How to adapt a “free space” partition for ubuntu 18.10?
I just got a windows 10 pc and i want to put on a partition ubuntu alongside with windows, i am a beginner and i'm facing some problems like, the usb stick with ubuntu's .iso doesn't get detected and ubuntu doesn't find windows but i'll go in the detalis later.
I'm following a guide(in my language) and i did the following steps:
- i unchecked the quick start option from the battery options
- i downloaded ubuntu 18.10 .iso and checked that MD5 checksum is correct
- i prepared a bootable usb with the "universal usb installer 9.8.7" program
- i created an empty partition of 400 gb
Now, i guess my pc has UEFI on it ( even though in booting menu i see the voice "BIOS options"?) since it's new, anyway i tried to disable secure boot, change every usb disk priority i could, the ubuntu usb didn't get detected at all. So i activated the "legacy" mode and it finally got detected, ubuntu opened up and i clicked the installation; but at this point the installation and the guide i'm following start to differ:
First there is a message saying that "/dev/sdb" is a disk with mounted partitions and asks if i want to unmount them before continuing (i chose no, i don't know what it does). Then in the screen where it should say it detected windows it says the pc has no operating systems and asks what to do; i go into the partitions menu, i click on the free space where i want to install ubuntu, then "install now":
After it an error pops up saying "no root file system is defined, please correct this from the partitioning menu"
Now, my question is this simple: what do i do to continue installation?
In "format" there are some options but i dont' want to blindy try things
dual-boot partitioning uefi
asked 11 hours ago
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I just got a windows 10 pc and i want to put on a partition ubuntu alongside with windows, i am a beginner and i'm facing some problems like, the usb stick with ubuntu's .iso doesn't get detected and ubuntu doesn't find windows but i'll go in the detalis later.
I'm following a guide(in my language) and i did the following steps:
- i unchecked the quick start option from the battery options
- i downloaded ubuntu 18.10 .iso and checked that MD5 checksum is correct
- i prepared a bootable usb with the "universal usb installer 9.8.7" program
- i created an empty partition of 400 gb
Now, i guess my pc has UEFI on it ( even though in booting menu i see the voice "BIOS options"?) since it's new, anyway i tried to disable secure boot, change every usb disk priority i could, the ubuntu usb didn't get detected at all. So i activated the "legacy" mode and it finally got detected, ubuntu opened up and i clicked the installation; but at this point the installation and the guide i'm following start to differ:
First there is a message saying that "/dev/sdb" is a disk with mounted partitions and asks if i want to unmount them before continuing (i chose no, i don't know what it does). Then in the screen where it should say it detected windows it says the pc has no operating systems and asks what to do; i go into the partitions menu, i click on the free space where i want to install ubuntu, then "install now":
After it an error pops up saying "no root file system is defined, please correct this from the partitioning menu"
Now, my question is this simple: what do i do to continue installation?
In "format" there are some options but i dont' want to blindy try things
dual-boot partitioning uefi
asked 11 hours ago
wattbattwattbatt
111
Run gparted and create a partition on that free space. You didn't create an "empty partition"
– Pilot6
11 hours ago
@Pilot6 i ran it from ubuntu, but i didn't know what specifications i had to put in so i left the default ones. Now the free space is in type "ext4" but i still get the same error; what type do i have to use on gparted?
– wattbatt
10 hours ago
ext4 is OK, but on installation you should select mount point/. that you didn't do.
– Pilot6
10 hours ago
add a comment |
I just got a windows 10 pc and i want to put on a partition ubuntu alongside with windows, i am a beginner and i'm facing some problems like, the usb stick with ubuntu's .iso doesn't get detected and ubuntu doesn't find windows but i'll go in the detalis later.
I'm following a guide(in my language) and i did the following steps:
- i unchecked the quick start option from the battery options
- i downloaded ubuntu 18.10 .iso and checked that MD5 checksum is correct
- i prepared a bootable usb with the "universal usb installer 9.8.7" program
- i created an empty partition of 400 gb
Now, i guess my pc has UEFI on it ( even though in booting menu i see the voice "BIOS options"?) since it's new, anyway i tried to disable secure boot, change every usb disk priority i could, the ubuntu usb didn't get detected at all. So i activated the "legacy" mode and it finally got detected, ubuntu opened up and i clicked the installation; but at this point the installation and the guide i'm following start to differ:
First there is a message saying that "/dev/sdb" is a disk with mounted partitions and asks if i want to unmount them before continuing (i chose no, i don't know what it does). Then in the screen where it should say it detected windows it says the pc has no operating systems and asks what to do; i go into the partitions menu, i click on the free space where i want to install ubuntu, then "install now":
After it an error pops up saying "no root file system is defined, please correct this from the partitioning menu"
Now, my question is this simple: what do i do to continue installation?
