problem instalation using Wubi "no root file system is defined"

[boumacmilan]

Hi every Body

I have a lenovo Z570 with windows 8 on it and i want to install ubuntu 13.04 using Wubi the instalation on windows goes well but when i restart the PC to continue it gives me the error "no root file system is defined"

this is the result of the boot info script


Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012]


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

=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.
=> Syslinux MBR (4.04 and higher) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb.

sda1: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD

sda2: __________________________________________________ ________________________

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

sda3: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files:

sda4: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda5 starts
at sector 2048.
Operating System:
Boot files: /ubuntu/winboot/wubildr /ubuntu/winboot/wubildr.mbr
/ubuntu/disks/root.disk /ubuntu/disks/swap.disk

sda5/Wubi: __________________________________________________ ___________________

File system:
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type ''

sdb1: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: SYSLINUX 4.04 2011-04-18
Boot sector info: Syslinux looks at sector 2807616 of /dev/sdb1 for its
second stage. SYSLINUX is installed in the directory.
The integrity check of the ADV area failed. No errors
found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files: /syslinux/syslinux.cfg /ldlinux.sys

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

Drive: sda __________________________________________________ ___________________

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System

/dev/sda1 * 2,048 718,847 716,800 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda2 718,848 297,797,631 297,078,784 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda3 297,797,632 717,228,031 419,430,400 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda4 717,228,032 976,771,071 259,543,040 f W95 Extended (LBA)
/dev/sda5 717,230,080 976,769,023 259,538,944 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS


GUID Partition Table detected, but does not seem to be used.

Partition Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors System

Drive: sdb __________________________________________________ ___________________

Disk /dev/sdb: 4051 MB, 4051697664 bytes
128 heads, 42 sectors/track, 1472 cylinders, total 7913472 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/sdb1 * 32 7,913,471 7,913,440 b W95 FAT32


"blkid" output: __________________________________________________ ______________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/loop1 04529fbc-15bc-c341-9f76-1ca86e1155ec ext2
/dev/sda1 9E92CADB92CAB6D5 ntfs Réservé au système
/dev/sda2 BCD25BBBD25B791A ntfs
/dev/sda3 6076C55576C52D1A ntfs
/dev/sda5 4840CB4340CB368A ntfs Ubuntu
/dev/sdb1 AE19-AA5B vfat MYLINUXLIVE

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

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sdb1 /cdrom vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,io charset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)


========================= sdb1/syslinux/syslinux.cfg: ==========================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# D-I config version 2.0
include menu.cfg
default vesamenu.c32
prompt 0
timeout 50
ui gfxboot bootlogo
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

================= sdb1: Location of files loaded by Syslinux: ==================

GiB - GB File Fragment(s)

?? = ?? ldlinux.sys 1
?? = ?? syslinux/chain.c32 1
?? = ?? syslinux/gfxboot.c32 1
?? = ?? syslinux/syslinux.cfg 1
?? = ?? syslinux/vesamenu.c32 1

============== sdb1: Version of COM32(R) files used by Syslinux: ===============

syslinux/chain.c32 : COM32R module (v4.xx)
syslinux/gfxboot.c32 : COM32R module (v4.xx)
syslinux/vesamenu.c32 : COM32R module (v4.xx)

======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc: ========================

Unknown BootLoader on sda5/Wubi

00000000 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 |0000000000000000|
*
00000200


========= Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive: =========

sdc

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

./bootinfoscript: line 1646: [: 2.73495e+09: integer expression expected
No volume groups found




thank you for you're helpe

[TheFu]

I was under the impression that WUBI didn't work with UEFI systems and wasn't supported after 12.04. I suppose I could be wrong.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/254314/does-uefi-support-mean-wubi-will-now-work-on-laptops-shipped-with-windows-8 seems to backup my impression. Sorry.

Read up on the "Ubuntu UEFI howto" and get ready to dual boot. That seems to be the answer for now.

[ajgreeny]

I was under the impression that WUBI didn't work with UEFI systems and wasn't supported after 12.04. I suppose I could be wrong.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/254314/does-uefi-support-mean-wubi-will-now-work-on-laptops-shipped-with-windows-8 seems to backup my impression. Sorry.

Read up on the "Ubuntu UEFI howto" and get ready to dual boot. That seems to be the answer for now.

I am sure you are correct. Not certain about the ubuntu version when it stopped working, but certainly it's a no-go on GPT and UEFI, so therefore will not work in Win8.

[boumacmilan]

Thanks for your answer
normaly it works (i instaled with Wubi on the onther Z570 with win8 and it woks fine) i don't now what's the problem with that one

[bcbc]

The problem is this:


Drive: sda __________________________________________________ ___________________

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System

/dev/sda1 * 2,048 718,847 716,800 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda2 718,848 297,797,631 297,078,784 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda3 297,797,632 717,228,031 419,430,400 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda4 717,228,032 976,771,071 259,543,040 f W95 Extended (LBA)
/dev/sda5 717,230,080 976,769,023 259,538,944 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS


GUID Partition Table detected, but does not seem to be used.

The disk was previously used with a GUID partition table, and reusing as a MBR partitioned disk doesn't remove all the GPT data. When ubiquity (the ubuntu installer) runs, it uses parted to get the partition info, but parted will kick out an error in this case, which leaves ubiquity up the creek without a paddle.

You can use fixparts to clean it up - available here: http://www.rodsbooks.com/fixparts/

[grahammechanical]

Windows installer is not compatible with Windows 8 or UEFI firmware, and is not available for Ubuntu 13.04.

From here

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-with-windows (http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-with-windows)

Regards.

[bcbc]

From here

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-with-windows (http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-with-windows)

Regards.
They've changed the message. It's used to say that it wasn't compatible with computers with the Windows 8 sticker (i.e. pre-installed, i.e. using UEFI).

Wubi works fine with Windows 8, just not with UEFI. In this case the computer is not booting with UEFI. Evidenced by the fact that ubiquity (i.e. Ubuntu) is running. So Wubi is in fact working.

PS they also released a working wubi.exe for 13.04, so again kind of misleading to say it's not available for 13.04. (It's easy enough for them to actually remove it rather than just saying it's not available).

[boumacmilan]

thanks all i tried the bcbc solution it work's fine