Installation Problem

[joyneo04]

Dear all,

Today i was trying to install the new version of Ubuntu 9.04,Once reaching to stage 4 of installation i got a blank window,when i press forward key a pop up comes ou stating
No root file system is defined
Please correct this from partioning menu.

Now i want to know where can i get the partitioning menu and how can i correct this problem.Even if i have to delete all data from my harddisk then also i have no issue.Please do help me.

[wpshooter]

Did you do the installation from the ALTERNATE CD version ?

[merlinus]

The partitioning menu *should* have appeared before this. What happens when you press the back button once, or even twice?

[joyneo04]

Actually i was trying to install from the cd i have received from the cannonical society recently by post....Version Ubuntu 9.04(Jaunty)

[merlinus]

Try checking the cd for defects from the opening menu.

[joyneo04]

when i am clicking the back button a pop up is coming stating
starting up the partiotner.
this pop up is showing a status bar stating scanning disk.....in this status bar the bar is moving very fast for 50 % and then it stops for a little while and then again i get the same window....means that white window.

[joyneo04]

Actually when i am running this os directly from the cd then it is working fine...but when i tried to install it i face this problem means this white window.

[wpshooter]

Actually i was trying to install from the cd i have received from the cannonical society recently by post....Version Ubuntu 9.04(Jaunty)

Do you know if it is the Live "Desktop" CD version or is it the ALTERNATE "text based" CD version ?

In any case, it sounds as though your problem is that you have failed to designate the "/" system partition as BOOTABLE.

You should make the following 3 partitions:

/ = root, i.e. system partition - make it primary & bootable
/home = , home partition - make it either primary or logical
/swap = swap partition - make it either primary or logical & twice the size of your RAM.

I would use file type as either ext3 or ext4.

[joyneo04]

wait for a while i am giving you the details of the things written on the task bar of this window.

[merlinus]

It would seem that the partitioner is not able to find partitions on your hdd. Have you set them up in advance? Are you running another os?

Can you run from the try ubuntu without installing option?