Originally Posted by
jonnystatts
So, I am new to this whole process as well, and so might be a little pedantic about this as I want to understand what's going on.
When I look in Ubuntu's disk utility I see I have a 31 GB root partition /dev/loop0, and then on the main hard disk I have a bunch of stuff: 1.6 GB /dev/sda1, 260 GB mounted at /host and called /dev/sda2, a 226 GB partition that is simply labelled as "free" whose device name is /dev/sda, and then 12 GB called /dev/sda4.
Ok, so two questions given this. First, from where exactly is wubi running? That is, should I be making partitions in /dev/sda or /dev/sda2... or should I be messing around with the /dev/loop0? I'm sorry if this question simply doesn't make any sense.
Second, I am under the impression that I need logical partitions to do this migration correctly, but when I partition this stuff up, I never seem to get a /dev/sda5, for example... so my question is does that matter? Can I just divide /dev/sda into, say, an 8 gb piece for swap and whatever's left for home and root and then just run this script simply giving it their names?
Anyway, thanks for putting this info up... this forum is awesome!
1. /dev/loop0 is a virtual partition - don't make any changes to it.
2. The script doesn't require logical partitions to migrate to. But in your specific case you have used 3 primary partitions so if you want to create more than one (you get max 4 primary partitions), you need to first create an extended partition in that free space and then the logicals.
You can use GParted. It's available on the Ubuntu CD (live environment) or from Wubi you can install it: from software centre enter gparted in the search box and select "Gnome partition editor" or from command line:
Code:
sudo apt-get install gparted
GParted will show that "free space" as unallocated. You can create an extended partition in that space (/dev/sda3). Then you can create logical partitions within that.
Unfortunately the script does not permit you to migrate your /home to a separate partition. This feature might be available in the future, but you could do this manually after the migration.
If you have any other questions - fire away. I'm going to be out most of the day... but I'll answer when I can.
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