Castaras
February 21st, 2011, 02:37 PM
Hi, I'm trying to install for a dual-boot with Windows Starter the Ubuntu remix on mine and my dad's netbooks (This one specifically (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Netbook-1-66GHz-Windows-Starter/dp/B004KSRVPU/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1298295262&sr=1-1)). However, we're running into some problems when trying to get the installation to work.
We've been booting it from a USB chip using Universal USB Installer (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/), and when just booting it from the memory chip it's been working fine.
However, when we try to install it, we have the following problems:
http://www.ubuntu.com/sites/default/files/active/maverick/install_03_medium.jpg
According to this picture, we should have three options. On our computer we're not getting the first option (Which is the one we want...).
On trying to use the Manual specification of partitions, we have 4 partitions shown - an sd1, an sd2 (presuming these are for windows), sd3 (C: drive), and sd4 (D: drive). We decreased the size of D drive(from 140 to 70) so as to give us some free space to put the Ubuntu installation in. Instead of getting sd4 (70gig) and some free space (70gig) to give us space to add in the place for the ubuntu installation, we got 70 gig of "unusable" (which is still there on my dad's computer which we can't get rid of!).
I'm clueless on what to do now. Any ideas? We'd read somewhere that the N220 doesn't work with Ubuntu due to its Intel Atom N450. Should we be looking at a different Linux distribution?
We've been booting it from a USB chip using Universal USB Installer (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/), and when just booting it from the memory chip it's been working fine.
However, when we try to install it, we have the following problems:
http://www.ubuntu.com/sites/default/files/active/maverick/install_03_medium.jpg
According to this picture, we should have three options. On our computer we're not getting the first option (Which is the one we want...).
On trying to use the Manual specification of partitions, we have 4 partitions shown - an sd1, an sd2 (presuming these are for windows), sd3 (C: drive), and sd4 (D: drive). We decreased the size of D drive(from 140 to 70) so as to give us some free space to put the Ubuntu installation in. Instead of getting sd4 (70gig) and some free space (70gig) to give us space to add in the place for the ubuntu installation, we got 70 gig of "unusable" (which is still there on my dad's computer which we can't get rid of!).
I'm clueless on what to do now. Any ideas? We'd read somewhere that the N220 doesn't work with Ubuntu due to its Intel Atom N450. Should we be looking at a different Linux distribution?