Help with installing Ubuntu

[Vertex]

Hi, whenever I try to install Ubuntu, I always get this error, "No Root File system is defined" that is when I try to install it to a specified partition though I can't choose the option to install it alongside Windows cause it will cut my main partition into two but there is little space left in my main partition and when I did try that option, some time ago, I get this warning of an unrecoverable drive error. Please help. I have this screenshot...

I can only run it on a USB though which is not very convenient.

 

[pparks1]

In looking at your screenshot, it doesn't appear that you have any free space on the drive in which to install Linux onto. Instead, you might want to opt for the wubi install...which you actually start from within windows and it installs to a file (somewhat like a virtual machine). and gives you what looks like a dual boot without actually having to have space for partitions and such.

 

[Vertex]

In looking at your screenshot, it doesn't appear that you have any free space on the drive in which to install Linux onto. Instead, you might want to opt for the wubi install...which you actually start from within windows and it installs to a file (somewhat like a virtual machine). and gives you what looks like a dual boot without actually having to have space for partitions and such.

I have 14.7 GB free space on the partition where I am about to install it and that is more than enough. I just click it and when I choose Forward, that warning appears...

I tried the Wubi install before but it always fails at around 49% of the installation because of "permission" errors and my connection is a bit slow and it would take hours for Wubi.

 

[severedsolo]

"no root file system" means you havent partitioned properly.

Easiest way to fix this: Delete the partiton (either Gparted or Windows disk Management) so it is "Unallocated Space" then when it asks you to select partiton click "use the largest continuous free space" it will sort it out by itself like that

 

[Lebon14]

Your partition you try to install to is NTFS. Linux doesn't use NTFS. So, you pretty much have to delete that partition and during install, make Linux create his own himself.

 

[Vertex]

OK, I have deleted the partition where I plan to install Ubuntu so it becomes a free space, I try to install it to the "largest free space", I was able to continue but on 49% of the installation like what I feared, I get this warning again.

Just to make this, clear, I was installing it from a USB, not a CD when I took this screenshot, and the same warning would appear anyway if I try to install it from a burned CD. I even tried to plug the USB on a different USB port but still it comes to that.

What do I do now???

 

[severedsolo]

You say that it happens whetehr you burn it to disk or not?

sounds like a corrupted download, I'd download it again and burn it to CD

 

[Vertex]

You say that it happens whetehr you burn it to disk or not?

sounds like a corrupted download, I'd download it again and burn it to CD

If I burn the Ubuntu ISO on a CD and run this setup again, I would come up to this again. I know because I have attempted to install this many times and have failed everytime because of this.

My DVD ROM drive has no errors and I recently cleaned the inside of my CPU so I don't get this. One guy on another forum suggested, I rebuild my system but that is not an option for me at this point. He said he also experienced this error in his laptop whilst installing Ubuntu.

I also managed to get the Solaris ISO, burn it to a CD, that installed successfully but Ubuntu can't. Its either my drive is really rejecting Ubuntu of what...

 

[severedsolo]

Please reread my previous post

What I said was I think that the ISO is corrupted. IE it didnt download properly.

Try downloading it again and then burning.

Incidentally, have you looked at Linux Mint? its basically Ubuntu but a bit more user friendly:http://www.linuxmint.com/

 

[Vertex]

Please reread my previous post

What I said was I think that the ISO is corrupted. IE it didnt download properly.

Try downloading it again and then burning.

Incidentally, have you looked at Linux Mint? its basically Ubuntu but a bit more user friendly:Main Page - Linux Mint

Thanks, I would consider that, I downloaded it using Firefox with DownloadThemAll plugin. I rarely ever use IE.

 

[bobtran]

you could also request a free CD from the Ubuntu site provided you have not done so too many times in the past. It takes about 3-4 weeks to arrive although they tell you up to 10 weeks. I have run into problems with the downloads before (could be my ISP) and as I have to use Wildblue satellite (sucks.......sucks......sucks) I can't afford the download issues due to FAP (download limits).

