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Linux Ubuntu installation issues
shmappy2004
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ok, now i have a new problem 
i've reformatted my aunt's hard drive and installed xp home, leaving two partitions blank, one for storage, and one to install unbuntu
every time i try to install ubuntu and click on the "manual" button thingie to pick a partition, i click on the partition i made specifically for linux, and it keeps telling me something along the lines of "no root file system cannot be used"
what am i doing wrong? should i have installed linux first?
i've reformatted my aunt's hard drive and installed xp home, leaving two partitions blank, one for storage, and one to install unbuntu
every time i try to install ubuntu and click on the "manual" button thingie to pick a partition, i click on the partition i made specifically for linux, and it keeps telling me something along the lines of "no root file system cannot be used"
what am i doing wrong? should i have installed linux first?
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There's a Linux thread in Moe's Technology Forum, and you would have been better served by posting it there.
Did you specify a mount point for the root filesystem? If you neglected to do that and had it formatted with a filesystem (typically ext3) then that is probably what is causing that error.
i don't really know a whole lot about linux. we had a few computers at school that had linux installed on them, but we didn't really touch on how it runs and such, so im kind of clueless as to what to do here
(Is that right Linux guys?)
More or less.
ooooo, that's all i have to do? sweet
i'll give it a try when im in the shop tomorrow, don't really have time today
thanks!
Basically.
It's actually more complicated than that because Linux doesn't do the whole drive name thing like Windows does, but for someone who is completely unfamiliar with how Linux handles storage devices and partitions that is the easiest way to explain it without confusing them.
Make sure to select the "ext3" filesystem type, because I think the installer defaults to something else on manual.
It should be in the partitioning config section somewhere.
this time it's for my own computer.
i pop the cd in and boot to it, then go through all the prompts and all that fun stuff to install
when i get to the partitioner screen, for some reason, there are no hard disks shown in the list for me to install the OS on.
i tried clicking on the manual install button, and again found no partitions to install on.
anyone have any clue what the problem is, and how i can solve it without having to reformat the whole hard drive?
could it be that i used an... uh... crack cd to install xp on it?
Does BIOS pick up the drive?
there's only one hard drive, but it has 3 partitions
the setup for linux doesn't see any of them...
well, can't look at it now. at work.
i'll take a look when i get home
i was wondering if it was 'cause my version of xp is a crack, but i bought a copy of vista, and it still doesn't work
does anyone have a clue what the problem is?
Yep. put the linux drivers on a floppy or USB disk.
the only os that doesn't see it, or any partion, is linux
i'll try putting the drivers on a flask disk tomorrow. don't have a floppy drive on this system
Disable the raid and/or switch the port to the non-raid portion of the motherboard. If it's a single hard drive there's no mirroring or anything going on so it's ultimately pointless. Other than to go "Hey look I got this hooked up to my raid card and am going to make my life difficult to fix or troubleshoot issues in the future."
i also had partitioned the original hard drive in the system...
On the motherboard, assuming SATA and that the motherboard is fairly recent, you should see a whole slew of SATA connectors. A few of these should be a different color from the rest (usually red and black). Move the cable to a different colored connector. Or find the make of your motherboard and get the linux/winxp drivers.
the whole system is fairly new. i bought all the parts back in december and was able to build it in january, so the system is only almost 2 months old. i think it has about 6 SATA connecters and one IDE connector. the main hard drive that has the operating systems on it is connected to the 1 slot, and the secondary hard drive connected to the 2 slot.
you think i should/can go to the motherboard maker's website and find the linux drivers there?
You probably have 2 RAID (0,1) and probably 4 non-RAID (2,3,4,5). Try moving it to 4 or something to see if it picks up.