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    Unhappy Installation is being mean to to me :(

    So I am going through the process of installing ubuntu 14.04 alongside win8. Since the installer didn't recognize win8 I
    had to custom partition my drive. Set it up into 4 parts 50gb (/) 50gb (home/) 40gb (boot/) and 43gb (leftover) for swap.
    so nothing extravagant. Should work normally, and, sure enough it takes me to the next screen. 3 seconds later I get a prompt that literally looks like:
    ___________________
    |____??????????______|
    |.................................|
    | ......???????????? .......| (Not all in ASCII of course)
    |.................................|
    |___________________|

    and sends me to the previous screen and tells me that I didn't specify a root system ( which I OBVIOUSLY did) and makes me reselect the partitions... Been at this all night to no avail. If someone here could help me out here that would be amazing as I am utterly lost.
    cheers,
    Niko.

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    Re: Installation is being mean to to me :(

    1-2GB should be more than enough for a boot partition if you are going to have a separate one.
    2-4GB for swap should be sufficient, depends upon the amount of RAM you have.

    Are you selecting the partition in the main installation window by highlighting it, then clicking the change tab and selecting a Mount point of /, for the root of the filesystem?

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    Re: Installation is being mean to to me :(

    I'm double clicking the partition then changing "do not use" to somethingsomething 4. Selecting format (even though theres nothing there) and selecting the / on the drop down menu and clicking OK.
    the / is then displayed next to the partition on the menu but the thing doesn't work...
    ...........
    wait.... Is that not how you do it?



    16GB RAM btw..

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    Re: Installation is being mean to to me :(

    When assigning '/' in the installer you have to use following options:
    Use as = Ext4 journaling system
    Mountpoint= /
    Format= yes/no

    Swap need not be more than 2-4gb unless you want to 'Hibernate' you pc. In that case SWAP should be equal to or more than the size of your RAM in GiB and not in GB.
    Before I tell you about /boot partition can you post the output of the following commands, booting Live?
    Code:
    sudo parted -l
    sudo fdisk -l
    Since you have Win8, was it pre-installed or did you install it?
    what machine you use, laptop/desktop, model/make ?
    "Evolution is Nature's way of issuing upgrades."


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    Re: Installation is being mean to to me :(

    Screen Shot 2014-08-14 at 09.37.37.jpgScreen Shot 2014-08-14 at 09.44.00.png
    The results of "sudo parted -l" && "sudo fdisk -l"
    possibly I partitioned one drive and selected the other to boot from?
    I'm on an AORUS x7 v.2 with Pre-Installed windows
    so I have a 256GB SSD and a 1TB HDD.... is that the problem here?

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    Re: Installation is being mean to to me :(

    Please copy the full output from the 'terminal' and paste it here, preferably in BB code.

    You say you have 256gb SSD, It doesn't show in the output but the 'Error' or it could be encrypted. Does Windows show the SSD?
    Boot into Windows and paste the screenshot of all your drives in Disk Management

    There is something not normal about that output.
    Can you link your previous threads? It'll help to know what you covered.
    Last edited by fantab; August 14th, 2014 at 01:18 PM.
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    Re: Installation is being mean to to me :(

    photo-1.jpg windows doesn't seem to have a problem with the SSD....
    I have the full terminal output for both commands... but its longer than most of my theory papers...(867 words)
    I don't have any other threads however. first thing I posted.

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    Re: Installation is being mean to to me :(

    Code:
    ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo parted -l
    Code:
    Model: ATA HGST HTS721010A9 (scsi)
    Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
    Partition Table: msdos
    
    Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
     1      1049kB  1000GB  1000GB  primary  ntfs         boot
    
    
    Error: Invalid argument during seek for read on /dev/sdb                  
    Retry/Ignore/Cancel? Ignore                        
    Error: The backup GPT table is corrupt, but the primary appears OK, so that will
    be used.
    OK/Cancel? OK                            
    Backtrace has 8 calls on stack:
      8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.0(ped_assert+0x31) [0x7f7973ec54b1]
      7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.0(+0x3f5f6) [0x7f7973ef55f6]
      6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_new+0x49) [0x7f7973ecaf99]
      5: parted() [0x406dff]
      4: parted() [0x407bda]
      3: parted(main+0x154b) [0x4065cb]
      2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7f79736a2ec5]
      1: parted() [0x406617]
    
    
    You found a bug in GNU Parted! Here's what you have to do:
    
    Don't panic! The bug has most likely not affected any of your data.
    Help us to fix this bug by doing the following:
    
    Check whether the bug has already been fixed by checking
    the last version of GNU Parted that you can find at:
    
    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/
    
    Please check this version prior to bug reporting.
    