 

[Vertex]

Incidentally, have you looked at Linux Mint? its basically Ubuntu but a bit more user friendly:Main Page - Linux Mint

Hello, I have tried this one, and again I used a download manager to get the ISO, burned it to an RW CD After burning and re-inserting the disk, I loved the setup, its very similar from the Wubi install, only that it copies the files directly from the burned CD.

Then when I reboot the system, I now got the option to boot Linux Mint and whilst it tries to finish the installation,to my dismay, I encounter the very same warning error like the one from Ubuntu at around 36%....

It feels very bad, though I suspect the a corrupted download is not the problem.... maybe my HD is just rejecting these Linux based OSs.

you could also request a free CD from the Ubuntu site provided you have not done so too many times in the past. It takes about 3-4 weeks to arrive although they tell you up to 10 weeks. I have run into problems with the downloads before (could be my ISP) and as I have to use Wildblue satellite (sucks.......sucks......sucks) I can't afford the download issues due to FAP (download limits).

No, its seems that 10 weeks is a little too much time lol.

 

[severedsolo]

Have you tried not using a download manager to get them and just downloading them normally?

It wouldn't be the first time that a Download manager has mangled an ISO.

Lets be very clear, HDD's don't just "decide" to reject Linux. It would be like them randomly rejecting Windows, it just doesn't happen.

I'm still thinking its your download manager. Do a standard "Save As" rather than using the Download Manager

 

[Vertex]

Have you tried not using a download manager to get them and just downloading them normally?

It wouldn't be the first time that a Download manager has mangled an ISO.

Lets be very clear, HDD's don't just "decide" to reject Linux. It would be like them randomly rejecting Windows, it just doesn't happen.

I'm still thinking its your download manager. Do a standard "Save As" rather than using the Download Manager

Yep, I'm doing a standard download now. Started maybe half an hour before your reply came but its feels like 10 times slower than when I am using the download manager so it might take up until tomorrow.


If not, I am going to an IT professor tomorrow and ask if he can give me an uncorrupted Ubuntu ISO, and is these last efforts were to fail, I give up lol..

 

[severedsolo]

Thats good if it seems slower. It means its actually working The problem was, I think that your download manager wasn't actually downloading it all. OF course on an OS this is Fatal!

 

[Vertex]

What you meant was that even though a download manager is faster, it may not be downloading the data as good and as solid as it should be on a standard download....?????

If I was using the manager, it'll take up to 3 hours I guess but right now, the estimate is 11 hours, 57 minutes.

My Internet speed fluctuates a lot, I'll hope for the best...

And one more question, I did say that I am able to run Ubuntu from a USB and while I use it from there, Ubuntu came with Firefox, I managed to configure my Internet ISP on Ubuntu, but why are the webpages not loading at all and it doesn't progress on downloading the drivers?? Do you really have to make a full install of Ubuntu for the Internet to work????

I was able to run Linux Mint in Demo Mode and the same thing happens about the Internet connection....

 

[severedsolo]

I suspect that was down to the corrupted ISO. The Internet works fine from the Live CD

 

[crossnet]

Try download with IDM....But, why you don't ask for free cd by cannonical?

 

[Vertex]

Try download with IDM....But, why you don't ask for free cd by cannonical?

Like what the other guy said, ordering a CD will take weeks and I can't wait that long.

 

[pparks1]

It feels very bad, though I suspect the a corrupted download is not the problem.... maybe my HD is just rejecting these Linux based OSs.

In the past 10+ years that I have done Linux, I've never seen a hard drive reject a Linux install. It's always been either a bad download, bad media, or a faulty drive.

And one more question, I did say that I am able to run Ubuntu from a USB and while I use it from there, Ubuntu came with Firefox, I managed to configure my Internet ISP on Ubuntu, but why are the webpages not loading at all and it doesn't progress on downloading the drivers?? Do you really have to make a full install of Ubuntu for the Internet to work????

I've not experienced that. to me, it sounds as if your DNS might not be properly setup and thus is cannot resolve names. From a terminal window, you can run commands such as;
ping www.yahoo.com
nslookup {enter} www.yahoo.com {enter}