In "format" there are some options but i dont' want to blindy try things
dual-boot partitioning uefi
asked 11 hours ago
wattbattwattbatt
111
I just got a windows 10 pc and i want to put on a partition ubuntu alongside with windows, i am a beginner and i'm facing some problems like, the usb stick with ubuntu's .iso doesn't get detected and ubuntu doesn't find windows but i'll go in the detalis later.
I'm following a guide(in my language) and i did the following steps:
- i unchecked the quick start option from the battery options
- i downloaded ubuntu 18.10 .iso and checked that MD5 checksum is correct
- i prepared a bootable usb with the "universal usb installer 9.8.7" program
- i created an empty partition of 400 gb
Now, i guess my pc has UEFI on it ( even though in booting menu i see the voice "BIOS options"?) since it's new, anyway i tried to disable secure boot, change every usb disk priority i could, the ubuntu usb didn't get detected at all. So i activated the "legacy" mode and it finally got detected, ubuntu opened up and i clicked the installation; but at this point the installation and the guide i'm following start to differ:
First there is a message saying that "/dev/sdb" is a disk with mounted partitions and asks if i want to unmount them before continuing (i chose no, i don't know what it does). Then in the screen where it should say it detected windows it says the pc has no operating systems and asks what to do; i go into the partitions menu, i click on the free space where i want to install ubuntu, then "install now":
After it an error pops up saying "no root file system is defined, please correct this from the partitioning menu"
Now, my question is this simple: what do i do to continue installation?
In "format" there are some options but i dont' want to blindy try things
dual-boot partitioning uefi
dual-boot partitioning uefi
asked 11 hours ago
wattbattwattbatt
111
asked 11 hours ago
wattbattwattbatt
111
asked 11 hours ago
wattbattwattbatt
111
asked 11 hours ago
wattbattwattbatt
111
asked 11 hours ago
wattbattwattbatt
111
111
Run gparted and create a partition on that free space. You didn't create an "empty partition"
– Pilot6
11 hours ago
@Pilot6 i ran it from ubuntu, but i didn't know what specifications i had to put in so i left the default ones. Now the free space is in type "ext4" but i still get the same error; what type do i have to use on gparted?
– wattbatt
10 hours ago
ext4 is OK, but on installation you should select mount point/. that you didn't do.
– Pilot6
10 hours ago
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Run gparted and create a partition on that free space. You didn't create an "empty partition"
– Pilot6
11 hours ago
@Pilot6 i ran it from ubuntu, but i didn't know what specifications i had to put in so i left the default ones. Now the free space is in type "ext4" but i still get the same error; what type do i have to use on gparted?
– wattbatt
10 hours ago
ext4 is OK, but on installation you should select mount point/. that you didn't do.
– Pilot6
10 hours ago
Run gparted and create a partition on that free space. You didn't create an "empty partition"
– Pilot6
11 hours ago
Run gparted and create a partition on that free space. You didn't create an "empty partition"
– Pilot6
11 hours ago
@Pilot6 i ran it from ubuntu, but i didn't know what specifications i had to put in so i left the default ones. Now the free space is in type "ext4" but i still get the same error; what type do i have to use on gparted?
– wattbatt
10 hours ago
@Pilot6 i ran it from ubuntu, but i didn't know what specifications i had to put in so i left the default ones. Now the free space is in type "ext4" but i still get the same error; what type do i have to use on gparted?
– wattbatt
10 hours ago
ext4 is OK, but on installation you should select mount point
/. that you didn't do.– Pilot6
10 hours ago
ext4 is OK, but on installation you should select mount point
/. that you didn't do.– Pilot6
10 hours ago
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Run gparted and create a partition on that free space. You didn't create an "empty partition"
– Pilot6
11 hours ago
@Pilot6 i ran it from ubuntu, but i didn't know what specifications i had to put in so i left the default ones. Now the free space is in type "ext4" but i still get the same error; what type do i have to use on gparted?
– wattbatt
10 hours ago
ext4 is OK, but on installation you should select mount point
/. that you didn't do.– Pilot6
10 hours ago