cliffk
November 2nd, 2009, 08:12 PM
i have a bootable usb flash drive with 9.10 ubuntu. i have a partitioned drive with a blank ext4 (37.25 GiB) partition that i made with GParted.
Once i invoke "install ubuntu 9.10", at step 4 of 7 i choose "Specify partitions manually (advanced)" because i don't want to "Erase and use the entire disk". The other option "Install them side by side, choosing between them each startup" also seems to want to change the partition table. Furthermore, i don't know what "them" is being referred to as installed "side-by-side".
After choosing "specify partitions manually" and selecting the ext4 partition a box pops up that says "No root file system is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu", to which i ask, what partitioning menu?
Is there some reason that i cannot install ubuntu to a partition. does it require the entire disk for installation? Or is there some partition menu where i can make the correction asked for? thanks for any help.
Once i invoke "install ubuntu 9.10", at step 4 of 7 i choose "Specify partitions manually (advanced)" because i don't want to "Erase and use the entire disk". The other option "Install them side by side, choosing between them each startup" also seems to want to change the partition table. Furthermore, i don't know what "them" is being referred to as installed "side-by-side".
After choosing "specify partitions manually" and selecting the ext4 partition a box pops up that says "No root file system is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu", to which i ask, what partitioning menu?
Is there some reason that i cannot install ubuntu to a partition. does it require the entire disk for installation? Or is there some partition menu where i can make the correction asked for? thanks for any help.