After wubi install kubuntu cannot access root

[yugimumoto1]

Hi im new here

i installed kubuntu 12.04 on my aspire 3680 with wubi. installation went great with windows 7, but when i boot kubuntu to finish installation, it freezes start up, then tells me that i already have a .disk file on my partition and then tells me it cannot access root. i ran bootinfoscript-061 and it gave me this

Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012]




============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================


=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.


sda1: __________________________________________________ ________________________


File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe
/wubildr /ubuntu/winboot/wubildr /wubildr.mbr
/ubuntu/winboot/wubildr.mbr /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
/ubuntu/disks/swap.disk


sda1/Wubi: __________________________________________________ ___________________


File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Boot files: /etc/fstab


============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================


Drive: sda __________________________________________________ ___________________


Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System


/dev/sda1 * 63 288,055,295 288,055,233 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS




"blkid" output: __________________________________________________ ______________


Device UUID TYPE LABEL


/dev/loop0 iso9660 Kubuntu 12.04.2 LTS i386
/dev/loop1 squashfs
/dev/sda1 B6A04268A0422EE5 ntfs


================================ Mount points: =================================


Device Mount_Point Type Options


/dev/loop0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop1 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)




============================= sda1/Wubi/etc/fstab: =============================


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
/host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk / ext4 loop,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/host/ubuntu/disks/swap.disk none swap loop,sw 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================


umount: /isodevice: device is busy.
(In some cases useful info about processes that use
the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1))

please help me i need a distro to bulid LFS.

[bcbc]

I've been seeing reports of the install freezing: https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/1182805 Not really sure what that's about. Might only affect 32 bit as per here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/220044/12-10-on-elitebook-8560w-w-wubi

If your computer supports 64bit you could use the amd64-desktop iso.

Your actual root.disk doesn't have a grub.cfg so it cannot boot - you might be able to boot it manually but not sure if there's much point rather than just reinstalling.

[yugimumoto1]

install actually never started in the first place. when i boot it showed the kubuntu symbol then it popped up with the messages. it never even said it was installing. so should i reinstall?
ps. Demo mode works fine

[bcbc]

You have a root.disk with a formatted ext4 file system and an /etc/fstab - so yes, something was installed. It didn't complete because there is no grub.cfg.

I'd reinstall a normal dual boot - you only have one partition, so it should be easy to split it for Ubuntu.

If you choose Wubi because you don't want to partition or don't have backups and are nervous about risking Windows, then I'd try reinstalling Wubi.

[yugimumoto1]

im uninstalling and reinstalling kubuntu through wubi. if it doesn't work this time i won't use wubi