Cannot Install Ubuntu 12.10 on my HP Dv6 Laptop

[Elie-M]

Well this is ******* me off.

I got a new laptop 5 days ago and I can't install the newest Ubuntu release on it.

I checked the md5 of the iso and it's matching.
I tried a USB install and a DVD install, and it just won't install.
I tried Wubi.exe to no avail.

Procedure:
- Install ubuntu
- Pick Language: english
- Press Another Continue
- I get the option: Install ubuntu inside windows, I press continue as I want to keep windows on my laptop
- the screen goes black, then ubuntu loading screen loads, and after a while I get:
Please remove installation media and close the tray(if any) then press ENTER:

I remove the cd and press enter, laptop reboots and goes directly into windows, no installation is proceeding past that.

My laptop is HP Dv6-7070ee

Any Solution? I want ubuntu.

[albandy]

Please, boot with the livecd and do the following:

open a terminal
type:
sudo fdisk -l
post the answer.

[oldfred]

Is this a new UEFI system? fdisk may not work then.
If fdisk does not work try this from a terminal, you can copy & paste:


sudo parted /dev/sda unit s print

If a new UEFI system did you download 64bit version as that is the only one that works with UEFI and boot liveCD in UEFI/efi mode not BIOS/AHCI/whatever mode?

[Elie-M]

Please, boot with the livecd and do the following:

open a terminal
type:
sudo fdisk -l
post the answer.


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x9087456e

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 409599 203776 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 409600 1909069756 954330078+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 1909069824 1953312767 22121472 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 1953312768 1953521663 104448 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)



Is this a new UEFI system? fdisk may not work then.
If fdisk does not work try this from a terminal, you can copy & paste:

Code:
sudo parted /dev/sda unit s print
If a new UEFI system did you download 64bit version as that is the only one that works with UEFI and boot liveCD in UEFI/efi mode not BIOS/AHCI/whatever mode?

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo parted /dev/sda unit s print
Model: ATA TOSHIBA MK1059GS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1953525168s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 2048s 409599s 407552s primary ntfs boot
2 409600s 1909069756s 1908660157s primary ntfs
3 1909069824s 1953312767s 44242944s primary ntfs
4 1953312768s 1953521663s 208896s primary fat32 lba

and the image i have is a 64 bits version.

EDIT: Now This is what I get:

the installation selects "install ubuntu inside of windows"

I press continue, the screen goes black and the system restarts. Tried on another laptop, the installation went fine, so the problem is related to my laptop.

[oldfred]

Your install is in BIOS/MBR but MBR has a 4 primary partition max limit. You have to delete one primary partition and convert it to an extended partition to hold many logicals. Ubuntu works fine from logical partitions.

Good advice on how to handle all four primary partitions used. - srs5694
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1686440
Be sure to create recovery DVD(s) first. And a Windows repair CD.
HP tools partition discussion - similar for other vendor partitions:
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware/Hp-Tools-Partion/td-p/228360
For a complete blow-by-blow on dealing with HP's four partitions, see Full Circle Magazine, issue 41, page 36.
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/
Shrinking a Windows 7 partition is best done in Windows. But do not create new partitions with Windows.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/resize-a-partition-for-free-in-windows-vista/
The Hedge show graphically how to delete & create partitions:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1713649

[cyberguru]

I have an HP DV6 laptop with a 750GB hard disk and I tried something similar last week but got lots of errors and failure to boot into Ubuntu 2 out of three times and issues shutting down the laptop from Ubuntu (Win 7 still worked fine). I read on another [Ubuntu] forum that it was because the logical and physical sector sizes are different on WD hard disks as seen in the line

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes from fdisk -l