I have 4 partitions /dev/hda1 ntsf for windows in C:drive /dev/hda4 ext3 for Linux /dev/hda5 linux-swap /dev/hda6 fat32 for share in D:drive /dev/hda2 is extended I am trying to mount these. The first two sites provide commands that I have accomplished. The third site provides information how to mount the rest of the partitions, but I am not certain what the commands should look like. And does the extended need to be mounted as well. In Ubunta 4 of 7, I get an error message when I try to go forward on the Linux partition. It says it is not formated. In the partion list, the Linux partition has a solid square under format; whereas, the rest of the partitions have grey squares.
Error message: "You need to specify a partition for the root files system (mount point "/" with a minimum size of 2GB, and a swap partition of at least 246MB. You may also set up other partitions if you wish." Somewhere else, I got a similar message: "No root file system is defined. Please correct from partitioning menu." This evening, I upgraded my BIOS on my Inspiron 8100 from A08 to A14. I was hoping for help with mounting and formating. I am a little gun shy since I thought I lost my computer last night. http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_Mounting_an_NTFS_partition_with_full_Read-Write_support Full Read-Write support If you really need a complete NTFS Write support, you will have to use Ntfs-3g. It's very easy to use: ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows In this example, we suppose the device name of the NTFS partition is /dev/sda1 and the mount point is /mnt/windows. If you don't know the device name, you should list partitions with cat /proc/partitions or use GParted. http://www.matthewjmiller.net/howtos/dual-boot-linux-and-windows/ Using QTParted again, make the Windows partition active (instead of the Linux partition). Reboot and make sure that Windows now loads correctly. This solves the problem of having the computer rendered completely useless, but does not help with finishing the Linux install. So, reboot with the Linux System Rescue CD again. Now, we're going to use the Linux System Rescue CD to dual boot using Window's bootloader. Start by making a mount point for the OS Share partition: mkdir /mnt/osshare Then, mount the partition: mount -t msdos /dev/hda6 /mnt/osshare If you're not sure which device (e.g., /dev/hda6) your OS Share partition is, you can use QTParted to see the device number. Finally, we'll create a file that Windows can use to boot Linux: dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/mnt/osshare/ubuntu.bin bs=512 count=1 Where /dev/hda2 is the device for your Linux partition (again, use QTParted to find the device number if you're unsure). http://www.sysresccd.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=407&highlight=mount+root I will tell you how to get to your hard drive after you get to prompt I type mkdir /false If you can remember your partitions you might do this mkdir/false/boot mkdir/false/usr etc until you have created directories for all your partitions except swap under a "false" root called false. now you mount your partitions to each fstab, change reiserfs to ext2 or ext3 etc mount - t reiserfs /dev/hda1 /false/boot until you have recreated your linux structure then the critical command chroot /false /bin/bash means forget the cd, root is now from /false and drilling downwards to my real /boot and real /home etc And I use bash as a shell not zsh. now a simple cd /false ls -l will reveal my directories. -- Xubuntu partitioning can fail because ubiquity does not prevent thunar from automounting new partitions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107259 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
