NOT had my Vegemite today either! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 809678 | 2009-09-13 05:24:00 | If you can't figure out the screenshot thing on the live cd, then just get out the digital camera and snap some pics of the monitor. The reason I ask is: You'd already deviated from the instructions I posted earlier in the thread (i.e. if it's anything else, tell us and then wait for advice). Last time I gave you a set of explicit instructions you didn't follow them properly and ended up on a very weird tangent. You have a track record of problems with Linux, especially as regards partitioning, and often issues that nobody else encounters. Not intending any offense here, but I think in this case extreme hand-holding is warranted. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 809679 | 2009-09-13 05:32:00 | I have just washed my hands too - dang it! I am at a holding pattern at Step 4 of 7, where it asks me to Prepare Partitions, and it's just sitting there . Here's what's on the data window at the mo: /dev/hda /dev/hda1 - fat32 /media hda1 - 3893MB (Size) 3100MB (Used) /dev/hda2 - ntfs /media/hdfa2 - 76121MB (Size) 23300MB (Used) free space ----------------------7MB |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 809680 | 2009-09-13 05:38:00 | There is an alternative in the guided partitioning menu which says something like. "shrink the windows partition and install to the freed up space" Quite simple really. |
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