No option to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7

[deiixmc2]

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 alongside Windows 7 but the option does not appear in the installer. I have two partitions - one is used for boot and is labeled "System Reserved" and the other one is for Windows. I've tried to create a third partition for Ubuntu to no avail. Could somebody point me in the right direction? I'm running the installer from USB.

[Bashing-om]

deiixmc2; Hi ! My Welcome to the forum .

Show us what we are working with;
Post back - between code tags - the outputs of terminal commands (from the liveUSB):


sudo fdisk -lu
sudo parted -l

Once the partitioning scheme is known we can advise further.
code tag tutorial:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2171721&p=12776168#post12776168



a little info



can go a long way

[deiixmc2]

Output for sudo fdisk -lu


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
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcc3a3c3b

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 730679295 365236224 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 730679296 976773119 123046912 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 3926 MB, 3926949888 bytes
109 heads, 15 sectors/track, 4691 cylinders, total 7669824 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 7669823 3834880+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)



And here is the output for sudo parted -l


Model: ATA WDC WD5000AZRX-0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 106MB 105MB primary ntfs boot
2 106MB 374GB 374GB primary ntfs
3 374GB 500GB 126GB primary ext4


Model: Kingston DT 100 G2 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 3927MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 3927MB 3927MB primary fat32 boot, lba

Thanks in advance.

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deiixmc2; Humm;

ubuntu is installed to that 3rd partition:


/dev/sda3 730679296 976773119 123046912 83 Linux

(but, you will not be able to hibernate ubuntu, as there is no provision for a 'swap' partition)

You are not able to boot ? Or to put it another way, what results when you try to boot ?

Maybe we need to install grub (ubuntu's boot manager ) to the MBR of the hard drive ?



all in the process

[deiixmc2]

I haven't installed Ubuntu at all seeing as there is no option to install alongside Windows and I don't know how to use the "Something Else" option to dual-boot

[deiixmc2]

I fixed it. What I did was run boot repair from my Live USB to install GRUB 2.0, then I went to the terminal and typed in "sudo update-grub". This added Windows 7 to the GRUB list.

[Bashing-om]

deiixmc2; Hey,

That warm feeling of satisfaction with a job well done, nothing else like unto it.



you do good work