HOWTO: migrate wubi install to partition

[bcbc]

So I've gotten the script working, and I made that extended partition like you said.

I'm trying the root.disk from a liveCD option and now am being told that the target to the disk is not found.

I think I'll try instead booting into my wubi-ubuntu and doing the second option you had for the automated script

I'm now getting this, after giving up on the second option and opting for the first.

@ubuntu:~$ sudo bash wubi-move-2.0.sh /dev/sda4 

wubi-move-2.0.sh: Partition /dev/sda4 could not be mounted for validation.
wubi-move-2.0.sh: This is normal if the partition is unformatted or the file
wubi-move-2.0.sh: system is corrupted. It could also mean you have entered
wubi-move-2.0.sh: the wrong partition. The partition will have to be formatted
wubi-move-2.0.sh: in order to complete validation.
wubi-move-2.0.sh: PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SELECTED THE CORRECT PARTITION.
wubi-move-2.0.sh: Please close all open files before continuing.
wubi-move-2.0.sh: About to format the target partition (/dev/sda4).
wubi-move-2.0.sh: Proceed with format (Y/N)
Y
wubi-move-2.0.sh: Formatting /dev/sda4 with ext4 file system
wubi-move-2.0.sh: Formatting /dev/sda4 failed or was canceled
wubi-move-2.0.sh: Migration request canceled

Are you sure that /dev/sda4 isn't your extended partition? That's the reason I added that warning in there (and that's one of the known reasons that the format will fail).

Please output the results of:
sudo fdisk -l (lower case -L)
sudo blkid

Also indicate which partition you are migrating to.
Thanks

[Zanderist]

Yes, create an extended partition with two logical partitions within it. Make the one for root ext4 (type '83 - linux') and the other '82 - swap'. The swap should be > size of RAM in order to support hibernation. Personally I'd go RAM + 1GB, but the overflow amount differs between releases and memory usage (and there's no clear guide I've found).

I think this also applies to me.

[Zanderist]

Are you sure that /dev/sda4 isn't your extended partition? That's the reason I added that warning in there (and that's one of the known reasons that the format will fail).

Please output the results of:
sudo fdisk -l (lower case -L)
sudo blkid

Also indicate which partition you are migrating to.
Thanks

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x85f81c3c

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1          26      203776    7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2              26       31696   254389912    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3           58050       60802    22102016    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4           31696       58050   211687424    5  Extended
/dev/sda5           31696       32239     4358144   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6           32239       58050   207327232   83  Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

/dev/loop0: UUID="e93b84b6-e974-485d-93f0-a3fd1c5447eb" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda1: LABEL="SYSTEM" UUID="18C23628C2360B10" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda2: UUID="A0DA36C3DA36960E" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda3: LABEL="RECOVERY" UUID="6C5A52095A51D106" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda5: LABEL="swap" UUID="b5d34696-9ebd-47ca-8341-fae710d20e45" TYPE="swap" 
/dev/sda6: UUID="80bdc25b-5e20-49e1-a223-654217a89ab9" TYPE="ext4"

Is that loop0 in that last one wubi?

[bcbc]

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x85f81c3c

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1          26      203776    7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2              26       31696   254389912    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3           58050       60802    22102016    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4           31696       58050   211687424    5  Extended
/dev/sda5           31696       32239     4358144   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6           32239       58050   207327232   83  Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

/dev/loop0: UUID="e93b84b6-e974-485d-93f0-a3fd1c5447eb" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda1: LABEL="SYSTEM" UUID="18C23628C2360B10" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda2: UUID="A0DA36C3DA36960E" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda3: LABEL="RECOVERY" UUID="6C5A52095A51D106" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda5: LABEL="swap" UUID="b5d34696-9ebd-47ca-8341-fae710d20e45" TYPE="swap" 
/dev/sda6: UUID="80bdc25b-5e20-49e1-a223-654217a89ab9" TYPE="ext4"

Is that loop0 in that last one wubi?

Yes /dev/loop0 is wubi.

Ok so since your target is /dev/sda6 and swap is /dev/sda5 you'd use:

sudo bash wubi-move-2.0.sh /dev/sda6 /dev/sda5

I assume your BIOS is ok reading beyond 137GB as it will need to do this to load the grub boot files.

[Zanderist]

Well it worked but windows 7 no longer boots, and it looks like a familiar foe.

0xc000000f <--something like this, boot loader.


I've also figure out that the vista loader on my laptop is actually the recovery partition's loader.

What should I do to correct this?

I'm already thinking about doing what I had to do before for this, first link in signature.

[bcbc]

Well it worked but windows 7 no longer boots, and it looks like a familiar foe.

0xc000000f <--something like this, boot loader.


I've also figure out that the vista loader on my laptop is actually the recovery partition's loader.

What should I do to correct this?

I'm already thinking about doing what I had to do before for this, first link in signature.

Grub doesn't differentiate well between vista/7 recovery and main partitions. You need to look at which one partition has the boot flag set and use that one. Then you can customize the name if you like using this guide http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1287602

[Zanderist]

Grub doesn't differentiate well between vista/7 recovery and main partitions. You need to look at which one partition has the boot flag set and use that one. Then you can customize the name if you like using this guide http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1287602

EDIT:
OUTSTANDING!

I downloaded the app, the 'grub2' customizer, and saw that there was two windows 7 loaders, only on different partitions. I believe that was what was screwing it up, I'm now posting this within windows 7.

I am now preparing a no man's land for media (music/pictures).

[bcbc]

EDIT:
OUTSTANDING!

I downloaded the app, the 'grub2' customizer, and saw that there was two windows 7 loaders, only on different partitions. I believe that was what was screwing it up, I'm now posting this within windows 7.

I am now preparing a no man's land for media (music/pictures).

Great. Glad you got it sorted out.

[Zanderist]

Great. Glad you got it sorted out.

Yeah thanks, I now have the issue of only being allowed 4 primary partitions. That's for another thread though.

[bcbc]

Yeah thanks, I now have the issue of only being allowed 4 primary partitions. That's for another thread though.

Just split /dev/sda6 using Gparted (you'd have to boot the wubi install or a live CD to do it - as you can't do it while it's mounted). But there is plenty of space there. You can't add another primary partition, but you can add as many more logical partitions as you need.