[pskmail] Re: Stuck on dual boot
- From: Per Crusefalk <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:38:11 +0200
Maybe this helps?
http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/05/22/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-ubuntu-11-04/
73 de Per
ons 2011-10-05 klockan 07:15 -0400 skrev Andrew O'Brien:
> Thanks, I will try that tonight .
>
> Andy K3UK
>
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:38 AM, John Douyere <vk2eta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello Andy,
> > I haven't installed 11.04, but from your screen copy it seems that the
> > installer has not created the necessary partition(s) on the disk.
> > Assuming you want to install side-by-side on /dev/sda (the C: drive of
> > Windows) you should have an /dev/sda2 an most likely an /dev/sda3 (one for
> > the Ubuntu partition per say formatted in ext3 or ext4 and the other one as
> > linux swap.
> > Are there option for an automatic install? If so I would use that option as
> > you can always re-size your partitions after.
> > Worst case scenario you could use the gparted utility of a Puppy Linux CD
> > and make room AFTER your Windows partition, then create two partitions as
> > described above.
> > If the Ubuntu installer asks for a mount point, they should be "/" for the
> > root partition and "/boot" for the boot partition.
> > Hope this helps.
> > Good luck,
> > 73, John
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Andrew O'Brien <k3ukandy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Anyone here familiar with install steps for Unbuntu 11.4 ? I burned
> >> an ISO and decided to install as a dual boot with Windows XP. The
> >> videos I watched about how to do it seemed straight forward enough,
> >> but turns out they were probably for earlier versions. The screens I
> >> get are different. I was expecting one that had graphics of a Windows
> >> partition and a Ubuntu partition that I could just slide and size
> >> according to my needs. Instead I get a screen that appears to be
> >> asking me to specify a drive and mention that I have "no root file
> >> system" defined.
> >>
> >> Andy K3UK
> >
> >
>
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