unable to install ubuntu 10.04.1 lts on Windows 7 x64 bit

[sahildave]

1. I have an ubuntu 10.04.1 lts installation iso image...
2. I burned it to a cd and restarted my computer..
3. When i reached to the partitions menu
a. There was not "install side by side" option.
b. 70 gb of windows 7 part (which is OK)and a 249 Gb of free space were shown in-spite i have this space partition in 2 drives of 100 and 149 gb in windows.
4. I wanted to install ubuntu in my F: drive (of 149 gb) but there was no method due to the above reason.

What should i do? should i download it once again.
I dont want to install with WUBI as someone told me it is not good because it slows down the computer(Is it so?)...

Pls reply...

[odelance]

Can you boot on Ubuntu CD, option "Try but don't install" and type command "sudo parted -l" and post result.

[PJ Ritz]

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[sahildave]

Can you boot on Ubuntu CD, option "Try but don't install" and type command "sudo parted -l" and post result.

Thanks for Replying
Here's the result

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA WDC WD3200BEVT-7 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 320GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 132MB 132MB primary fat16
2 132MB 132MB 516kB primary fat32
3 132MB 10.7GB 10.6GB primary ntfs boot
4 10.7GB 75.2GB 64.4GB primary ntfs


Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0
has been opened read-only.
Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

[garvinrick4]

You already have four partitions that are Primary and that is
all you get is 4 primarys per disk.

You have a fat 16 in #1 that is only 132 meg and does not have boot flag?
You have a fat 32 in #2 that is only 516 k ?
Download this file at the URL I give you, make sure to download it to DESKTOP.
Using a Ubuntu CD.

SourceForge.net: Boot Info Script - Project Web Hosting - Open Source Software (http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/)
Now run this code and a text file will be on your desktop copy and paste it here.
It is a text file about your drive.

sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh

[sahildave]

You already have four partitions that are Primary and that is
all you get is 4 primarys per disk.

You have a fat 16 in #1 that is only 132 meg and does not have boot flag?
You have a fat 32 in #2 that is only 516 k ?
Download this file at the URL I give you, make sure to download it to DESKTOP.
Using a Ubuntu CD.

SourceForge.net: Boot Info Script - Project Web Hosting - Open Source Software (http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/)
Now run this code and a text file will be on your desktop copy and paste it here.
It is a text file about your drive.

sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh

I am not able to understand this...i am a newbie....:(:confused:

all i knw is that i have these partitions, i m attaching this pic here....http://www.picscrazy.com/view/partition

wat now ?

[sahildave]

pls someone reply to this thread...plsssssssssssss....
:(

[efflandt]

You use your web browser (like Firefox) to download that file from that link while running from the live CD, but download it to Desktop instead of the default Downloads. Then from a terminal do what he says in the Code block. Open RESULTS.txt with gedit and copy/paste it to a reply. But highlight that pasted text with the mouse and click on the # in the Message border to put code tags around it so it remains formatted.

Who or what partitioned and formatted your drive like it is now? You apparently have available unallocated space, using only about 75 GB of a 320 GB drive. But you already have 4 primary partitions (including a tiny one), so you cannot make any additional partitions on it unless you remove the tiny partition.

[sahildave]

Who or what partitioned and formatted your drive like it is now? You apparently have available unallocated space, using only about 75 GB of a 320 GB drive. But you already have 4 primary partitions (including a tiny one), so you cannot make any additional partitions on it unless you remove the tiny partition.

the 125 MB and recovery part were made on there own when i installed windows 7 ultimate. I made three partiotions of the remaining space which is C:, D: and F:....
Is there any problem with this?

[wilee-nilee]

the 125 MB and recovery part were made on there own when i installed windows 7 ultimate. I made three partiotions of the remaining space which is C:, D: and F:....
Is there any problem with this?

Your only problem appears to be the maximum=4 primary partitions. You will have to remove one to get a extended partition for Ubuntu. Now with Ubuntu or Linux distros that extended partition will actualy allow you to put as many logical partitions in there you can fit.

When a partition is inside a extended partition it is named logical, but this is a regular partition that can be formatted to run the ext that are the partitions for Linux.

Be very careful when removing any partitions, make sure you know what your doing. Feel free to ask questions.

[sahildave]

Your only problem appears to be the maximum=4 primary partitions. You will have to remove one to get a extended partition for Ubuntu. Now with Ubuntu or Linux distros that extended partition will actualy allow you to put as many logical partitions in there you can fit.

When a partition is inside a extended partition it is named logical, but this is a regular partition that can be formatted to run the ext that are the partitions for Linux.

Be very careful when removing any partitions, make sure you know what your doing. Feel free to ask questions.

