Installing Ubuntu on Lenovo Ideapad s205

[-=AntY=-]

Hi.

I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my new laptop. Unfortunately it doesn't work very well. The guide that I've found is http://helms-deep.cable.nu/~rwh/blog/?p=177 . (Only difference is that I'm not into that dual-booting thing ;) )

The problem appears when trying to remove GRUB2 to install GRUB legacy. I get the following error message


root@ubuntu:/#sudo apt-get purge grub-pc
sudo:unable to resolve host ubuntu
Reading package list... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Virtual packages like 'grub-pc' can't be removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@ubuntu:/#

I've spent hours trying to use google to solve this but obviously my google-fu isn't strong enough.

Appreciate all help!

[gordintoronto]

What version of Ubuntu are you playing with?

That guide is extremely suspect. You should be using grub2, not grub legacy.

You say you aren't dual booting, does that mean Ubuntu will be the only OS? If so, you can partition the hard drive "properly." (Boot, root, swap, home.)

[-=AntY=-]

Version 11.04.

First off I tried to just press the "wipe the hard drive and install ubuntu"-alternative. Everything got formatted Ext4 and it was bootable. When I connected to the internet it said it was updating from GRUB 1.98 or something like that to GRUB2.

After the update was done and I tried to boot i just came to the GRUB "rescue"-console. All the alternatives when using ls was (hd0, gpt1) (hd0,gpt2) and so on for all the partitions made by the installation.

Did some googling and found that guide. Thought it was the same problem that I was experiencing.

How should I make a proper partitioning? Do I have to link something from the root to the boot or vice versa? How big should the boot and root partition be? The swap should be equal to about 2x RAM, right? The HDD is 160 and the RAM is 3 GB.

Thanks for the answer! :D

[-=AntY=-]

Tried to do as you suggested and made the partitions as following:

sda1 2048 /boot Ext4
sda2 18944 / Ext4
sda3 132905 /home Ext4
sda4 6144 SWAP

This time I was connected to the internet and chose "download and install updates" when I made the installation. Now the computer won't boot. Can only get the live session going.

Seems as BIOS can't find GRUB for some reason. :S

[gordintoronto]

I'm sorry, your drive arrangement sounds wonderful. I can't figure out why you're having a problem. For what it's worth, I avoid being connected to the Internet during installation, but I doubt this caused the problem.

Grub 1.98 is considered "grub2." My system is completely up to date, and it has Grub 1.99 installed.

I'm puzzled.

[steve11911]

This page is worth a look:

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/Ubuntu-amp-Lenovo-S205/m-p/467093/message-uid/467093#U467093

3 pages...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1763994

Youtube video looks at BIOS settings...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij9To78Wt3w

If your googalage covered these I apologize-but for those who may wander here...