isobitis
September 16th, 2012, 04:31 AM
Hi,
I decided to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my Win7 desktop PC. I have 2 internal hard drives (120GB the first and 1TB the second one). My Win7 was installed in one partition on 1TB and I wanted to put Ubuntu in other hdd. I did it (partition /swap, /home and the root), Ubuntu worked fine but Win7 didn't boot. After trying all possible methods (repair, command prompt with all /fix solutions, inactive partitions and generally whatever I could find about these booting issues), I decided to format Win7 disk. After this (and new problems because Win7 installation DVD doesn't recognize the 1TB formatted disk but only when I erased Ubuntu from the other disk) I reinstalled Win7 on my 1TB.
Now, I want to reinstall Ubuntu but I prefer to avoid mess up my Windows Installation again.
My 120GB is my /sda disk and 1TB is /sdb.
When I try to change disk order in BIOS, system doesn't boot (Media failure error).
So, the situation is:
120GB disk as:
/sda1 ~100MB ntfs (Windows7 loader)
/sda2 free space (for Ubuntu installation)
1TB disk as:
/sdb1 100GB ntfs (Windows 7 Installation)
/sdb2 900GB ntfs (for my data)
I want to format the /sda2 space but which disk to select for bootloader (grub) installation?
Is there a proper way to install Ubuntu and create a dual booting system with disk and partitions structure I described?
I know that was best choice the 120GB hdd for Win7 installation but as a newbie in Linux I realized that after second installation of Win7 and when noticed that Win7 loader was on 1st hdd...!
Thanks in advance!
I decided to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my Win7 desktop PC. I have 2 internal hard drives (120GB the first and 1TB the second one). My Win7 was installed in one partition on 1TB and I wanted to put Ubuntu in other hdd. I did it (partition /swap, /home and the root), Ubuntu worked fine but Win7 didn't boot. After trying all possible methods (repair, command prompt with all /fix solutions, inactive partitions and generally whatever I could find about these booting issues), I decided to format Win7 disk. After this (and new problems because Win7 installation DVD doesn't recognize the 1TB formatted disk but only when I erased Ubuntu from the other disk) I reinstalled Win7 on my 1TB.
Now, I want to reinstall Ubuntu but I prefer to avoid mess up my Windows Installation again.
My 120GB is my /sda disk and 1TB is /sdb.
When I try to change disk order in BIOS, system doesn't boot (Media failure error).
So, the situation is:
120GB disk as:
/sda1 ~100MB ntfs (Windows7 loader)
/sda2 free space (for Ubuntu installation)
1TB disk as:
/sdb1 100GB ntfs (Windows 7 Installation)
/sdb2 900GB ntfs (for my data)
I want to format the /sda2 space but which disk to select for bootloader (grub) installation?
Is there a proper way to install Ubuntu and create a dual booting system with disk and partitions structure I described?
I know that was best choice the 120GB hdd for Win7 installation but as a newbie in Linux I realized that after second installation of Win7 and when noticed that Win7 loader was on 1st hdd...!
Thanks in advance!