As u can see in this pic http://www.picscrazy.com/view/partition there is only 1 primary partition and 4 simple volume....am i wrong or am i missing something....what should i do now ??? pls help....

(I actually like ur name wilee-nilee :p)

[sahildave]

should i try with WUBI ??? but its not good i guess....is it ?

[wilee-nilee]

should i try with WUBI ??? but its not good i guess....is it ?

Simple partitions are the same as primary, primary might just be a unix/linux word I'm not sure. I'm more then sure somebody will tell us.;)

Actually wubi would be okay to try out the OS, it is not made for longterm use, but people have used it this way. There is also a thread on the forum on how to take your wubi set up and install it in a partition to dual boot in the end.

I think you said you built the partitions for windows yourself, so you know whats in them. You can remove one of them if it is not holding the operating system, but just extra data like your media, pictures....etc. It is just important to know what is in it and back up that stuff or move it to another partition. Then you can delete it.

To be honest if you want to go beyond a wubi install I would want to see the boot script that is in my signature to make sure that you have a standard set up not, one of the newer boot or partitioning schema we see on occasion that needs a little special work and somebody who knows how to deal with it.

If you just got the OEM install DVD from the manufacturer or you could get them to release a regular install dvd that would activate you could probably remove the recovery, since once you dual boot it is unlikely that you could get the recovery to trigger if you needed it. In your pic of the disc manager the boot is on C so we would just want to confirm that this is the case with the bootscript.

I'm a big fan of having a hard copy or ISO of my installs, I don't do anything but fresh installs always whether MS or Linux. The hard copy will allow you to do repairs if needed and also reinstalls.

[sahildave]

this is the RESULTS.TXT...the format and alignment of the document is not good...pls bear with it...
I am Attaching the file as well..



Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda1 starts
at sector 258048. But according to the info from
fdisk, sda1 starts at sector 63. The info in boot
sector on the starting sector of the MFT is wrong.
According to the info in the boot sector, sda1 has
20721663 sectors, but according to the info from
fdisk, it has 256976 sectors.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda2 starts
at sector 20979712. But according to the info from
fdisk, sda2 starts at sector 257040. The info in boot
sector on the starting sector of the MFT is wrong.
According to the info in the boot sector, sda2 has
125829119 sectors, but according to the info from
fdisk, it has 1007 sectors.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files/dirs: /Windows/System32/winload.exe /grldr

sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda3 starts
at sector 146808832. But according to the info from
fdisk, sda3 starts at sector 258048. According to the
info in the boot sector, sda3 has 207618047 sectors,
but according to the info from fdisk, it has 20721663
sectors.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda4 starts
at sector 354426880. But according to the info from
fdisk, sda4 starts at sector 20979712. According to
the info in the boot sector, sda4 has 270710783
sectors, but according to the info from fdisk, it has
125829119 sectors.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 63 257,039 256,977 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 257,040 258,047 1,008 42 SFS
/dev/sda3 * 258,048 20,979,711 20,721,664 42 SFS
/dev/sda4 20,979,712 146,808,831 125,829,120 42 SFS


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 004CD4904CD481B8 ntfs RECOVERY
/dev/sda2 E446468246465608 ntfs OS
/dev/sda3 C2F24B77F24B6EAB ntfs Games
/dev/sda4 468AAFE08AAFCAAF ntfs Others
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sda4 /media/Others fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
/dev/sda2 /media/OS fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)

=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

MFT Sector of sda1

00000000 46 49 4c 45 30 00 03 00 c1 1f 32 02 00 00 00 00 |FILE0.....2.....|
00000010 01 00 01 00 38 00 01 00 a0 01 00 00 00 04 00 00 |....8...........|
00000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000030 05 00 94 96 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 |............`...|
00000040 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 48 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 |........H.......|
00000050 dc ee b4 d3 78 3e cb 01 dc ee b4 d3 78 3e cb 01 |....x>......x>..|
*
00000070 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000080 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000090 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 00 00 00 68 00 00 00 |........0...h...|
000000a0 00 00 18 00 00 00 03 00 4a 00 00 00 18 00 01 00 |........J.......|
000000b0 05 00 00 00 00 00 05 00 dc ee b4 d3 78 3e cb 01 |............x>..|
000000c0 dc ee b4 d3 78 3e cb 01 dc ee b4 d3 78 3e cb 01 |....x>......x>..|
000000d0 dc ee b4 d3 78 3e cb 01 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 |....x>...@......|
000000e0 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.@..............|
000000f0 04 03 24 00 4d 00 46 00 54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |..$.M.F.T.......|
00000100 80 00 00 00 48 00 00 00 01 00 40 00 00 00 01 00 |....H.....@.....|
00000110 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000120 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 00 00 00 00 |@...............|
00000130 00 00 a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000140 32 00 0a 00 00 0c 00 b4 b0 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 |2...........P...|
00000150 01 00 40 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |..@.............|
00000160 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |........@.......|
00000170 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 |. ..............|
00000180 08 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 31 01 ff ff 0b 11 01 ff |........1.......|
00000190 00 00 01 00 00 70 94 96 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 |.....p..........|
000001a0 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 31 40 00 00 0c 00 48 85 |........1@....H.|
000001b0 b0 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 01 00 40 00 00 00 05 00 |....P.....@.....|
000001c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001d0 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 |@........ ......|
000001e0 08 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001f0 31 01 ff ff 0b 11 01 ff 00 00 01 00 00 70 05 00 |1............p..|
00000200
MFT Sector of sda2

00000000 46 49 4c 45 30 00 03 00 52 65 20 fa 02 00 00 00 |FILE0...Re .....|
00000010 01 00 01 00 38 00 01 00 a8 01 00 00 00 04 00 00 |....8...........|
00000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000030 aa 00 a6 91 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 |............`...|
00000040 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 48 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 |........H.......|
00000050 dc 6c 2c 45 52 4a cb 01 dc 6c 2c 45 52 4a cb 01 |.l,ERJ...l,ERJ..|
*
00000070 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000080 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000090 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 00 00 00 68 00 00 00 |........0...h...|
000000a0 00 00 18 00 00 00 03 00 4a 00 00 00 18 00 01 00 |........J.......|
000000b0 05 00 00 00 00 00 05 00 dc 6c 2c 45 52 4a cb 01 |.........l,ERJ..|
000000c0 dc 6c 2c 45 52 4a cb 01 dc 6c 2c 45 52 4a cb 01 |.l,ERJ...l,ERJ..|
000000d0 dc 6c 2c 45 52 4a cb 01 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.l,ERJ...@......|
000000e0 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.@..............|
000000f0 04 03 24 00 4d 00 46 00 54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |..$.M.F.T.......|
00000100 80 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 01 00 40 00 00 00 01 00 |....P.....@.....|
00000110 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 69 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.........i......|
00000120 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0 06 00 00 00 00 |@...............|
00000130 00 00 a0 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0 06 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000140 32 00 67 00 00 0c 32 00 03 b9 0a 01 00 fa ff ff |2.g...2.........|
00000150 b0 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 01 00 40 00 00 00 05 00 |....P.....@.....|
00000160 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000170 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 |@........P......|
00000180 08 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.@.......@......|
00000190 31 01 ff ff 0b 31 04 b0 07 01 00 04 80 fa ff ff |1....1..........|
000001a0 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001b0 b0 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 01 00 40 00 00 00 05 00 |....P.....@.....|
000001c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001d0 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 |@........ ......|
000001e0 08 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001f0 31 01 ff ff 0b 11 01 ff 00 00 01 00 00 40 aa 00 |1............@..|
00000200

[sahildave]

pls tell me the steps what should i do (in simple words...i am not used to the technical terms)....thanks

[wilee-nilee]

Boot files/dirs: /Windows/System32/winload.exe /grldr

Good job posting the script, I'm not familiar enough with grldr, but there are others who are so we should let them take a look. I'm am just hesitant to advise anything without being darn sure. ;)

[sahildave]

hey tell me one thing, how can i take snapshots while i install ubuntu so that i can show all the problem...

[wilee-nilee]

hey tell me one thing, how can i take snapshots while i install ubuntu so that i can show all the problem...

As I said I'm not familiar with the grldr thang so I say wait until you have some qualified help.

[phillipdhall]

Somehow I lost all my motivation to help when I clicked the link to your disk manager screenshot and my screen was filled with porn. I don't appreciate it for myself, and happen to also have 6 kids here in my living room this morning.

I recommend going here to get yourself up to speed on linux: http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/l1/lesson1a.html

This is a good place to understand drive partitioning and dual booting: http://www.multibooters.co.uk/multiboot.html

Please be patient for those who offer up their time, free of charge, to help out newbies like you and me. I've found that doing my own research is more effective than asking others to simplify it specifically for me.

Phil

[sahildave]

Somehow I lost all my motivation to help when I clicked the link to your disk manager screenshot and my screen was filled with porn. I don't appreciate it for myself, and happen to also have 6 kids here in my living room this morning.


Ohh sorry phil....i google "picture upload sites" and this site was the result....It was not intentional...And Thanks for your Reply...

[phillipdhall]

Ohh sorry phil....i google "picture upload sites" and this site was the result....It was not intentional...And Thanks for your Reply...

Thank you, and I hope you are able to get your system worked out.