    If this has not been fixed yet or if you don't know how to check,
    please visit the GNU Parted website:
    
    http://www.gnu.org/software/parted
    
    for further information.
    
    Your report should contain the version of this release (2.3)
    along with the error message below, the output of
    
        parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print
    
    and the following history of commands you entered.
    Also include any additional information about your setup you
    consider important.
    
    Assertion (last_usable <= disk->dev->length) at
    ../../../libparted/labels/gpt.c:994 in function _parse_header() failed.
    
    ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
    
    Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x3fe97f02
    
       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sda1   *        2048  1953521663   976759808    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
    
    WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
    
    
    Disk /dev/sdb: 128.0 GB, 128035676160 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 15566 cylinders, total 250069680 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x3fe97ee8
    
       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sdb1               1   750195455   375097727+  ee  GPT
    
    Disk /dev/sdc: 128.0 GB, 128035676160 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 15566 cylinders, total 250069680 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x00000000
    
    Disk /dev/sdc doesn't contain a valid partition table
    
    Disk /dev/sdd: 128.0 GB, 128035676160 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 15566 cylinders, total 250069680 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x00000000
    
    Disk /dev/sdd doesn't contain a valid partition table
    
    WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/mapper/isw_dedjjfehej_Volume1'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
    
    
    Disk /dev/mapper/isw_dedjjfehej_Volume1: 384.1 GB, 384100073472 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 46697 cylinders, total 750195456 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 16384 bytes / 49152 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x3fe97ee8
    
                                  Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/mapper/isw_dedjjfehej_Volume1p1               1   750195455   375097727+  ee  GPT
    Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
    
    Disk /dev/mapper/isw_dedjjfehej_Volume1p1: 314 MB, 314572800 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38 cylinders, total 614400 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 16384 bytes / 49152 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x73736572
    
    This doesn't look like a partition table
    Probably you selected the wrong device.
    
      Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/mapper/isw_dedjjfehej_Volume1p1p1      1920221984  3736432267   908105142   72  Unknown
    /dev/mapper/isw_dedjjfehej_Volume1p1p2   ?  1936028192  3889681299   976826554   6c  Unknown
    /dev/mapper/isw_dedjjfehej_Volume1p1p3   ?           0           0           0    0  Empty
    /dev/mapper/isw_dedjjfehej_Volume1p1p4        27722122    27722568         223+   0  Empty
    Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary.
    
    Disk /dev/mapper/isw_dedjjfehej_Volume1p2: 272 MB, 272629760 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 33 cylinders, total 532480 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 16384 bytes / 49152 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x500a0dff
    
    This doesn't look like a partition table
    Probably you selected the wrong device.
    
      Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/mapper/isw_dedjjfehej_Volume1p2p1   ?  1948285285  3650263507   850989111+  6e  Unknown
    Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
    /dev/mapper/isw_dedjjfehej_Volume1p2p2   ?           0           0           0   74  Unknown
    /dev/mapper/isw_dedjjfehej_Volume1p2p4        28049408    28049848         220+   0  Empty
    
    Partition table entries are not in disk order
    
    Disk /dev/mapper/isw_dedjjfehej_Volume1p3: 134 MB, 134217728 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 16 cylinders, total 262144 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 16384 bytes / 49152 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x00000000
    
    Disk /dev/mapper/isw_dedjjfehej_Volume1p3 doesn't contain a valid partition table
    
    Disk /dev/mapper/isw_dedjjfehej_Volume1p4: 184.2 GB, 184225366016 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 22397 cylinders, total 359815168 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 16384 bytes / 49152 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x73736572
    
    This doesn't look like a partition table







    well........... I'm screwed.
    Last edited by oldos2er; August 14th, 2014 at 04:25 PM. Reason: Please use code tags to contain large terminal output.

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    Re: Installation is being mean to to me :(

    I think you need to use gdisk in place of the parted command; see this askubuntu.com thread: http://askubuntu.com/questions/38675...ckup-gpt-table

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    Re: Installation is being mean to to me :(

    so my entire problem is a corrupt GPT table?

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