M Cap
March 16th, 2012, 03:33 PM
Hey All!
Im having a problem trying to dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10. In Windows, I shrank the C drive volume size to 10 GB smaller for Ubuntu. In this new space, I created a new volume but did not format it so its just 10 GBs of unallocated space. When I boot the Ubuntu CD and go to install it, the option of "installing side by side" is not there. I can only reformat the entire hard drive or "Something Else." In something else, it lists /dev/sdb, to which i am unable to make changes to, and /dev/sdb1, which shows 1004 MBs of free space. Im assuming that /dev/sdb1 is the 10 GB partition I created in Windows but why is no other partition showing up? It appears that it does not recognize the windows partition. There is also a Windows Recovery D drive that is not showing up either. So should I go ahead and install Ubuntu to this /dev/sdb1? or will this mess up windows? Im also afraid that if I do install this, GRUB wont be able to find windows 7 when trying to boot. Is there anyway to fix this problem? Should I just try an older version of Ubuntu?
Thanks in advance for the help guys! Rly cant figure this out :confused:
Im having a problem trying to dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10. In Windows, I shrank the C drive volume size to 10 GB smaller for Ubuntu. In this new space, I created a new volume but did not format it so its just 10 GBs of unallocated space. When I boot the Ubuntu CD and go to install it, the option of "installing side by side" is not there. I can only reformat the entire hard drive or "Something Else." In something else, it lists /dev/sdb, to which i am unable to make changes to, and /dev/sdb1, which shows 1004 MBs of free space. Im assuming that /dev/sdb1 is the 10 GB partition I created in Windows but why is no other partition showing up? It appears that it does not recognize the windows partition. There is also a Windows Recovery D drive that is not showing up either. So should I go ahead and install Ubuntu to this /dev/sdb1? or will this mess up windows? Im also afraid that if I do install this, GRUB wont be able to find windows 7 when trying to boot. Is there anyway to fix this problem? Should I just try an older version of Ubuntu?
Thanks in advance for the help guys! Rly cant figure this out :confused: